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Jan. 16, 2020 - The situation in Wuhan, China continues. Now have 2 deaths and 2 cases in Thailand and 1 in Japan. Was in on a PCC meeting via the NIH SCIF with the NSC chaired by Anthony Ruggiero. CDC and DHS have decided to do entry screening at 3 USA airport in people coming directly and indirectly from Wuhan: Kennedy in NYC, LAX, and SFO. Tomorrow night at 10:00 PM a 747 from Wuhan will arrive at Kennedy and will be the first to get screened. nCoV_PCC_SOC_FIN AL.docx I appeared this evening on a PBS NewsHour segment on Ebola with considerable exposure in the piece.
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Jan. 17, 2020 - appeared on radio with NPR "Here and Now" on the pediatric Influenza B situation. Influenza B predominating yet the Victoria B in the vaccine is only a 58% match and so children are getting a double whammy with B predominating early in the year and continuing and the vaccine is not well matched. In this regard, there are more pediatric deaths (39) thus far at this point in the season compared to most other years. The infection slope is high for all infections yet the total deaths and hospitalization are not that high, likely because there is little H3N2 and that is the virus that affects the elderly the most and the elderly accound for most of the hospitalizations and deaths. Jennifer Ashton of ABC World News Tonight called me in a panic about 15 minutes before she is to go on the air about the Wuhan virus (2019nCoV). She wanted to get my take on the airport screening and the potential seriousness of the situation. I emphasized that we need to take this seriously and the airport screening is entirely appropriate. We are now doing entry screening at JFK, LAX and SFO of flights from Wuhan. There are a couple of direct flights per week from Wuhan to JFK and SFO nt onal at 10:00 PM to be shown rea yany, which is the most influential political ng News and for FOX 5 Local TV , to 3 with 6 deaths. 1 O'Reilly for Axios
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Jan. 18, 2020 - Situation starting toheaten up re: 2019nCoV. There are now 17 more cases in Wuhan and the LSTMH has estimated that there may actually be several hundreds of cases that have not yet been recognized. It is starting to look like there is some low grade close contact transmission person to person. I appeared on CNN Newsroom with Fredricka Whitfield to discuss the 2019 nCoV situation and the recent screening at 3 airports.
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Jan. 19, 2020 - Things evolving rapidly with the 2019 nCoV. Now there are 198 confirmed cases, all in China except for 2 in Thailand and 1 in Japan. Cases now in Guangdong Province with suspected cases in Beijing and Shanghai. Did TV interview (pre-taped) for CNN International at 10:00 PM to be shown internationally through the night and tomorrow,
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Jan. 20, 2020 - Now there are >220 cases of n-CoV with a travel case in South Korea and 14 transmissions to health care providers. Clearly, this is a rapidly expanding situation with no question about person-to-person transmission. Did print interview for Caixin Media Company, which is the most influential political and business news organization in China. Also did interview for CBS Evening News and for FOX 5 Local TV Also, conversation with Elizabeth Cohen of CNN. Problem with her is that she tends to dramatize things, which can get me in trouble not matter how many caveats I give her.
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Jan. 21, 2020 - n-CoV situation continues to evolve. Now 298 cases with 6 deaths. Very fluid. Did ointerview with Eileen O'Reilly for Axios Interview with Chinese Radio Free Asia CDC announced today that the first case of n-CoV has been identified in Seattle. A 35 year old otherwise healthy Chinese man visited Wuhan, came to USA on January 15 (before airport screening), developed sxs on Jan. 16, tested on Jan. 19, test sent to CDC and positive on Jan. 20. He walked into a clinical with fever and respiratory sxs and was smart enough to mention that he just came from Wuhan. Other press today - VOA News; WSJ with Betsy MacKay; WCBS Radio; TV NewsMAX; TV FOX Business with Lou Dodd; Biocentury with Steve Usdin; Bloomberg Law with Jeannie Baumann; Washington Times; Time Magazine (Alice Park) We are having daily PCCs with Anthony Ruggierro. He is his usual prickly self. >=mented.
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Jan. 22, 2020 - Now 400 cases and 9 deaths. Chicago ORD and Atl airports added to entry screening with JFK, LAX, and SFO. Soon to funnel all flights with people from Wuhan (indirect) through these 5 airports. Another PCC with Anthony being hostile that the orgs (CDC, DHS, CBP) have not worked out how to get 100% of people coming from Wuhan screened. We are in Phase 1 (Screening at JFK, LAX, SFO). We are almost fully ready for Phase 2 (add ORD and ATL). Phase 3 is to funnel people who originate at Wuhan and want to go to USA through one of the 5 airports. Phase 4 is to screen individuals coming from many cities in China. Big argument between CDC (Redfield) and CBP/DHS regarding have 5 versus 12 USA airports do the screening. Marty Cetron was trying to explain how difficult doing 12 USA airports would be since CDC does not have staff in a few of these cities. To complicate it all, while we were in the PCC, China announced that it is cutting off all public transportation (air, ferries, train, buses, out of Wuhan City) Essentially a quarantine of the entire city of 11 million people except for absolute emergencies. This complicates the USA airport screening strategy since people will not be able to get out of Wuhan and to the USA easily. May try other means. Some confusion about what the best way to prevent establishment of infection in the USA. Anthony (with his attitude) is making matters worse. Phase I--Current Posture • Description: Foreign nationals who have been in China within 14 days prior to their actual or attempted entry into the United States are ineligible for admission under Section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Departments and agencies may exercise certain exemptions. Any person, but specifically U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents (LPRs) who have been: (1) in Hubei province within the past 14 days may be subject to 14 day mandatory quarantine; and (2) in China (outside Hubei province) within the past 14 days may be subject to screening and self-isolation for 14 days. All direct and indirect flights from China are funneled to 11 airports with enhanced CDC medical screening. CDC is coordinating with state and local health care clinicians to identify domestic cases, isolate cases, and conduct appropriate contact tracing. o Triggers: Already being implemented. • Objectives: (1) Contain the outbreak at its source, (2) minimize domestic importation of additional cases, (3) limit potential for domestic epidemic, and (4) prepare the domestic response mechanisms. • Messaging: Daily HHS and CDC briefings and on camera task force briefings as appropriate. On the interview below (FOX Business with David Asman) one of the panel asked me to comment of a clip he played where Trump said that everything is under control. Xi Jinping told him everything is under control. I had to answer that we are taking this very smaller cities -- seriously and that Americans should not be frightened or worry, but we are taking it seriously. Let us see if this pits me against the POTUS. 552 cases - 17 Deaths Cases now in Hong Kong and Macao WTOP Radio on Seattle case; The Morning Goods (local radio talk show); TRT World Turkish TV; Reuters TV; Fox Business (Cavuto); Bloomberg print; FOX Business with David Asman; Italian TV (Mediaset); Taped CNN in the VRC talking about the vaccine; Hong Kong Phoenix TV; Univision TV (SpanishAmerican TV); Bloomberg TV Asia; 24 NEWS Israeli TV over the phone
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Jan. 23, 2020 - China shuts down public transportation in 3 additional smaller cities - Huanggang, Ezhou and Chibi. After 2nd Advisory Committee meeting WHO still does not declare PHEIC. Very controversial decision. They are getting some criticism about this. On several of the media that I did (see below) I was asked my opinion of this. I said I did not want to outguess the WHO and demurred. Press still heavy. Did FOX Business TV (Varney and Company); FOX News (Sandra Smith); CBS Radio;Shanghai Media TV via Skype; Politico (Sarah Owermohle); Shanghai Media TV; Science News print; CNN Newsroom (clip shown by Sanjay Gupta); FOX News Rundown (Radio); COX Media TV; John Catsimatidis Radio Show - Cats Roundtable; CNBC Asia Squawk Box; BBC radio; FOX Business News (Lou Dobbs);Canadian Broadcasting System (Kelly Crowe).
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January 23, 2020 - Global - 97,000,000/2,000,000; USA - 24,700,000/413,000 PRESS: Vaccine Town Hall with Ebro Darden & Kizzy Corbett; MSNBC with Alex Witt; Interview with Donald McNeil for the New York Times on my experience with the Trump administration; MSNBC "Politics Nation" with Rev. Al Sharpton; Stat: The 10 Biden officials to watch on the Covid-19 response By R A C H E L C O H R S @rachelcohrs J A N U A R Y 2 1 , 2 0 2 1 ; USA -- 25,000,000/4 16,000 as -25,000,000/418,000 25,200,000/420,000 ff. She and I did a PSA