A single line often inverts meaning once you see what it
answers, so neighbouring messages are always shown.
-
Apr. 29, 2012 - Went to Annual Brunch given by John McLaughlin on the roof of the Hay-Adams Hotel in celebration of the White House Correspondence Ball the night before. It has been several years since I was invited to the Ball. Usual DC celebrities at the Brunch.
-
May 1, 2012 - Partook in NAS Workshop Panel on 20 F Street on H5N1. This was part of the NAS Annual Meeting. Controversy continues. At the meeting, Richard Roberts (1993 Nobel Laureate and known Gadfly) came to the microphone and said that many virologists who disagree with Francis Collins and me about doing DURC are afraid to speak up because they fear retribution and will not get their grants funded - Holy Shit!! The epitomy of paranoia. This is not the first time that I have heard this. I blew him out of the water (nicely) by saying that if anyone has even a slight awareness of the NIH peer ighes Medical ty of Miami and review system, they would know that this was impossible even if we wanted to do this, which we clearly do not.
-
May 2, 2012 - Went to and spoke at a "Garden Party" at the home of Ellen and Gerry Sigal in honor of Mark Harrington and the 20th Anniversary of the Treatment Action group (TAG). I honored him and reminisced about the activist years in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Also speaking was Peggy Hamburg.
-
May 3, 2012 - Spoke at the Lasker Board Dinner held at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Headquarters on Jones Bridge Road. Spoke about H5N1 issue.
-
2012-05-10 00:00
Anthony S. Fauci
May 10, 2012 - Met with old friend Ron Dellums (Former Chair of House Armed Services Committee and former Mayor of Oakland). He has retired from politics and wanted to chat with me about opportunities in consulting in global Health. He had come on the original trip with Tommy Thompson in 2002 to Africa. I referred him to Stewart Simonson. Reviewed data with Ian Lipkin over the phone of study that he coordinated. Data showed that the prior studies from Judy Vitkovits and Harvey Alter/Shy Lo indicating a connection with XMRV/MLV and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome were in fact artifact and there is no connection. Appeared on The NewsHour interviewed by Ray Suarez on the positive recommendation of the FDA Advisory Committee to approve Truvada as PrEP.
-
May 11, 2012 - Flew to Miami for U of M Commencement and had dinner with awardees and commencement speakers for the entire University. Donna Shalala (President of U of M) was my sponsor. Dinner at amazingly palatial home of Leonard and Jayne Abess. Formerly home of Sylvester Stallone. Susan Rice (US Ambassador to the UN) was also there. She had given Commencement Address to the Law School that day. Sat next to Stuart Miller who had donated $200 million to the U of M Medical School, which is now named after him. Stayed at Biltmore Hotel in Coral Cables and went on nice long, warm run
-
May 12, 2012 - Received honorary Doctor of Science at University of Miami and delivered Commencement Address. Beautiful and enjoyable day.
-
May 14-16, 2012 - Megan's graduation. Arrived evening of May 14 and had dinner with Meg, Jen, Chris, and Amanda at Gazala restaurant (Israeli) on Columbus Avenue and 78th Street. Great time. Day of May 15 - Megan's College of Arts and Sciences Commencement. Megan graduates Summa Cum Laude!!!! Amazing kid. Dinner that night at a Vegan restaurant. Stayed at Denise and Jack apartment. May 16 - full University graduation. Columbia president Bollinger gave address. Of note, President Obama gave commencement address at Barnard 2 days before, much to the dismay of the Columbia Community. ver HS5N1 about an update
-
May 16, 2012 - Barry Bloom sends me pre-print of Commentary that will appear in Science at the same time as my and Francis Collins' article. Barry's co-author is the ever crazy Lone Simonson. They are proposing that the USG create an Interagency Committee with final authoritative power to decide what DURC experiments can and cannot be done. There really are well meaning people who just do not understand this issue and it worries me. There is a real danger of inadvertently hindering science in Infectious Diseases by censoring it.