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Jun 9, 2022
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June 10, 2022 Last night I received another humbling honor associated with the honorary doctorate in science that I received from Rockefeller University in New York City. I could not attend in person because of scheduling conflict and so I taped my acceptance speech. However, last night there was a black tie affair in which individuals presented the life work of the degree recipients. Jeffrey Ravetz did an amazing job in presenting my story going back to my early days in Brooklyn. At the end of his presentation Rockefeller President Rick Lifton was very generous in his praise for me and pointed out that the audience at the celebratory dinner was giving me a standing ovation, which I could not see since I was connected to the affair by Zoom. It has been an extraordinary spring with all of these wonderful honors that I have received. This will have been my 58th honorary doctorate. Major issue that I am involved with regarding the choice of the 4th dose boost in the Fall. Everyone is trying to decide what 4th dose boosts will be given to the entire population in the Fall. A recent study by Moderna showed that there was a modest advantage of the bivalent omicron plus ancestral strain vaccine boost over ancestral strain alone when one measures antibodies against omicron. They are pushing this now to be the candidate for the 4th dose boost in the Fall. However, there is no Omicron (BA.1) around right now and even though BA.4 and BA.5 are emerging, by the time we get to the Fall we will have already peaked and declined with BA.4/5 and so we will have a vaccine that is directed against a variant that very likely will not be present in the fall and winter. We have hundreds of millions of doses of ancestral strain vaccine and in order to get a new bivalent boost available we would have to make a decision in July or August to get it ready for October or November or later, which actually might be too late. If we do not use those hundreds of millions of doses of ancestral strain they will go to waste and have to be thrown away. And so as far as I'm concerned the ancestral strain boost may not raise the titers against different variants to a very high level, but it does keep them within a protective range so I would make an argument then rather than waste millions of doses and invest in a candidate that might not do anymore of protection against a given variant in the fall and winter, we should go ahead and utilize the ancestral strain vaccines that we have which might do just as good a job against any future variants. I will try to make that case as we talk about future plans for boosters. PRESS: Zoom wih Clara Lussich of El Pais (Uruguay); Radio interview with Marc Siegel Sirius Doctor Radio;
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June 11, 2022 - Global USA Had a glorious and historic day at Holy Cross today. The college named their integrated science complex - "Anthony S. Fauci Integrated Science Complex" in my honor. The outpouring of love, affection, and admiration on the part of the students and the faculty at Holy Cross was very moving. I gave a Q and A session with about 30 students, which was really >1400 cases in non-endemic areas with the terrific.it is a beautiful renovated building of laboratories and classrooms. My visit to the college was on the occasion of my 60th reunion. I ran into some old friends that I have not seen in decades including Jim Mulvihill, Jack Fellin and Mike Leding. President Rougeau gave a wonderful introduction of me, and one of the thrills of the day was to see that Bob Cousy drove himself to the campus just to be there and honor me. I had a great conversation with "Cous" who is 93 years old. All in all, it was a wonderful day. I did a terrific fireside chat with David Rubenstein at the meeting of the Trilateral Commission at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Washington DC. David was his usual humorous self and we had a typical interview that we have had several times in the past. He asked the usual questions about his own health am I kidded him about the fact that he is a hypochondriac. Prominent people at the meeting were David Petraeus, Meghan O'Sullivan, Jake Sullivan, Fareed Zakaria, among many others. PRESS: I gave an extended and exhausting all day interview with a half day photo shoot to Anna Peele, who is a freelance reporter doing a front page extensive Washington Post magazine article on me to be published in the next few weeks. June 13 - Global USA Net cases and hospitalizations coming down, but very slowly. Some counties/states coming way down while others rising or plateauing. BA4/5 becoming more dominant. Sec. Becerra got infected for the 2nd time in 4 weeks. Monkeypox getting considerably more attention. >1400 cases in non-endemic areas with ~50 cases in USA Wonderful memorial for Rob Stein at the Evermay Estate in Georgetown. I gave one of the Eulogies. Remarkable man in life and as he was dying. He was beloved by many and a very dear friend to me and my entire family June 14 - Global - 533,816,957/6,309,633; USA - 85,520,045/1,006,8890 BA4/5 creeping up in dominance: % Viral Lineages Among Infections 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% li: 4/9/22 4/16/22 4/23/22 4/30/22 §/7/22 Collection date, week ending 5/14/22 §/21/22 §/28/22 6/4/22 6/11/22 > USA WHO label Lineage# USClass %Total 95%PI Omicron BA.2.12.1 VOC 64.2% 59.9-68.3% = ne BA.2 VOC 14.2% 12.7-15.9% I I BAS VOC 13.3% 10.0-17.4% BA4 VOC 8.3% 6.3-10.7% BA.1.1 VOC 0.0% 0.0-0.0% B.1.1.529 voc 0.0% 0.0-0.0% Delta B.1.617.2 VBM 0.0% 0.0-0.0% Other Other* 0.0% 0.0-0.1% * Enumerated lineages are US VOC and lineages circulating above 1% nationally in at least one week period. "Other" rep its the aggregation of lineages which are circulating <1% nationally during all weeks displayed. ** These data include Nowcast estimates, which are modeled projections that may differ from weighted estimates generated at later dates # =AY.1-AY.133 and their sublineages are aggregated with B.1.617.2. BA.1, BA.3 and their sublineages (except BA.1.1 and its sublineages) are aggregated with B.1.1.529. For regional data, BA.1.1 and its sublineages are also aggregated with B.1,1.529, as they currently cannot be reliably called in each region. Except BA.2.12.1 and its sublineages, BA.2 sublineages are aggregated with BA.2. BA.5.1 is aggregated with BA.5. I had another very productive discussion, which I have had on a regular basis, with the UK chief medical officer Chris Whitty. We discussed the evolving situation in the UK and compared it to that in the United States. He mentioned to me that they were starting to see a surge of cases of BA5 which he feels will ultimately become dominant. In addition, unfortunately hospitalizations are starting to tick up and he believes that they are likely going to see a bit more of a wave in the coming weeks. This is very disconcerting since we were hoping that there would be a sharp downturn in omicron sublineage viruses in the UK which usually foreshadows what is going to happen in the United states. Egregious example of "PORK" on the part of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee concerning the earmarking of funding for the BSLs The House and Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittees included report language in the FY 2021 that directed NIAID to_divide evenly $40M among the twelve RBLs to support specific research activities, operations and facilities upgrades, and training new BSL-3 researchers. This language was included despite NIAID technical assistance regarding the challenges of this directive. In the FY 2022 appropriations bill, the House and Senate Labor-HHS Subcommittees included report language that that directed NIAID to divide evenly $52M among the twelve RBLs to support specific research activities, operations and facilities upgrades, and training new BSL-3 researchers. Again, this language was included despite NIAID technical assistance regarding its challenges. NIAID has reviewed draft report language that indicates that the Subcommittees intend to include a similar directive in FY2023. NIAID staff met with House and Senate Subcommittee staff (majority and minority) on June 14, 2022, to provide an update on the distribution of the $52M for FY2022 as well as to discuss the draft report language for FY2023. NIAID expressed a number of concerns with the continued directive to evenly divide such a large amount of funding in a way that limits competition and does Pp ° National Institute of N I IH Allergy and Infectious Diseases NIAID Director Fauci Tests Positive for COVID-19 June 15, 2022 STATEMENT Today, Anthony 3. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, and Chief Medical Advisor to President Biden, tested positive for COVID-19 on a rapid antigen test. He is Tully vaccinated and has been boosted twice. He is currently experiencing mild symptoms. Dr. Fauci will isolate and continue to work from his home. He has not recently been in close contact with President Biden or other senior government officials. Dr. Fauci will follow the COVID-19 guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and medical advice from his physician and return to the NIH when he tests negative. NIAID conducts and supportsresearch--at NIH, throughoutthe United States, and worldwide--to study the causes of infectious and immunemediated diseases, and to develop better means of preventing, diagnosing and treating these illnesses. Newsreleases, fact sheets and other NIAIDrelated materials are available on the NIAID website. About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers andis a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational meéedicalresearch, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and curesfor both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit wwrw.nih.qov. not support the best science. Despite these concerns, the Subcommittee staff indicated that this directed funding would be likely to continue in FY2023and for the foreseeable future
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June 15, 2022 Cases D hosp. admits Deaths \Ts reported** st positivity** Total Most pecent 7-day daily Week-on-week to date average ---- 85,825,048 143,007 102,751 4905 08 1,007,964 ABM 897,401,300 omitted due to 440,253** -8.3%** 9.2% reporting lag 13.7% -0.2 pct. pts. Big tragedy is that I will be missing my daughter Megan's wedding in New Orleans. This is much more painful and disturbing then the fact that I have a disease that could possibly kill me. Getting literally hundreds of texts and e-mails from all over the world wishing me a speedy recovery. Very much appreciated. Write-ups in all major news media (Times, Post, NPR, etc.). My symptoms fortunately are relatively mild with one bad night tonight with flushing feeling and a lot of primary and some cough. I started Paxlovd Jimmy Fallon: "I read that Dr. Fauci has tested positive for COVID, but luckily, he's only experiencing mild symptoms. COVID must feel like it just reached the final boss in a video game, like, 'We did it. We beat Fauci.' Right now, even Fauci is reading the CDC guidelines like, 'Damn, these are confusing.'"
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2022-06-16 00:00
Anthony S. Fauci
June 16, 2022 Global - 535,248,141/6,313,229; USA - 85,825,048/1,007,964 Feeling considerably better today. I bit the bullet and testified before the Senate HELP committee. Rand Paul was his usual stupid self asking questions about royalty payments. It was a three hour hearing and I was exhausted but I made it through. Cases, deaths, and hospitalizations seem to have stabilized and are not coming down any further: PRESS: Politico: Covid doesn't stop Anthony Fauci from taking on Rand Paul - again The two engaged in their usual heated debate at a Senate HELP Committee hearing on Thursday. ey the Bear got
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June 17, 2022 Global USA Symptoms still relatively mild. I'm on day three of Paxlovid. many texts and emails wishing me well from friends and people that I do not know in the USA and around the world. PRESS: The Independent: Dr Fauci accuses Rand Paul of 'absurd exaggeration' over claims about booster shots Josh Marcus Trevor Noah: "Dr. Fauci has COVID, which feels a little like finding out Smokey the Bear got trapped in a forest fire." Seth Meyers: "Dr. Anthony Fauci tested positive yesterday for a breakthrough case of the coronavirus. Fauci is like COVID's final boss. This is like hearing that the Coyote caught the Roadrunner. Also, you caught it now? You made it through all that time in the maskless Trump White House and you caught it now? That's like running a triathlon with no problems and then throwing your back out while petting a dog."
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June 18, 2022 FDA gives EUA to Moderna and Pfizer for vaccines for children 6 months to 5 years old. CDC recommends! I'm really starting to feel the depression and sadness that I will be missing Megan's wedding today in NOLA where I would have been with my entire family had I not contracted COVID. I viewed the ceremony buy live stream as well as interacting with people during the reception and the picture taking via FaceTime .Will Fekeci and Sam provided the face timing for me. The usual stuff is going on regarding my infection with Tucker Carlson doing A5 or 10 minute discussion tearing me down but the usual accusations and belittling the people who are supporting me. What a total asshole!! I just finished Yasmeen Abutaleb's and Damian Paletta's book "Nightmare Scenario". They did a very good job and I should use that book heavily as a reference in my own upcoming book. PRESS: - > Gov. DeSantis not recommending vaccines for children 6 months to 5 years: washingtonpost.com Gov. Ron DeSantis abandons Florida children Editorial Board But Mr. DeSantis appears to relish playing politics with public health. He is running for reelection and has his eye on a Republican presidential campaign. His decisions and comments are a craven bid for support from the anti-vaccine movement. We've seen this before. Mr. DeSantis also fought vaccine and mask mandates. His campaign sells "Freedom over Fauci" flip-flops that leave a message when worn on the beach: "Fauci can pound sand."
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June 19, 2022 PRESS: Book about the disgraceful behavior of authorities at NY Hospital-Presbyterian (particularly Laura Forese) during the outbreak peak in NYC:
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Jun 19, 2022