Former Trump-era Surgeon General Jerome Adams has inserted himself into the beef between NFL superstars Aaron Rodgers and Travis Kelce.
As previously reported, Rodgers, who’s currently injured, took a shot at Kelce earlier this week over the Kansas City Chiefs tight end’s decision to star in an ad for Pfizer, referring to him as “Mr. Pfizer” during a podcast interview.
Adams evidently didn’t appreciate this smack-talking. In a since-deleted Twitter post published Friday, he mocked Rodgers over his promotion of psychedelics, which he recently credited with improving his pre-injury performance on the field.
“Player A: Takes unregulated psychedelics, out for season,” Adams’ deleted tweet reads in reference to Rodgers.
“Player B: Takes FDA approved vaccine, dominant on field, team winning, dating T Swift,” it continues in reference to Kelce.
“I’m no football expert any more than Aaron Rodgers is a doctor, but seems Player B is ‘winning,’ no?” the tweet concludes.
Below is a screenshot of the tweet:
Apparently he deleted the tweet. Here it is, for posterity. pic.twitter.com/0ZGbEoQ3yP
— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) October 6, 2023
The post must have attracted massive criticism because Adams deleted it. However, he bounced back shortly thereafter with a series of new, less snarky posts in which he defended both himself and the COVID-19 vaccine.
“If you’re out for the season after making a number of well publicized and questionable choices about your own health, seems prudent not to criticize another player who is faring quite well with his health choices (including being vaccinated), no?” he wrote.
“And btw, I reposted this because many people (some intentionally) were missing the point. Psychedelics haven’t been shown to cause Achilles tears any more than vaccines have been shown to prompt dates with Taylor Swift. But people with a history of promoting dubious health measures (and whether you agree or disagree with his ‘regimen,’ you can’t argue that Rodger’s advocates for some unorthodox and largely unvetted practices) maybe shouldn’t criticize others’ promotion of FDA-approved health measures- especially so when they themselves are suffering from a health ailment,” he added.
He concluded by saying, one, the “bottom line” is that it’s better to listen to “doctors and scientists,” and two, the supposed “benefits” of the COVID vaccine “outweigh the risks for most people.”
See the start of the lengthy thread below:
If you’re out for the season after making a number of well publicized and questionable choices about your own health, seems prudent not to criticize another player who is faring quite well with his health choices (including being vaccinated), no? https://t.co/dojxSxamtg
— Jerome Adams (@JeromeAdamsMD) October 6, 2023
The attempt to explain himself appears to have not worked, because backlash and criticism were continuing to pour in by Saturday, with many calling him a “fraud” and also slamming him for mocking Rodgers’ penchant for alternative medicine.
“Congratulations on being one of the top 5 reasons the public has lost its faith in the medical industry. Pharma puppet,” one critic tweeted.
“You have about as much ‘science’ on your totalitarian side of the political spectrum as did the Salem witch hunters. Clown,” another added.
See more criticism below:
@JeromeAdamsMD Did you get your phd at same place as Jill? @FLOTUS Comically ignorant on both counts.
— LefttheATX (@GregAnd51792033) October 7, 2023
A questionable choice would be taking a shot found to cause any number of horrific medical conditions, including death.
— naiachamp (@naiachamp) October 7, 2023
Every sovereign human being has the RIGHT to make their own health decisions. Remember that fact next time round.
— Aaron A Aaronson (@TaxiForSchwab) October 7, 2023
Labelling someone’s health choices as ‘questionable’ ignores their bodily autonomy and undermines respectful dialogue. Criticising others’ decisions while defending one’s own choices appears hypocritical at best. You are not interested in meaningful discussions about health.
— Jason B (@sf2000b) October 7, 2023
Seriously?! You are attacking an athlete (Aaron Rodgers) who was injured on a play as if having the Covid shot would have prevented the hit? And now, according to you, Rodgers should have no opinion on the shot? What kind of logic is that? You really are a dim bulb, aren’t you?…
— Charlie Johnston (@JohnstonPilgrim) October 7, 2023
All this comes four months after Rodgers opened up about his psychedelic usage.
Speaking at the Psychedelic Science 2023 in Denver at the time, the New York Jets quarterback bragged about using ayahuasca, a psychoactive brew containing the highly psychedelic drug DMT.
“It’s going to be hard to cancel me because the previous year [in 2019] – 26 touchdowns, four interceptions, we had a good season. Ayahuasca – 48 touchdowns, five interceptions, MVP. What are you gonna say?” he remarked at the conference, according to CNN.
Around that same time, he also spoke about his psychedelic use during a podcast interview with Aubrey Marcus.
“Is it not ironic that the things that actually expand your mind are illegal and the things that keep you in the lower chakras [energy points in the body] and dumb you down have been legal for centuries?” he said.
“I guarantee you all these bums who want to come after me online about my experience and stuff, they’ve never tried it. They’re the perfect people for it, we need to get these people to take it,” he added.
Three months later in September, he sustained an injury to his Achilles heel.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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