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them. Media frenzy continues. Tait Sye decided to give to Tom Frieden and the CDC all 6 of the Sunday Morning TV requests that came to me. We objected strongly (Courtney Billet and John Burklow), but to no avail. Tait is an asshole. He thinks there should be only one government voice on Sunday moming TV. Francis Collins called. Tait and e-mailed him with an excoriating response telling that he essentially did not know what he was doing. I did multiple print media today in addition to Fox National News, MSNBC, and China TV. They have now initiated daily (including weekends) calls with Secretary Burwell and also intra-NIH calls with Francis Collins. Questionable ethics in Samaritan's purse getting monoclonal antibodies from MAPP Biopharmaceuticals for their persons. We are funding the development of these antibodies (ZMAPP) but the company owns them. I will appear on CNN Special with Sanjay Gupta this evening at 4:30 PM War raging in Gaza. We also had meeting here at NIH is Medical Board room of the Clinical Research Center with a number of African Leaders including President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania and president Denis Sassou-Nguesso of the Republic of Congo and Minister of Health of Kenya James Macharia among other African ambassadors and staff. I presented an update on Ebola (which they were obviously interested in given the current media attention) as well as HIV, Malaria, etc. Good meeting. This is associated with the large African Leadership Summit that President Obama is hosting in DC this week. Obviously, people are asking (ignorant) whether it is safe to bring Africans to the USA now. August 3, 2014 -- Indeed Tait gave Frieden all of the Sunday AM shows. CNN repeated the clip of me on the Sanjay Gupta Special today (Sunday) at 7:30 AM. I appeared on MSNBC live at 3:00 PM and will do CBS Evening News Tonight. Also did Channel 9 Local News at 6:00 PM (taped). Questions arising about supply of antibodies and whether to use experimental therapies (all pre-clinical so far) in humasn via Emergency Use Authorizations and Compassionate use. August 4, 2014 -- Media frenzy continues regarding Ebola. Reports say that the ZMapp cocktail of 3 monoclonal antibodies given to Dr. Brantley resulted in "miraculous" improvement. Sanjay Gupta and I sparred (friendly) a bit about this on CNN since I said immediate (20 minutes after infusion) effect would be most unusual for an antibody. Did much, much media today: CBS This Morming with Charlie Rose (Live from in front