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Feb. 2, 2015 - Now Governor Chris Christie is saying that parent should have the choice of not vaccinating their children. He said this juxtaposed against the POTUS saying on a Sunday Morning Show that parents should vaccinate their children and "there really is no good reason not to". Now the media are playing up the conflict between Christie and the POTUS similar to the quarantine for Ebola issue. Everyone wants me on the press to comment. I am picking and choosing with whom I speak since the press definitely wants to put me between Christie and Obama. Was on NBC Nightly New and NPR with Richard Harris about the measles issue. This is becoming the media hype similar to the Ebola issue. Now Rand Paul is weighing in saying parents should decide about vaccinations. Mike Gerson did a great job in his Post column describing the issue. He quoted me directly. Chris Wallace of Fax News Sunday wants me to debate Rick Perry or Carla Fiorina. We shall see. Cooked dinner tonight at my house (Linguine with scampi and marinara sauce) for Harold Varmus and Chris. I have Harold over the house and cook dinner for him about 4X per year. Also, used to do this with Gary Nabel when Gary was Director of VRC before he went to Boston to Sanofi to be with his wife Betsy Nabel who is CEO of Brigham and Women's Hospital. I do this since Harold is alone in DC without his wife Connie who stayed in NYC when Harold came down to be Director of NCI. He stays in DC in an apartment on Connecticut Avenue near the Zoo on Monday-Thursday and then takes Amtrak back to NYC for Thursday night through Sunday night. Always an enjoyable evening.
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Feb. 3, 2015 - Testified today at Congressional Hearing of Commerce and Energy oversight Committee (Tim Murphy (R-PA) Chair on Influenza and why the match of vaccine was wrong. Multiple things putting me at the forefront - measles, Ebola, bad flu season. Will do Rachel Maddow Show tonight. Measles is all over the news. Also, ISIS sent a video where they burned alive a captive Jordanian pilot. See e-mail below from Cliff. Serious problem with integrity of the Welcome trust people and Chimerix. The Welcome trust Oxford group were the ones that criticized us for wanting to do RCTs. We insisted that it was the safest and best way to determine efficacy or harm. They said we were unethical. They are unethical and we cannot say anything because of "confidentiality".
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Feb. 4, 2015 - Max Cooper gave WALS Lecture at NIH. Went to dinner with him and Chris last night at Cesco Osteria on Woodmont Avenue in Bethesda. Still great press interest in the Measles situation now that Presidential hopefuls Chris Christie, Rand Paul and others have commented on it. Rand Paul put his foot in his mouth by saying that there are reports of children who walk and talk normally before MMR and then immediately after, they can no longer walk, talk, and are autistic. Good experience on Rachel Maddow Show last night. We stuck to the science and did not get involved with the politics, although she dumped all over Christie and Paul. Ran into Gov. Howard Dean in the NBC Green Room and he was very critical of Paul. Did Geraldo Rivera Radio Show today and Jose Diaz Belart on MSNBC. The Sunday Shows want me on several times. Let us see if HHS allows it vis-a-via prior discussions. ISIS burns alive and shows the video on the internet a Jordanian jet fighter pilot shot down over Syria. The Jordanians are outraged and execute Al-Qaeda prisoners in retaliation. Big news
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Feb. 5, 2015 - Media continues over measles. Was on Fox National news. Also, Buzzfeed print; Wall Street Journal. Gave talk on Ebola at the Columbia Country Club in Bethesda on Connecticut Avenue. Biggest crowd they have ever had at these events (Distinguished Lecture Series)
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Feb. 6, 2015 - HHS approving all my media now. Today did CNN New Day; The Hill. Also did radio interview with John Castamidas for his NYC Sunday Show. Was supposed to do MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell and another ABC Show but was cancelled because Jordanian aircraft bombed ISIS in Syria and the ISIS claims that the bombs killed and American woman whom ISIS had kidnapped and was holding hostage. Now all news stations are covering this.
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Feb. 7, 2015 - Measles still hot. Emerging reaction by press and bloggers against mothers who do not vaccinate their children. I appear on CNN with Poppy Harlow about measles
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Feb. 8, 2015 - Appear on Sunday TV "Face the Nation" with Bob Shieffer. Appear with CBS Dr. Jon LaPook. Fly to Austin, TX for LaMontagne Lecture tomorrow.
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Feb. 9, 2015 - Give Inaugural John Ring La Montagne Lecture at University of Texas. John did undergraduate and Masters at U of T. His widow Elaine was present and his brother Greg. Freezing weather in DC and major historic snow storms in New England (Jenny getting it in Boston); however, absolutely beautiful in Austin at 74 and bright sun. These trips are starting to wear me down. No fun anymore. I hate airports and my back is bothering me. Made worse by flying.
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Feb. 10, 2015 -- Went to BBC Studio in DC to tape an interview with Peter Staley about our relationship during the AIDS activist era. This will be part of a larger BBC program on the history of AID in which they have me playing a major role in the program. Did WUSA local TV Channel 9 on measles