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June 20, 2020 - Global USA Things are really heating up. Someone leaked to media that Deb and I advised against the Tulsa Campaign rally. We never really discussed it at the TF meeting. I got textpinged by several reporters (Jon Karl, Norah O'Donnell, Jim Sciutto, Jim LaCosta about this. I honestly said that I could not conbfirm this since we never discussed thr Tulsa rally specifically. Nonetheless, today papers are saying that this is the case. Clearly someone is leaking things without knowing the facts. Karl told me that the word was out even before the TF meeting ended. And so, someone is leaking even before we finish. Tam getting progressively disillusioned with Deb Birx. She is happy talking the increased cases and the VP who is desparately looking for good news listenes to her and actually thinks that thngs are going well when, in fact. 13 states are clearly having surges of cases. She makes the case that 37 cases are stable or decreasing and underplays the13 that are "on fire". In fact after the TF meeting on Friday (yesterday, the VP wants us to present this to the POTUS who probably hates me by now, even though he says that he "loves me". He has tweeted about me 3 times yesterday and today. Deb has ststed that we should noit do clinical trials since "I want to see every infected person in a nursing home get plasma early on and steroids later. Forget the trial, we need to do this on EUAs. She says the same thing about vaccine trials. Clearly, she is trying to provide Trump with his October surprise. I may need to blow the whistle on her. It is reported that several(6) staff from the WH rally advance team have tested positive upon screening. David Perlman of he SF Chronicle. He was a great science reporters and one who first interviewed me during the earlier years of HIV/AIDS Trump-Fauci tension building up by the press. White House remains friendly, but press reports stressing the difference between the POTUS and me. I am now being ttacked more by the far right. Higly tense political situations. I quite frankly do not really care. I will keep doing what Iam doing. Am being constantly pinged (texted) by the press asking my opinion of various statements that are coming out. Kayleigh McEnany essentially saying that I will not be out in the press. Alyssa Farah is the one hope in Comms since she clearly wants me out their. Kayleigh constantly lying to and insulting the press. They are all on to her. POTUS makes silly statement at the rally in Tulsa that the more you test, the more cases there will be (implying that testing causes cases) and then said that he told his people to 113 to 20 states. Global -- 300,000/120,000 "slow down the testing". This triggered a rash of press calls to me that I answered on background or off the record. NIH Clinical Trial Evaluating Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin for COVID19 Closes Early The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has stopped enrollment in its clinical trial evaluating whether hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin can prevent hospitalization and death from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This action was taken because NIAID, the study leadership and the independent data and safety monitoring board (DSMB) overseeing the trial determined that the rate of participant enrollment has been inadequate for the trial to meet its objectives in a timely manner. No safety concerns were associated with the trial. PRESS:
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June 21, 2020 (Sunday) - Cases still surging in 13 to 20 states. Global - 8,500,000/459,000; USA - 2,300,000/120,000 Much concern about surge of cases, particularly in Florida and South Carolina and Georgia and Oklahoma. Also, tensions regarding the Tulsa campaign rally.
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June 22, 2020 - Global - 8,700,000/462,000; USA - 2,300,000/120,000 Belowis a very good article in Politico that describes in detail whast the problem has been in ther USA response to COVID-19 How the U.S. and Italy traded places on coronavirus While Trump touted America's reopening and watched infections climb, European leaders maintained strict rules and drove cases down. The historical Piazza della Signoria square in Florence, Italy, in early June. I Andrew Medichini/AP Photo
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June 22, 2020 9:43am • Facebook • Twitter • Print • Email • Show more sharing options Sage Grazer/Celeste Sloman/Shutterstock EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max has put in development Outliers, an anthology series based on Malcolm Gladwell's New York Times bestselling book. It hails from Brian Grazer, Imagine Television Studios and CBS Television Studios. Greg Walker, showrunner of the DC Universe series Titans, will write and executive produce the series, with Gladwell also executive producing. Outliers will take a detailed look at why people are successful, what makes them successful and at what cost. Part historical drama, part biopic, each season will profile individuals through an unique lens, looking at the specific historical situation which led to their outsized imprint on society and what ultimately makes them an Outlier. Global -- USA Kayleigh continues to make a fool of herself on TV with ridiculous answers to questions. PRESS: Interview with John Lauerman (Bloomberg News - London); WNYC NPR Radio with Brian Lehrer; Radiolab Public Radio Interview podcast Jab Abumrad; ESPN 98.7 Radio Interview (30 minutes)
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June 23, 2020 - Global - USA Big day today with House Energy and Commerce Hearing on COVID-19. Me, Redfield, Hahn, Giroir. VP called me at 10:00 AM when I was driving with Farncois to the Hearing. He called from Air Force 2 (on way to Wisconsin) and we spoke for 25 minutes. He wanted to know if I needed anything. He is a good guy, but he was really calling (sub-text of his words) to urge me to go lightly in my explanations and to not forget to bring out some of the positive things that are being done. He still is a guy with the glass half full and not half empty. He even admitted this in the conversation. Hearing was very long (6 hours). I had some cantankerous exchanges with Rep. McKinley (R-WV) who was giving me shit about saying early on that we should not wear masks to save them for the HCWs at a time when there was a shortage. I said "Ok, we are going to play that game" This went viral on social media. Also, I sqwitched in the middle of the Hearing from a black mask to a Washington Nationals mask, which went viral and 2 days later led to a big photo of me with the Nats mask in the Sports Section of the Washington Post. POTUS tweeted about me right before the Hearing: Donald J. Trump @ v @realDonaldTrump We did a great job on CoronaVirus, including the very early ban on China, Ventilator production, and Testing, which is by far the most, and best, in the World. We saved millions of U.S. lives.! Yet the Fake News refuses to acknowledge this in a positive way. But they do give... 10:41 AM - Jun 23, 2020 - Twitter for iPhone 11.3K Retweets 43.5K Likes t Q ur Donald J. Trump @ @realDonaldTrump - 1h v @ Replying to @realDonaldTrump ....Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is with us in all ways, a very high 72% Approval Rating. So, if he is in charge along with V.P. etc., and with us doing all of these really good things, why doesn't the Lamestream Media treat us as they should? Answer: Because they are Fake News! © 285K Tl 7.2K C) 30.2K it 350,000/122,000 And so now I am his friend when he sees that I have high approval ratings. Totally amazing!! PRESS: Winston Salem State Radio Podcast with Chancellor Elwood Robinson - WSSU - Future Focus Now, WSNC 90.5
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June 24, 2020 - Global - 9,000,000/470,000; USA - 2,350,000/122,000 Based on my discussions last night with David Barr and the group he brought together of people in the trenches of COVID-19 in NYC, New Orleans, DC, Seattle and Chicago, it is clear that the surge is caused by people opening up and throwing caution to the wind leading to community spread. We (me) say that in orde to contain these increases in nfection that will inevitably occur when you open, we need to identify, isolate and contact trace. They are saying that this doesnot work. Contact tracing is a sham. It is done by phone, people do not trust government, there is no isolation after the tracing Global USA when tracing does occur and people go right back into multi-generational homes and infect the vulnerable. This was confirmed in 2 conversation that I had with Mak Ghaly the Secretary of California HHS. Here is his e-mailfrom today: Hi, thanks for talking this morning and including me in on this conversation. In Califronia, we have built up a statewide contact tracing platform called CALConnect and we are on our way to have nearly 10,000 contact tracers throughout the state as our phase I program. This said, contact tracing can be improved by 1) increasing the availability of disease investigators skilled at conducting the initial deep dive into an identified case 2) hiring an army of contact tracing workers who look like the community they work in and speak the same language as those they are working to contact trace and support 3) must fund and make widely available safe places for supported isolation and/or quarantine- underused hotels make sense. 4) must help fund two weeks of wage replacement so that low income individuals don't have to make a short term choice between feeding their families or spreading coronavirus. In my view funding these ideas at the federal level is a way to do both community stimulus and response with one single investment strategy. I will report this to the TF. I am afraid that we are not equipped to handle resurgences at the community level. Did taped briefing to the US Conference of Mayors. Deb and I realize that Bob redfield is over his head and not really mounting an adequate response. He is passive. Good guy, but not fit for the job. PRESS: NPR "Morning Edition" - Rachel Martin; Front page story and picture of me in Washington Post and New York Times about the House Hearing yesterday; NPR Sacramento CapRadio - Sammie Caiola - Facebook Live
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June 25, 2020 - Global USA Called Deb this AM trying to figure out how to stop this disaster. Contact tracing does not work. We need pooled testing. She will talk to Jared and I offered to call Mark Meadows. Spoke with Mark for 20 minutes at 7:45 AM. I laid it on heavy and he gets it. He will call an emergency meeting at the WH and agrees that we need to do NFL Players aying there will not be Dancing with the Stars 100. 40,000 new pooled testing. I told him that our response regarding contact tracing and isolation was a "Fucking disaster and an abject failure" Also, he fully appreciates that the CDC is not up to the task. They cannot respond o a domestic or global pandemic. Had good conversation with DeMaurice Smith Director of the NFL Players Association (NFLPA). I clarified the misunderstanding re: my saying there will not be an NFL this Fall/Winter. Did 1.5 hour Zoom with CondeNaste led by Anna Wintour. This is the overarching organization of mlost of the major magazines such as Vanity Fair, Wired, Self, Vogue, Bon Apetit. I have been invited to appear on Dancing with the Stars - no thanks! PRESS: Toronto Radio KISS 92.5; picture of me with my Nats Mask in the Sports Section of the Washington Post
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June 26, 2020 - Global - 9,300,000/480,000; USA - 2,420,000/125,000. 40,000 new cases yesterday, the most for a single day. Spoke woth Gary Bettman, Commissioner of the NHL giving advice about their opening. My talk with Mark Meadows yesterday precipitated a major firestorm of disagreement in the WH. Some elements led by VP and his staff (particularly Katie) felt we should have a TF meeting and then have a Press Conference with me and Deb leading and run by the VP. Apparently, Kayleigh and Alyssa and the POTUS team (probably Jared and the economy team) were against this. Triggered much rancor, but finally we did it. Clearly, the lines are dividing in the WH. Clearly, I am precipitating this since Deb still cannot get herself to speak up even though she lives in the WH. At the Press Conference, unfortunately, the VP continues to stress the bright side about how well we have done when the southern part of the country is on fire. I came in and spoke of the danger to the entire country even though the map looks like there are more good parts than bad parts of the country. I stressed that we are a heterogeneous country, but we are not disconnected within the country and an outbreak anywhere is a danger even to those sections that have done well. I stressed that the young people have both a personal and a societal responsibility. If they get infected, they are feeding the dynamics of the outbreak and are part of the problem, not part of the solution. It is up to them. The press killed the VP following the press conference saying that he did happy talk when the country is in serious trouble. They are correct. At least the press that I added a reality check to the story. S PROBLEM. Had out Security team over the house for a "separation party" since they are being withdrawn since the death and violent threats have decreased over the past 2 weeks. Team leader George Adams plus Andre Jacobs, Ken Marty, Brett Rowland, Mike Salva Had a wonderful time. We had really bonded with these guys over the past few months. PRESS: Much press associated with my remarks at the press conference today. Will spill over to tomorrow; Meg Tirrell of CNBC will show parts of our interview today with the Milken Institute; Interview with Elizabeth Cohen (CNN) for the Aspen Institute and Aspen Ideas - she will use this for CNN tonight.
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June 27, 2020 - Global - 9,700,000/494,000; USA - 2,500,000/125,000; 45,000 cases today - highest amount ever. Florida is having increased hospitalizations as is Arizona and California. Clear, there is a SERIOUS PROBLEM. Deb, Bob Redfield, Steve Hahn and I had a Zoom call that Deb and I arranged. It is clear that we need to change strategies and rely (see above) on massive community testing and effective tracing in person and on foot at the community level. Our efforts have failed for a number of reasons. Bob still insisting that there were likely these many infections all along, but we were missing them since many were asymptomatic and now we are picking them up. That is crazy since there are more hospitalizations and the percent positives of testing are increased in several states. The VP saying yesterday that we are doing really well becomes more ludicrous. There will likely be 100,000 cases per day by August. Cliff and I will try to help out Deb by getting NIH-funded elements to help in the community testing. Confirmed Cases (Thousands) St New Dally Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in the U.S. Pi aga x22 at Say Moy tS 2B aygtTM oe 000/126,000; Florida confirmed COVID-19 cases by day March 4to June 26,2020 #16k +8 +bik +4 42k April May June i wo? an Sy, PRESS: Stories from yesterday's disastrous press conference. June 28. 2020 - Global - 9,66,000/492,000; USA - 2,500,000/126,000; 5th day in a row of new record set for number of daily cases. Pence (inexplicably) continues on TV to say we have done very well and ours is a success story. He is getting blasted. I have been completely blocked from TV by the Comms team at the White House. 550,000/127,000 Next couple of weeks will be critical as hospitalizations increase. VP is finally wearing a mask. Believe that Deb likely convinced him PRESS: Interview with Apoorva Mandavilli of New York Times on "pooled testing"; Wolf Blitzer showed an interview of me by Elizabeth Cohen as part of the Aspen Ideas Festival in a Special Sunday Night Edition of the Situation Room.