U.S. Surgeon General comes to Fort Wayne to discuss COVID-19 pandemic efforts

Dr. Jerome Adams visited Fort Wayne Friday morning as part of public service campaign aimed at getting Americans to take the COVID-19 pandemic more seriously.

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United states surgeon general jerome adams makes his way to fort wayne to talk covid-19.

The former indiana state health commissioner is on a public service campaign to help people understand covid-19 and take it more seriously.

Fox 55's mallory beard has more.

U-s surgeon genral jerome adams says choosing between kids or an option.

Both need to be protected when it comes to health and safety against covid-19.us surgeon general ose kids can go to school without adults there.

A go home an without adults there.

And so we need to do everything possible to protect those kids and those adults and it is not an either or choice.dams is a member is of the president donald trumps coronavirus task force.

He was in fort wayne today as part of a media campaign to spread the word about protecting yourself and others during the pandemic.he emph-washing ree w your hands, wearing a mask, and watching your distance.us surgeon general adamsf everyone does their part today, right now, then in two weeks, three weeks, we will see the benefits of that and wel see positivity rates go down.ut he knows not all hoosiers are taking precautions ignoring gove mask olcomb mandate to gathering in large crowds.us surgeon general adams want you to understand, the choice is between this small inconvenience and your kids not being able to go to school.dams says he believes hoosiers will do the right thing if given the right tools, but admits that he and his staff were initially wrong about those who had the virus but not the symptoms.us surgeon genee did ams not realize there was a high degree of asymptomatic spread.

We now realize that and now he says delivering the right - information is crucial at this time.us surgeon general adams think we as health officials need to continue to improve our messaging and help people understand this virus and admit where we were wrong.

And taking precautions is the best way to show your appreciation to those on the front lines.us surgeon general adams he way you can and most meaningfully thank them is by wearing a mask, washing your hands, and watching your distance to lower community spread so that they will be less likely to get this virus which can be deadly.n fort wayne beard fox 55 news for more information on where you can get tested for covid-19, check out this story on our website at wfft dot com.