Aug 8, 2020
Tony's Diary Package, p.744 · fauci_diary:entry:00554
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- 2020-08-08 00:00 (day precision)
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- diary entry · diary
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- Anthony S. Fauci
Aug 8, 2020
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August 4, 2020 - Global - 18,000,000/688; USA - 4,700,000/155,000 Amazing Day - We were supposed to have a routine TF meeting today. We were waiting in the Sit Room for a 3:00 PM start and the VP was late at 3:15 PM. Marc Short then came in and said that the POTUS wanted some of us ogo to the Oval Office. We we got there, the entire senior staff was there (everyone). The VP sat the following around the Resolute Desk - me, Deb, Redfield, Giroir, Azar. The POTUS then started eyeing and throwing around the Fuck word: "What the fuck are you people doing? Deb you are saying that the pandemic is now in the rural areas. First the cities, now the rural areas. Where is it now. I am saying we have it under control and you say it is everywhere. Tony, you are always contradicting me. Giroir, you say HC does not work (he said this on SOTU on Sunday). I took it and many good doctors swear by it.The whs fucking message. You need to be positive". Then he started raving that we are seeing more cases only because we are doing more testing. The other countries look good because thery are not testing. At that point, Kellyanne Conway took over and made the point that we can say what we feel is correct, but if it contradicts the pOTUS, they need to hear about it in the Oval or Sit Rooms and not hear about it for the first time on TV. Everyone remained silent. At that point I gifures enough is enough. I said: "Okay Mr. president. We are now in the Oval office and so you need to hear it diretly from me. Increased testing does not cause cases. When you increase testing you will of cours pick up asynptomatics whm you might otherwise not notice. However, when you have increased percent positives and increased hospitalization, and increased deaths, that means that there are truly more cases. He then changed the subject and started talking about the fact that deaths are down. After I broke the ice, then Deb, Redfield, and Giroir chipped in. All in all it was a manifestation that he is desparate and still does not understand the pandemic. Very interesting encounter. After that we went to the Doctors Huddle with Brad Smith and Adam Boehler to talk about tesing and schools. More later. PRESS: ,750,000/156,000. Donald J. Trump @ @realDonaldTrump - 4h w - Great meeting today with the CoronaVirus Task Force in the Oval Office. Stay informed at: CoronaVirus.gov. Historical Record of A. S. Fauci - Part 2
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August 5, 2020 - Global - 18,100,000/692,000; USA - 4,750,000/156,000. Met with POTUS yesterday in Oval (see part 1). Photo below: Had Peter Navarro discuss HC with NIH Guidelines Panel. He was his typical arrogant self and rejected RCTs as being flawed and stuck with the observational studies. He maintained: "I am wrong, no one is harmed, if you are wrong, thousands of people die". He denies that HC can have any deleterious effects. His partner on the call was Mark Hatfill (Yikes!) Confirmed Cases [Thousancs) a0 New Daily Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In the U.S. iy --TTh By ,y A S500 "I - ) y' hil ATT a: ae yf yf Jiao --, a I I ¥ £ #£ FF F FF F FF F FF F F FF F HF F F HF HF HF Day eee Day Mowing Avarage 4,800,000/158,000 PRESS: Did The Forum at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - "When Public Health Means Business" with Sanjay Gupta moderating - carried live by CNN; Bloomberg TV - David Westin; Brain Pop TV; Politico podcast - Dan Diamond; Reuters TV; Interview with Walter Isaacson on Amanpour and Company TV
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August 6, 2020 - Global - 18,400,000/698,000; USA - 4,800,000/158,000 Confirmed Cases [Thousancs) a0 New Daily Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in the U.S. te 3 Vy aed a ne! _-- Je # ar 4p fa fo Shy #. e020 Day eee Day Mowing Avarage fey ay 2p i May Got semi-agitated call from Mark Meadows at around 7:45 AM saying that he is going to keep me off all TV until we sit down and talk. He admits that I am probably being misquoted, but the press is pitting me against the POTUS. They are trying to drive a wedge between us. My interview with CNN this AM was terrific, and when I saw that it was Mark who was calling I thought that he was calling to tell me that the CNN interview was great. Apparently, I had said yesterday that the virus would not be "eradicated", which is true (only smallpox). This is against what the POTUS said. I explained this to Mark and he seemed to understand that I was saying that it could not be eradicated, but I emphasized that it could be controlled. I suggested that he watch the CNN interview. He stated that the POTUS has a great deal of affection for me and he does not want to see a rift. He said he would watch CNN New Day and get back to me. I may be off TV for a while. Call from Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) asking about a few things. Is it a good idea to widely test for antibodies in PA to determine penetrance of infection? I told him yes. Also, questions about use of saliva POC tests. Good conversation. Discussion with Don Milton and Kimberly Prather on aerosols. They are particle and aerosol physicists and it is clear that particles larger than 5 um can aerosol Global - USA including those up to 50 or 100um. Important implications for masks and indoor ventilation and physical distancing. Did a briefing with Qs and As to the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) led by Rep. Judy Chu and including Mazie Hirono, Grace Meng, Bobby Scott, Tulsi Gabbard, Brad Sherman, Susan Davis, Mark Takano. Went very well. PRESS: WVLK Lexington, KY Morning News Radio; CNN New Day with John Berman; Bloomberg News on Vaccine hesitancy - Anna Edney
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August 7, 2020 - Global - USA Made rounds again today (felt really good) - saw Mr. Davis (HIV, IRIS, Steroids and Ramsey-Hunt Syndrome); Also saw Sharon Rockefeller in for Steve Holland and will get removal of rectal stump that is chronically infected with fistula due to radiation. OWS Weekly Call - All 6 companies now have advanced purchase agreements. Also, Pfizer still not giving any information even though they have adv. Purchase agreement. This is unacceptable and they need to be blasted in my memoir. Also, we are averaging 800 enrollments/day in the Moderna trial: 2020-08-07 OWS board briefing Vx & Call from Larry Horowitz (works with Nancy Pelosi) (should have described above). He had warned me a few days ago about Meadows trying to pressure Hahn and Marks to grant UA (or even BLA) prematurely to vaccines (likely AZ) in time for the election. I called Peter Marks a couple of days ago (together with Collins and Lane) and explained that we would back him if he holds the line. He called the AZ package "a hot mess' and definitely not in shape for an EUA 900,000/160,200. Plasma drive on Times Square Did Fireside Chat (virtual) at Brown University with Ashish Jha (new Dean at Brown School of Public Health) - PRESS: Face Book Live - Brown Fireside Chat (see above) August 8,2020 - Global - 19,200,000/716,000; USA - 4,900,000/160,200. POTUS acting even more erratically. Keeps insisting that increased case numbers are due only to increased testing, ignoring the increases in percent positive, hospitalizations and deaths (>1000/day). Inconsistent message to me whether they want me on TV. David Muir (ABC World News Tonight) requested me and we accepted and thought that it was cleared and then silence. Same for NBC Morning News with Savannah Guthrie. And so, I decided to call Alyssa Farah and straighten things out. She was her Confirmed Cases [Thousancs) a0 rd ¢ oe. ts Sn ty er ip New Daily Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in the U.S. --_ A] ag @. ty rd a ia, Sa, te e020 Day eee Day Mowing Avarage ae ay usual wonderful self when I explained that I needed to know where I stood with the WH and being on TV. She said that she would want me on every day and every night. However, the POTUS keeps saying that the Doctors are contradicting him and he is very impulsive and so when he sees or hears about a contradiction he blows up and says either Birx should not be on TV or Fauci should not be on TV. Comms people obey and then after a couple of days, they know that he calms down and even forgets and they then get me and Deb back on the air. Alyssa also said that Kayleigh McEnany reminds him that I have an 80% approval rating and it is not a good idea to keep me off TV. They want me on TV, but they have to play to POTUS and Mark Meadows impulsive and mercurial behavior. Interesting call. PRESS: Appeared in Washington Post: As Fauci battles the pandemic and politics, his grateful neighbors celebrate him as a hero Ida Bergstrom and her sons Lars, 11, left, and Nils, 14, are selling yard signs to show support for Anthony S. Fauci, who is the nation's top infectious-disease expert and one of their neighbors. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post) By Marisa Iati Spoke with Dr. Patrizia Cavazzoni (Deputy Director and Acting Director of CDER/FDA. She is Acting for Janet Woodcock who is now at OWS. Larry Horowitz (see above) who warned me about Meadows pressuring Hahn and ultimately Marks to give EUA or even BLA prematurely to vaccines (likely AZ), also said that Patrizia needed some support because Henry Ford hospital has put in for a re-issue of the EUA for Hydroxychloroquine (previously removed by the FDA), being pushed by Peter Navarro to do so. Patrizia had just reviewed all the data (including the Henry Ford data - observational study with many confounders) 5,000,000/161,000 9 August 2020 Data Summary -- Metro Focus TX, FL, CA still driving 1/3 of all cases and nearly half of all deaths -- rate of improvement must accelerate : rate of death declines are slowing : TX needs to restrict hours of bars or closed those without ability to ensure strict social distancing : SC showing some improvement with restricting bar hours -- close at 1lpm -- Test positivity continues to risé in Hl, 5D, NE, MIT, IL, WV, MS, OK, WY, IB, Wil Test positivity declines are stalled in the yellow states-- indicating ongoing and not decreasing community spread Friday -- yellow states, Sat red states, Sun metras - Metros with increasing cases with need to accelerate mitigation: CHI, DC, BOS, PHI, DET, Austin, Indianapolis. - Metres athigh plateau with need to Increase mitigation * Houston, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, SFO, Portland, Cincinnati, bes Moines, Lexington, Montgomery Omaha, Richmond, Winston-Salem, Tulsa, Seattle, Birrningham, Cleveland, Columbus, Memphis, Oklahoma City, Salt Lake 'City, San Jose Absolutely essential to continue to message that this is serious, cammmunity spread is continuing and all Americans must wear masks In public and private gatherings, must avoid all large gatherings especially wear masks cannot be worn (eating and drinking) with continued social distancing and hand washing Daily New Cases in the United States Daily New Cases Cases per Day Data as of 0°00 GMT+0 75k 50k Novel Coronavirus Daily Cases ] i I ny i I I L I a a hf I, of a "A, "i os _ =, ", fh ee A i a Rn Sa i I a, ) J oO oe? dP oP oF oP os a lee - S ¥ ', a = z . PP ee ee Perr rare a hy gi gf POF F © Daily Cases (] "+ 7-day moving average = fy Guardian and feels strongly that no EUA is justified. She wrote it up and will officially submit it and make it oubic. HOWEVER, she was told by Steve Hahn to wait until Monday (today) so that he can "speak with Meadows". Question is whether Steve merely wants to inform Meadows out of courtesy, or he might cave to meadows. We shall see. Patrizia is OK. She will stay strong.
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August 9, 2020 - Global - 19,500,000/722,000; USA - 5,000,000/161,000 Birx gets compared with me in a Guardian article: Dr Deborah Birx: voice of scientific reason or apologist for Trump? The coordinator of the White House coronavirus taskforce built her reputation fighting Aids but is she compromising it by indulging the president's whims? Dr Deborah Birx speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office with Trump. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock Tom McCarthy @TeeMcSee Published on Sun 9 Aug 2020 05.00 EDT Months of frustration with Donald Trump's denial of the coronavirus crisis in the United States boiled over last week when the Democratic House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, publicly attacked a top member of Trump's coronavirus team, Dr Deborah Birx, for standing by the US president despite his record of lies and misinformation about the virus. Her position contrasts sharply with Dr Anthony Fauci, her former supervisor and current scientific peer on the White House coronavirus taskforce, who has clashed more frequently with Trump - but has if anything risen in the public estimation for doing so. The question for Birx is whether, after the current health emergency is past, she will be remembered as a Fauci-like figure who was able to work with Trump without becoming personally compromised - or as something else. I New confirmed cases of Covid-19 in United States and European Union Seven-day rolling average of new cases, by number of days since 10 average daily cases first recorded 65,000 60,000 55,000 y" United States 50,000 45,000 pK. 40,000 35,000 py ~ I 30,000 Fe jj 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 European Union 5,000 Number of days since 10 average daily cases first recorded Source: Financial Times analysis of data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the Covid Tracking Project, the UK Dept of Health & Social Care and the Spanish Ministry Data updated August 8 2020 2.19pm BST. Interactive version: ft.com/covid19 © Peeoui Art (@peeoui_in_paris)«I x @ Privacy error x + € C Q ) @ instagramcom/p/CDoKX8nCb7q/ xr ®@k@ (@) peeoui_in_paris + Follow " ~. @,) peeoui_in_paris So excited about this Ve -- my Dr. Fauci is going to live with % , t the real Dr. Fauci and his tireless team at NIH! It's really an honor that one of my modest creations will be in the presence of such brilliance and grace. Dr. Fauci and team, thank you for all the long hours and perseverance in the face of endless criticism and incertitude. You're my heroes. #drfauci #drfaucifanclub #nih #peeoui #flattenthecurve #staycalm #acrylicpainting #artistsoninstagram #artist #heroes #hero a) pvilly1 @ that's so cool, ML! 1 lik Reply 9AV 68 likes We know sooner or later that when EU opens up, there cases will go up if they are not careful, and some of them are not careful: From an American Artist in Paris" When Is It Safe to Reopen? Covid-19 prevalence in 13 countries at the time they reopened schools shows a much lower rate than in the U.S, which has about 170 daily cases per 1 million population. DAILY CASES/ COUNTRY REOPEN DATE MILLION' Taiwan Feb. 25 Denmark April 15 35.5 Norway April 20 17.2 Japan April 24 Israel May 3 Germany May 4 13.6 France May 11 17.0 Switzerland May 11 6.6 New Zealand May 14 0.2 Belgium May 18 25.1 Vietnam May 18 Greece June1 0.5 S. Korea June 8 *Seven-day average Source: Kaiser Family Foundation Whether or not to open schools has been a major topic of discussion as we approach the school opening timetable. I have been saying consistent that we should have as a default position our attempt/intention to open schools because of the psychological effects on children and in some areas, the dependence on schools for breakfast and lunch. Also, the potential deleterious downstream effects on working parents. HOWEVER, the primary consideration must be the health, safety and welfare of the children and the teachers, and the potential spreading to others (i.e. family members). I have stated that one size does not fit all and decisions should be based on the level of infection in the community: PRESS: Front page article in Washington Post blasts Meadows and Trump for ignoring me and Birx and carefully monitoring everything that I say in order to keep us on message and when we do not, they do not approve requests for interviews. Glad that the sources were many and so they do not think that I leaked.
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August 10, 2020 - mostly unalloyed ical and personal costs. Important NBC print article (blog) about the difference between Birx and me: Trump calls Birx's COVID-19 warnings pathetic -- but the real test is what she does next Doctors like Fauci and Birx find themselves in an unenviable position, as do so many employed by the Trump administration. But given our national crisis, there is little room for excuses. Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, arrives for a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 27.Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images file