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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
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Jan. 24, 2020 - More cities shut down by the Chinese. Now >800 cases and 26 deaths. State Department issued Level 4 (no travel at all) for Wuhan. Had meeting at EEOB381 (Anthony's office) to discuss the evolving siautaion with 2019-nCoV. Derek Kan (Deputy Director, OMB) was there with other OMB folks to determine what the budgetary needs would be for our response. I will put together some budget numbers. I was supposed to be on this coming weekend (it is now Friday) This Week With George Stephanopoulos and Face the Nation; however, these were bumped because of impeachment trial that is onging. Call from Lena Sun (Washington Post) trying to verify (I said I knew nothing of this) that people in the USG were saying that the Chinese got to Tedros to convince him not to declare a PHEIC since it would harm their reputation. I told her that was nonsense and I probably stopped her from writing the story. She said since I am in all the important meetings that I would know. CNBC Squawk Box; CBS Radio New York; Massive press interactions prior to and after my briefing of the Senators; Clip of me on CBS This Morning from the briefing
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Jan. 25, 2020 - now more than1400 cases and 42 deaths. President Xi Jinping essentially sutting down the entire country. Schools closing in Beijing. Suspicion that the Chinese are telling us everything that is going on in China. Why are the Chinese reacting so dramatically by essentially shutting down the entire country? State Department evacuating all USA personnel from consulate in WUHAN New York Times interview; CNN International
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Jan. 26, 2020 - GAME ON!!! Things are changing rapidly. Dr. Ma Xiaowei, the Chinese Minister of Health gave a press statement saying that the incubationperiod of nCoV is 1 to 14 days and that the virus is being transmitted when people are asymptomatic! This has enormous implications for how we handle people from Wuhan (like our diplomats who are now on the way back from WUHAN, having been ordered to evaculate). Should we quarantine them. I am very skeptical about the Chinese interprepation of their data. I spoke with Mike Ryan (WHO) from Geneva and he and Tedros are going to Wuhan soon. Mike is very skeptical that aymptomatic spread is present or at worst is a major driver of spread. Mike Osterholm also feels this way. I spoke with Nancy Messonnier and Bob Redfield this AM to coordinate our responses. Bob and I feel (and I told Elizabeth Cohen this) that we should be allowed to send our CDC epidemiologists to China to work with them so that we see the data first hand since we will base important response activities and strategies based on whether this is true. It would require our quarantining for a period of time even asymptomatic people who arrive from Wuhan. It now appears using epi data and genomic data that the first infection was in early December and was not connected to the market. The infections spread among people weeks before the Chinese reported that they were dealing with a new infection and that gave the virus time to establish itself in multigenerational (sustained) spread. Remember, early on the Chinese were saying that there is no human to human transmission and all the original 27 cases were from the market. Now we know the market was not the source, it was the amplifier. Having said that, somewhere the virus jumped from animals to humans. There is complete chaos in China now with president Xi Jinping declaring an emergency situation. The Chinese are building within days 1000 and 1300 bed hospitals and flying in hundreds of medical personnel from military. They have shut down travel within most of the country and have called off many Lunar New Year events. Schools closed at least until mid-February. Running out of supplies such as PPE. Had 8:00 PM call with Anthony Ruggiero, Phil Ferro, and Bob Redfield about the evolving situation. The deputiers and White House are pushing to close the borders for any traffic from China. Bob and I are against that. Anthony said that he heard that I wa in favor of that. Will have 11:00 AM meeting tomorrow from SCIF with Deputy National Security Advisor Matthew Pottinger regarding possibly closing borders from China entry. iltiple important non-corona-virus CNN phone interview with Elizabeth Cohen; CBC Canadian TV; CNN with Fredricka Whitfield (cancelled because of tragic accidental death of Kob Bryant in helicopter crash in LA); NewsHour from UK
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January 26, 2020 - Global - 99,000,000/2,100,000; USA - 25,200,000/420,000 VP Harris visited NIH for her booster shot with Husband Greg Emhoff. She and I did a PSA together. Had moving conversation with Moncef Slaoui who felt that the Biden people were discrediting and bad-mouthing OWS that Moncef led. In fact, Moncef did a fabulous job in getting 2 vaccines (Moderna and Pfizer) approved (EUA) that are highly efficacious with other candidates (Janssen, AZ, Novavax) not far behind. He feels badly for the OWS team and for himself. I told him that he has done a fabulous and historic job in what he accomplished. I told him that to me and many others, he is a hero. He was very touched by the conversation. e Got on my usual Tuesday evening Zoom call with health officials throughout the country (Hosted by David Barr) and asked question of what the problem was with doses of vaccine. Was it that we had doses but could not logistically get them into the arms of people OR was it that the demand far outstripped the supply. Overwhelmingly they said that there was not enough supply. Group was: Sharon Balter (LA), Jeff Duchin (Seattle), Jennifer Avegno (NOLA), Allison Arwady (Chicago), La Quandra Nesbitt (DC), Marci Layton (NYC) PRESS: FOX America's Newsroom with Dana Perino and Bill Hemmer; NBC TV Special with Richard Engel; fue ---- THE WASHINGTON POS? DRAWING BOARD CLAY JONES Global USA about the development of the Moderna
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Jan. 27, 2020 - Packed day today. Council and multiple important non-corona-virus meetings. Busy day - two meeting with White House via SCIF. First at 11:00 AM led by Deputy Director NSC Matt Pottinger who still wants to stop all incoming from China. Bob Redfield, Phil Ferro, Mart Cetron, Peter Marks etc. Second White House meeting via SCIF was on same subject withMick Mulvaney Chairing and visit to meeting by VP Pence. Still discussing the pros and cons of shutting off China. I tried to squeeze in my opinion, but it was touch since I was remote. I briefed Azar beforehand by phone as to the down side (historically) in shutting out a country. Also at the meeting were Joe Grogan, Matt Pottinger, Alex Azar, DHS Multiple print media including Washington Post, Maggie Fox, Los Angeles; NPR Morning Edition with Rachel Martin; WTOP radio; John LaPook with CBS - taped interview to run with face to face interview tomorrow with Norah O'Donnell; VOA; CNN International; Bret Baier FOX; WTOP again; Sean Hannity (FOX);