Getting sick and tired of people falling for this distraction okie doke every time.
These grifters give you a narrative and an out-of-context clip and you go to town for them without processing it for yourselves.
The way he tried to be relatable at the end may have been corny, I admit. But
NOTHING ELSE was wrong with what he said.
The way this man's message was misconstrued is absurd. He was obviously talking about how African American, Latino, and Native American communities are being disproportionally affected by COVID-19 and what we can do with our limited resources to mitigate the risks. You can wash your hands, social distance, and avoid drugs, smoking, and alcohol because these things can increase your chances of getting this shyt by spreading the virus, reducing lung capacity, and reducing immune response:
Q&A on smoking and COVID-19
Resist Using Pot, Alcohol to Ease Fears During COVID-19 Outbreak
The surgeon general is a man, mind you, who recently released a 700 page report on eradicating smoking. The issue is personal for him because both of his grandfathers died from smoking related complications:
Obviously he is very attuned to the damage smoking can do to your lungs and alcohol can do to your immune system. It is his job.
But please, ignore my post and continue on calling the man an "uncle tom" with your white liberal friends.