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May 26, 2015 - Gave an "Interview" talk with Joe Palca (NPR) at the Ripley Center of the Smithsonian. Good crowd, good questions.
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May 27, 2015 - Hosted 30 Staff members from the Senate Appropriations and Oversight committees at the Special Clinical Studies Unit (SCSU) at the Clinical Center where we took care of and I did for them the complete donning and doffing procedure, which they absolutely loved. Many questions. Did a telebriefing for the release of the START study data (DSMB recommended stopping the study due to highly positive results). Clearly starting ARVs at greater than 500 CD4+ T cell count was much more beneficial (p <0.001) than waiting until counts drop to 350. Got much attention. Front page of NY Times with my picture in ONLINE version of Times. Also the next night (May 28), I appeared with Judy Woodruff on the NewsHour.
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May 28, 2015 - Went to UN to participate in Panel at ECOSOC Council (Economic and Social Council), chaired by Paul Farmer to discuss sustainable health systems in light of the Ebola outbreak. Bill Clinton gave the Keynote and we shook hands and exchanged pleasantries. On the panel with me was the actor Jeffrey Wright ("Angels in America" "Boardwalk Empire". He has won an Emmy, a Golden Globe and a Tony. Very nice man. Says that he has been a fan of mine for years. He is working to improve the conditions of miners in Sierra Leone.
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June 1, 2015 - Gave lecture at the Sulgrave Club on Dupont Circle. Upper Crust old women's club. Quite charming and elegant Building between P and Massachusetts Ave, right on DuPont Circle. Spoke on Ebola. Adoring crowd. Met John Quinnan with whom I did my first research project in the summer between my 1st and 2nd year at Cornell - the summer that I met Lynne Williams.
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June 2, 2015 - Spoke with Doug brooks (ONAP) about setting up a meeting with him, me, Valeria Jarrett and Denis McDonough to discuss possibility of starting a PEPFAER for the USA to end the AIDS pandemic here.
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June 3, 2015 - Chris and I went to function in the Mansfield Room of the US capitol as gusts of Wayne and Catherine Reynolds in one of their usual wonderful social events. They were honoring Congresswoman Debbie Dingel, Sens. Roy Blount, Thad Cochrane and Diane Feinstein for their contribution to the Arts. I introduced Debbie Dingel. Great crowd. I chatted with old friends Fred Hiatt of Washington Post, Rick Atkinson, Chris Matthews, Bob Barnett, etc. Great evening.
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June 5, 2015 - Things heating up with MERS in South Korea. Now at 40 cases and 4 deaths - largest outbreak outside of the Arabian Penisula. Index case is a 68 year Korean man who travelled in the Arabian Penisula (KSA, Qatar, UAE, etc) came back to Korea was hospitalized and set off a chain of infections among people in same room and even on same ward as well as family members and HCWs. I appeared on Wolf Blitzer (CNN) to discuss the situation.
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June 6, 2015 - Steve Holland admitted a patient (25 year old woman from India) with XDR TB today. NSC heard about it and as usual pushed the panic button and wanted us to provide a press statement and Qs and As. We did and this triggered much press interest.
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June 8, 2015 - Did my BSC presentations or LIR Overview and Immunopathogenesis Section accomplishments. My primary reviewers were Arturo Casadevall and Larry Corey. Review went extremely well. Press interest now heating up for both MERS and the XDR patient here at NIH. Did interview with Katty Kay for BBC on MERS.