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July 16, 2021 I briefed the President in the Oval Office today about the Delta variant and its impact on our country. Present at the briefing were: Ron Klain, Susan Rice, Natalie Quillian, Jeff Zients, Anita Dunn, Brian Reese, Mike Donilon and Rochelle Walensky virtually. Given the increasing number of cases in the United States, even though the hospitalizations have not increased, the President was concerned that his message that by July 4th we would be seeing an independence from the virus here in the United states might actually be now subject to question. We spoke to him about the importance of emphasizing that vaccinated people do not get severe disease even from the Delta variant . In addition, we pointed out the possibility that we may need to give booster shots , namely a third dose following the two doses of the mRNA vaccine. The President was concerned that people would say that he was giving a mixed message when he asked everyone to get the standard regimen of vaccination and now we are telling them that they may need to get an additional dose. I pointed out to him that most people who are vaccinated would be quite amenable to getting a third dose so long as they thought it would increase the duration of their protection and or make them more highly protected. It is the people who do not want to get vaccinated to begin with who are going to be in trouble because they will get infected and they will need hospitalization. The POTUS and Jeff kept asking whether I thought that it would Confirmed Cases (Thousands) Loo ais ae and mocking our attempts to get people ally raising money by trying New Daily Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in the U.S. a3.0 H # 8B & & & " § - S&S & & FH S$ F&F $$ & & & vw S&S B&B BS E B&B HK SS & BB SF = ~ B @ & + a2 fF _ = ff © fy S un & we & = co + ni wi = rs a mi m o a = i" = a = a ri ri m mi + Ca = 2020/2021 get as bad as the winter of 2020/2021. I said no since we did not have vaccinated people back then. Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham and mocking our attempts to get people vaccinated likely leading to loss of lives. Rand Paul and Jim Jordan tweeting about me all the time and actually raising money by trying to discredit me Cases continue to climb: PRESS: MSNBC - "The Reid Out"; Peacock MSNBC - Joshua Johnson; CBS Evening news; NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt;
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July 17, 2021 No change. Cases continue to rise. Gov. DeSantis has made anti-Fauci T-shirts. Amazing!! PRESS: CNN with Jim Acosta;
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July 19, 2021 Jeff Z. called me early this AM (6:45 AM) concerned about the breakthrough infections of vaccinated people and waned my opinion about moving towards masking of vaccinated people who are in hot zones. I think that we should. Jeff called again at 10:00 AM concerned about the time FDA is taking to grant a full BLA for the vaccines. He is acutely aware of the sensitivity of not interfering with or pressuring the FDA, but we need the BLA since many people are not getting vaccinated until the vaccines are "fully approved". Also, Jeff want me to get firm information on how long it will take for the peds (11 years old and younger) approval to come. Stock Market plunging >700 down due to concerns about the spread of the Delta variant. Mayor Bill Di Blasio called and ask my opinion about a strategy that he would like to do to try and get more people vaccinated and safe from the delta variant. He is proposing to give the people of New York City two alternatives if they are not vaccinated: 1) get vaccinated or 2) be required to get tested with a nasal swab at least once a week. The mayor feels that people will likely get tired of getting tested every week and my opt to get vaccinated purely for the convenience of it. Even though the requirement for a nasal swab is indeed a mandate, the mayor feels that this is much less intrusive they mandate for a vaccine. )00,000/607,000 PRESS: CNN with Kate Boldun; Bloomberg TV "Balance of Power" with David Westin; PBS NewsHour with Judy Woodruff
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July 20, 2021 - Global - 191,000,000/4,100,000; USA - 34,000,000/607,000 Testified today before the Senate HELP Subcommittee - There was the expected big splash at the hearing today As Senator Rand Paul accused me of lying under oath at a prior hearing and asked me if I wanted to retract my statement when I said that the NIAID has never funded nor does it funds now gain of function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. He referred to the Plos Pathogens paper of 2017 and insisted that there was gain of function in those experiments and said I therefore lied. He quoted Dr. Richard Ebright as saying that those experiments were definitely gain a function. I exploded right back at Senator Paul and told him that he had no idea what he was talking about. I told him that I did not lie and have never lied certainly not before the Congress and then I would not at all retract anything I previously said before a congressional committee. He then implied that the work that we were doing may have been the cause of thousands of deaths. At this point I blasted back at him that if that is what he is implying he has no idea what he is talking about because the viruses that we were dealing with and that were in the progress reports and that are in the literature in no way could become SARS-CoV-2. I went on to say that it was molecularly impossible for the viruses that we were dealing with to become SARS-CoV-2. I finished by looking him in the eye and telling him that if anybody is lying here it is he. Several of the other senators on the democratic side after the discussion between Paul and me was finished made statements saying how confident they are in my integrity and in my service. Senator Marshall later asked questions about the furin cleavage site and the CGG codon. Then he started talking about the S1 segment of the spike protein and had absolutely no idea what he was talking about. He rambled on until I told him that I had no idea what he was saying; it make no sense. He made a fool of himself. Cases continue to climb: Confirmed Cases (Thousands) Confirmed Cases (Thousands) fe) Li S wu a a he Li (a I eB =] oa = in oS me =) oa ini oS tab in a wu a a lind Pil a id a a = imi o e =] a Ln a ais ais ae aS aflz aylz aie ae 5/10 5/10 Sa Bir el New Daily Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in the U.S. a ra ay mh iat rt wi ia = ari a A & &§ S&S ££ S&B B BR S HE SB A r = cI ca a a a a cal = at = af ) mn 2020/2021 )00,000/607,000 New Daily Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in the U.S. fF 8 HR Se # Se Sa ws ES re os mf mf € F A F 4a F 3+ Ss SF FT st «ff 2020/2021 BA a tM ae PRESS: CBS "This Morning"; Multiple stories on TV about my encounter with Senator Paul
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July 21, 2021 - Global - 191,000,000/4,100,000; USA - 34,000,000/607,000 Cases continue to climb: Typical e-mail from a supporter of me after the Rand Paul clash. One of dozens and dozens: Dear Dr. Fauci, I've wanted to write you at various points over the last year, but seeing the hideous treatment you received from Rand Paul played on the PBS "Newshour" last night has prompted me to wait no longer. My husband, Breck Montague, and I want to thank you from the bottoms of our hearts for the inimitable leadership, courage and wisdom you have shown since you've had to become a frequently called-upon national spokesperson for good health sense and public health during this pandemic. I am certain you remember my father, Frank Williams, during his time as director of NIA. I actually recall when you came on board at NIAID -- I believe my father marvelled about how you were perhaps the "youngest person ever" to assume an NIH directorship. If so, thank goodness you were, because here you still are, with the benefit of decades under your belt, at such a critical time. Thank you for telling Sen. Paul it was he who was lying -- and for not accepting his dangerous rhetoric. We were so proud of you! In our rural community, we do everything we can to support fact-based conversation and exchange of information. In such a disheartening period in this country's history, we're immensely grateful to have leaders such as you who speak out and act according to your beliefs. Keep it up, and please accept our support and thanks. Mary Williams Montague Gloucester, Virginia (8576 Toddsbury Lane Gloucester, VA 23061) Francis Collins defends me against Rand Paul nonsense on CNN and MSNBC tonight I visited Eric Lander (Director of OSTP) at the White House today. He asked for the meeting and wanted to do two things. First, he wanted to express his strong support for me in light of what just went down with senator Paul. Second, he wanted my help in trying to nail down the possibility of our getting much of the $30 billion that are still available from the JOBS Act to put together a major program for pandemic preparedness for the future. He wanted to work with Francis Collins and I to make this happen and suggested that we might write an op Ed together. This evening I got a text from Beth Cameron of NSC. Beth indicated that I was her hero for what I did with Rand Paul and that she had heard from Eric Lander that I was discussing with him the issue of the $30 billion. I texted her back saying that I would push hard for this with Ron Klain and Jeff Zients. I will be seeing the President in the Oval Office today and hopefully Ron will be there so that I can discuss this with him. Confirmed Cases (Thousands) 6/21 )00,000/608,000 New Daily Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in the U.S. ul li) wm ia rt uw J tm iJ mm Lad rt J ri = #2 €8 8B & & &F & SB EAE EE rs c a on a a a _ a = "7 a = ot ot am om 2020/2021 ares Sie Gis Fs] Wis It should be pointed out that I have been meeting with the president personally in the Oval Office once a week for the past several weeks. It seems that Jeff prefers that I am there personally during the Presidential briefings. Also, it is rather strange that it seems that Jeff does not trust the CDC or even Rochelle and always wants me involved when it comes to the President. This may be a bit unfair to Rochelle, but his skepticism about the CDC historically is justified. In the meantime, the GOP led by despicable Kevin McCarthy continue to push back on doing an adequate investigation on what led up to the January 6 insurrection against democracy. Thank goodness that Nancy Pelosi has rejected the GOP suggestion of putting Jim Jordan on the panel that would be investigating the January 6 insurrection. Also, the GOP continues to blast me in their social media. It seems like it is an all out war between me and the radical right wing of the GOP PRESS: Interview with Sentinel Record (Zoom) - Arkansas newspaper with Tyler Wann; NPR "All Things Considered" with Mary Louise Kelly; CNBC "Closing Bell"; MSNBC with Ari Melber
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Jul 21, 2021 Source: Johns Hopkins University CSSE COVID-19 Data CCBY P Jan 28, 2020 O ©) Jul 21,2021 CHART MAP TABLE SOURCES & DOWNLOAD < job in stuffing that horse's ass" referring to Rand Paul. He also said that 1st Lady Jill was "cheering for me" as she watched it on TV. As I walked through the White House, several people thanked me for "my service and for what I do" and a few remarked about Paul and said how proud they were of me. Briefed the Senate and House by Zoom together with Jeff, Natalie, and Marcella Ninez-Smith England surging with USA following: Steve Scalese is now promoting vaccines. It seems that several of the GOP who were originally against vaccines are now realizing that they are on the wrong side of history. PRESS: CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell; Twitch Livestream;
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July 22, 2021 - Global - 192,000,000/4,100,000; USA - 34,000,000/608,000 Daily cases continue to climb: Had my usual weekly meeting with the POTUS today at 1:00 PM in the Oval Office. Also present: Jeff Z., Natalie Quillian, Mike Donilon, Jake Sullivan (NSC). When I walked into the Oval the POTUS put his hands on my shoulder, brought me close and said: "You did a great alie, and Marcella Ninez-Smith Daily new confirmed COVID-19 cases per million people Shown is the rolling 7-day average. The number of confirmed cases is lower than the number of actual cases; the main reason for that is limited testing. Wee] United Kingdom United States
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July 23, 2021 I had a very productive conversation in my regular every two week call with our UK colleagues - Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance, this time accompanied by Thomas Waite. I explained to them the situation that we have here in the United states with the delta variant. The UK seems to be a couple of weeks ahead of us in every way. They have vaccinated a slightly larger proportion of their population than we have and the surge in delta that they are experiencing is much steeper then what we have at this time. The efficacy of the vaccine against hospitalization and death continues to hold. They are a skeptical about the Israeli vaccine efficacy data for asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic disease as we are here in the United you right States. The UK has made the decision similar to us that they will try to get all the children back to school in person by the fall. However unlike us, the unvaccinated children will not be required to wear masks when they go back to school. They have essentially decided that since you cannot vaccinate the younger children yet and since they generally have very mild disease, that you should accept the fact that sooner or later these young children are going to get infected and so be it. They do not want to close the schools or go to virtual learning. I will continue to follow the situation with them since it is very helpful to us here to learn what the UK is doing. Of note, both Chris and Patrick wanted me to know that I am held in extremely high regard in the UK by virtually everyone on the basis of my standing up to Rand Paul and his nonsense in the Senate Right-wing attacks on me intensify - North Carolina GOP Congressman Madison Cawthorn - "I thank Rand Paul for bringing it up and I will tell you right now Anthony Fauci does not have the best interests of the American people at his heart," he said. "I believe he is a pawn for the Chinese government by giving them funding to do militaristic funding to try and figure out how they can make an animal virus more transmissible to humans. It's disgusting, it's wrong, and 4 million people are dead all around the world because of it." Did my usual weekly briefing of the Cabinet ("Principals") together with Rochelle, Natalie, Jeff, and Vivek. Brought them up to date on Delta variant becoming dominant. PRESS: CBC (Canadian) "Power and Politics; FOX with Neil Caputo; rniy ror- ANthony Fauci Once Again Forced to Basically Call Rand Paul a Sniveling Moron It's fair to say they won't be splitting a milkshake with two straws anytime soon. BY BESS LEVIN