Trump’s former surgeon general is now 1 of his most pointed critics

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Trump’s former surgeon general is now 1 of his most pointed critics

by Joseph Choi - 06/16/25 6:00 AM ET

Jerome Adams, President Trump’s first-term surgeon general, is becoming one of the most prominent voices speaking out against the public health policies and decisions carried out in the president’s second term.

Adams, known as a relatively low-profile member of the Trump administration during his tenure, has in recent weeks gone on something of a media campaign against the White House’s health care choices.

During the pandemic, Adams at times broke from Trump, such as when the president downplayed the death toll of COVID-19 or suggested injecting bleach to combat infections. 

But now that he’s on the outside looking in, the criticism is becoming more frequent.

Adams has made veiled criticisms against Trump’s latest surgeon general nominee, and he’s spoken out directly against Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to fire every member of a key vaccine advisory panel.

The ex-surgeon general has focused his criticism on the lack of credentials of those being placed in top administration positions and what that might mean for public health.

“While I typically try to focus on policies over personalities, it has become necessary to directly address the role of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the head of HHS,” Adams said when reached by The Hill.

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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5350076-trump-surgeon-general-criticized-kennedy-adams/

[mountaineer]

During the pandemic, Adams at times broke from Trump, such as when the president downplayed the death toll of COVID-19 or suggested injecting bleach to combat infections. 

Oh good grief. He did not say that.

... Here are his full comments:

"A question that probably some of you are thinking of if you’re totally into that world, which I find to be very interesting. So, supposedly we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful light, and I think you said that hasn’t been checked, but you’re going to test it. And then I said supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way. (To Bryan) And I think you said you’re going to test that, too. Sounds interesting, right?"

He continued.

"And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning, because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it’d be interesting to check that, so that you’re going to have to use medical doctors with, but it sounds interesting to me. So, we’ll see, but the whole concept of the light, the way it kills it in one minute. That’s pretty powerful."  ...

Politifact

[Smokin Joe]

Exposing a small percentage of circulating blood volume to UV was a method that used the body's own cleanup system to clear out the dead cells and viri, and to develop antibodies against pathogens that had been killed. It went off the research radar with the advent of cheap oral and injectable antibiotics (maybe an early Pharma influence). It was considered effective.

Research also showed that inhaling nebulized Hydrogen Peroxide (low concentration) killed off the nasty stuff in the respiratory tract, without damaging healthy tissue.

But then, you didn't expect reporters to do any research into either, now did you?