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July 4, 2020 - Global - 11,000,000/525,000 USA - 2,800,000/130,000 Andrea Mitchell called my cell very apologetic about not being able to have me on the show since they already booked a couple of governors who were giving exclusives to NBC. I mentioned to her my concern about them keeping me off the air. She was shocked and thought that when I did not come on after requests that it was because I did not want to go on a show. It is clear that Michael Caputo in totally full of shit. The WH is now saying that they are giving the ball back to Pence to decide what happens with COVID-19 and that there will be more media appearances from health experts. We shall see. Florida had 11,000 cases yesterday. Everything is surging.
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July 5, 2020 - Sunday - Hahn on 2 Sunday Shows. I am blocked (see above). Surges continue in multiple states with new records every day. Particularly FL. In NY Times this AM, comment about people in some states, particularly TX (Dan Patrick - Lt. Gov as an example) are making me the symbol of what they are tired of. Theyare saying to hell with the outbreak, "we are done with it", even though people are getting sick and New Daily Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in the U.S. a mn 7 Oey Moving Average a ty rump vrote column in Washington Post: hospitalized. POTUS had 4th Juy celebration on South Lawn (I and Chris were invited) that was crowded and no one wearing masks. I did not attend. Not just USA, there are major outbreaks in Brazil, Mexico, Asia (Japan, North Korea, etc). I have been having several 30 minute deep background conversations with Bob Woodward who is writing a book on the Trump response to the outbreak. Margaret Brennan on "Face the Nation" came out and explicitly said that the Trump administration was blocking my appearing onTV including their show where they continually ask for me and have been refused. This clearly triggered a response either/or in HHS and the WH because Caputo texted me in the afternoon and asked what my priority shows would be for next week. I said NewsHour with Judy Woodruff and Today with Savannah Guthrie. Savannah would be on vacation and so we went with CNN Town Hall with Sanjay Gupta and Anderson Cooper. We shall see what actually happens. Jennifer Rubin wrote column in Washington Post: Distinguished person of the week: Fauci finally breaks through Opinion by Jennifer Rubin Columnist
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July 5, 2020 at 7:45 a.m. EDT In Senate testimony and interviews, Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, sounded the alarm: We are not winning in the battle against the novel coronavirus. Even more important than that was his insistence that we all wear masks in public. Consider what he told the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Tuesday when Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) asked if masks should be given away for free: "There's no doubt that wearing masks protects you," Fauci said. "Anything that furthers the use of masks, whether it's giving out free masks or any other mechanism, I am thoroughly in favor of." President Trump has been the main impediment to mask-wearing, choosing to turn a vital public health measure into a sign of tribal identity. Fauci nevertheless has persisted in his message. This is hardly the first time Fauci has tried to get Americans to adopt the simple, lifesaving practice. ("Everybody should wear a mask when out [in] public," he said in June. In late May he told CNN, "I want to protect myself and protect others, and also because I want to make it be a symbol for people to see that that's the kind of thing you should be doing." The advice took on fresh urgency as he warned that the country could experience as many as 100,000 new cases a day. The Post interviewed Fauci and other health experts about wearing masks. He was unequivocal. "It dominates everything I do. The only time I don't wear one is when I am alone, when I am home with my wife, or when I am speaking in public -- provided there is 6 feet between me and the people to whom I am speaking, as was the case when I answered questions at the recent congressional hearings." Last week the rate of infections spiked past 55,000 in a single day, and suddenly Republicans who had pooh-poohed mask-wearing and echoed Trump's disdain for masks were speaking up. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) finally proclaimed, "We must have no stigma, none, about wearing masks when we leave our homes and come near other people. Wearing simple face coverings is not about protecting ourselves, it is about protecting everyone we encounter." Too bad he didn't say that months or weeks ago -- or tell Trump to stop discouraging mask use. We seemed to reach a tipping point when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) finally put out a statewide order requiring masks. Other states fell into line as the infection and hospitalization rate soared. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) issued a shutdown order and Global USA Ipree ie encouraged mask-wearing as the virus threatened to overwhelm his state's hospital capacity. Pennsylvania, Oregon and Kansas also implemented state mandates on maskwearing. Even Vice President Pence -- who refused to wear a mask when visiting the Mayo Clinic in late April -- during his visit to Arizona called on Americans to wear masks. If only Republicans had listened to Fauci months ago, the U.S. death count might not be roughly 130,000 and the pandemic might not be surging in states where leaders shrugged off mask-wearing and prematurely opened. This is, however, a case of better late than never. By successfully cajoling lawmakers and ordinary Americans to wear masks, Fauci will save thousands of lives before a vaccine is ready. For his constant efforts, defying and ultimately breaking through the deadly fog of the Trump cult, we say, "Well done, Dr. Fauci."
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July 5, 2020 at 10:14 p.m. EDT Texas COVID-19 hospitalizations: An alarming trend June 29 July 4 I 8,000 Abbott orders restaurants back to50% I 7,890 5,913 June 26 7,000 Abbott orders bars closed again June 12 9,102 Restaurants open to 75% 6,000 2,166 4g June 3 Bars and other businesses increase to 50% capacity nF 5,000 1,799 May 29-June 2 George Floyd protests 4,000 1,701 - 1,773 May! May 25 Reopening I May22 I wemorial begins Bars Day 3,000 1,778 reopen L511 1,578 . 2,000 i b Oo 1,000 5/2. 5/9 = 5/16 5/23 5/30 6/6 6/13 6/20 6/27 7/4 Confirmed Cases (Thousands) z ma = I o - En a8 ayES afez ayea "Represents partial week data Bue afd a Week of 3/10 1a? New Weekly Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in the U5. aa77 258.1 pi Beg aan 142.9 ae 5/24 5/9E af of14 of21 6/23 it Radio The )0,000/130,000 PRESS: Profile interview with the Financial Times; Philly Beaumont Radio The Times of London; KCBS Radio San Francisco; Clips of me on CNN
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July 6, 2020 - Global USA Records continue to be broken in various states. Did a COVID session virtually at the IAS with Slim Karim and Deb Birx. Task Force meeting at WH. VP still focuses on fact that despite the increase in cases, the deaths are still down. I mentioned to him that I did not think that the deaths will ever reach the degree (>2000/day) that it was when NYC was surging, but increased cases will and are leading to increased hospitalizations. Wrong Direction. Washington Post : Coronavirus updates: Seven-day average case total in the U.S. sets record for 27th straight day
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July 7, 2020 - Global - 11,300,000/532,000; USA - 2,900,000/130,000 Did press briefing via Zoom in Alabama with Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) - went very well. Here we go again. Got call from Francis Collins who got a call from Marc Short who said the WH is upset with me because I gave the interview with Sen. Doug Jones (see above) and he is a Democratic Senator is a tight race with a Republican and they are suspicious that I am favoring the Dems. BTW, the interview was approved by HHS Leg and ASPA. Caputo called saying that the WH was just going to approve the requests for me to appear on NewsHour and CNN, but because I said that relying on decrease deaths to say that all is well with COVID-19 is a "false narrative" and we should not be complacent ... I said this on the Sen. Jones interview. Now the POTUS is also tweeting that I am wrong on this as I have been wrong on many things including masks and closing down travel, which is complete bullshit. PRESS: Interview with Denise Grady of New York Times regarding Moderna tension; Corriere della Sera Italina newspaper - Giuseppe Sarcina; ABC News FiveThirtyEight Podcast - Anna Rothschild; )0,000/131,100
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July 8, 2020 - Global 11,500,000/536,000; USA - 3,000,000/131,100 TF meeting at the Dept. of Education - I was in Sit Room and not part of the press conference that followed. Purpose of the TF was to push for opening of schools. Good thing that I was not part of the press conference (Deb, VP, Sec. DeVos) since much negative public response. Clearly Trump is pushing to open the schools no matter what. There is concern about the safety of the children and teachers. Yet, Trump together with Redfield (being pressured) is saying that the CDC guidelines should not stand in the way of opening schools (what???). Glad that I am not involved in that discussion. Spent 1 hour on Zoom with Sean Penn and his organization - CORE - coronavirus relief. Great conversation. They provide testing in various cities and wanted my opinion of how they can optimize their impact. I strongly advised them to focus on a process that has an impact and endpoint, not just testing to increase the numbers. I recommended that they work with cities (like LA, Atlanta) that can utilize their efforts to actually do effective identification, contact tracing, and isolation. Sean and his group were very grateful for the time that I spent with them. Tension building up with the press (especially CNN) stressing Trump versus Fauci. Trump tweeting negative things about me. When asked about my comment of "false narrayive", he said I am wrong on a lot of things. He said that I said not to shut down China (this coming from Peter Navarro) (when I actually said to shut it down). He is also saying that I was against masks before I was for them. Someone is obviously feeding him this shit. Caputo told me that I am being kept off TV (even though they were leaning to approve requests) because of my comment about "false narrative" concerning relying on deaths going down. Even some crazy stuff on the Dark Web about Chris saying that she is Ghislaine Maxwell's sister: The debunking is under way! @) PolitiFact @ Anthony Fauci is married to Christine Grady who, for the record, is not Ghislaine Maxwell's sister. SE PolitiFact - No, Fauci isn't m... , A Global USA augh; Sirius Radio "Doctor PRESS: Wall Street Journal podcast - Kate Linebaugh; Sirius Radio "Doctor Radio" - Marc Siegel
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July 9, 2020 - Global USA >60,000 new cases yesterday! Things not going in the right direction at all, yet continued happy talk from the VP and the White House. Clearly I am the "skunk at the picnic". New Dally Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in the U.S, g h i= Fy y vi Lf ' haf LTT I] f : Mal Set A ( ia a PISS SLE SPEC SS Se ee Ie SEL SF TS IS TEST ESI SSE SPEDE SES SL EL LSS OL LA ME Daily ee? Day Mowing Araga NATIONWIDE COVID-19 METRICS. 7-DAY AVERAGE LINES Apr1- Jul8 Daily Tests Daily Cases Currently Hospitalized Daily Deaths Jul 8: 654,730 Jul 8: 62,197 Jul 8: 43,004 Jul 8: 808 60,000 700,000 60,000 600,000 50,000 50,000 500,000 aun 40,000 40,000 400,000 30,000 30,000 300,000 20,000 20,000 200,000 100,000 10,000 0,000 t¢) Apr1 = May1 Jun Jul 1 Apr1 = May1 Jun Jul 1 Source: The COVID Tracking Project Bob Redfield defending the fact that Trump forced CDC to change guidelines that Trump felt was too strict to open the schools. Bob is losing a lot of credibility. Trump wants to open the schools at all costs. Clearly he does not care about the safety of the chidren, 110,000/133,000 ers still soaring PRESS: Hill TV with Steve Clemons - The Future of Healthcare; Press conference at IAS on COVID-19; CNN continues to quote me in opposition to Trump and as the ony person telling the truth. July 10. 2020 - Global - 12,000,000/546,000; USA - 3,110,000/133,000 Another record day with 68,000 cases. Approaching my prediction of ~100,000. Important meeting with Pence who asked to see for 20 minutes before today's Task Force meeting. He obviously is concerned over the press making an open conflict between me and Trump. He explained how much respect and affection he had for me. He then asked me for advice about how we are doing. I said that I would be coldly honest with him. He agreed to accept that. I then told him that he is completely losing credibility when we have >60,000 new cases with increased hospitalizations and deaths and he starts off at the Pressers saying "We are in a good place". I stressed that it would be best to establish credibility first by coming out right off and saying we have a big problem, but we are trying to address it in the Southern states that are involved as well as prevent such resurgences in other states. Then and only then could he say that we are in a better place and shape to respond than we were before. BUT, you must admit the problem first. He agreed and was clearly grateful that I was open and honest with him. I then told him that 19 years ago in this same room I sat with VP Cheney to discuss the Anthrax attacks. I have a photo of Cheney and me right here Pence asked where in the room I did this with Cheney and where was the picture taken. He then called in the WH photographer and took a photo of exactly where Cheney and I were sitting. He seemed to really enjoy that historic context. At the end of the TF meeting, he again thanked me for his conversation. Also, Mark Meadows called me and asked that we meet next week to straighten out the conflict between me and Trump. We shall see how that meeting turns out. I see him on Monday. PRESS: Podcast with American Dissected; CNN (especially Don Lemon, but also several others at CNN) hammering away at the Fauci versus Trump issue.
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July 11, 2020 - In USA - 3,300,000 cases and 136,000 deaths. Numbers still soaring with ICU beds filling up in Florida. Heard from Washington Post (Jasmeen Abutaleb) that she is writing a big article for tomorrow (Sunday) about the conflict between me and the POTUS. Yikes! Let us see how that turns out. la >13.500 today REGIONAL CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED. 7-DAY AVERAGE LINE i i Northeast Midwest South West Jul 11 3,081 (6%) 5,303 (10%) 29,495 (57%) 13,711 (27%) 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 Mar 1 May 1 Joll Marl May 1 Joll Mar] May 1 Tull Marl May 1 jul The COVID Tracking Project C Had call with Marc Ghaly Heath Commissioner from California (Los Angeles) wanting advice about how to respond to the surge of cases in California.