U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams resigned on Wednesday
after President Joe Biden asked him to do so, according to Washington Post.
Adams wrote on Facebook, “Thank you for the opportunity to
serve this great Nation, as this has been the honor of my life.
“I hope in 2021 and beyond, we can focus more on what unites
us, and rise above what divides us.”
Adams was nominated by Trump and was sworn in as surgeon
general on Sept. 5, 2017, to serve the office’s standard four-year term, which
was set to expire this September 2021.
The anesthesiologist was regularly appearing on national TV
and using social media to advocate for public health measures such as social
distancing.
Adams’s visibility also made him a target last spring for
Democrats, who accused him of defending Trump’s statements.
Biden has nominated Vivek H. Murthy, surgeon general but he
first needs to undergo Senate confirmation hearings, which have yet to be
scheduled.
Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn-in on Wednesday having
been declared winners of the November 3 presidential election. p
He has promised to face the fight against the deadly
COVID-19 squarely and had always blamed the Trump administration for not taking
the fight seriously.
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