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magazine as one of the world's 50 it for voting "100 of the world's most Paul Farmer called my cell phone as I was getting ready to do today and I gave him a summary of progress. Having "political issues" with the Norwegians getting upset that Cliff and I want to extend our RCT vaccine trial to Guinea since they are doing the ring vaccination there. See my comments above. March 24, 2015 - Same political issues regarding the potential NIH RCT in Guinea. Kai Kupferschmidt from Nature wanting to do a story about "rivalry among scientists. Like the Peter Duesberg situation decades ago, they are "equating" us with Marie-Paul Kieny of WHO. I cannot say to Kai, but Marie-Paul is an idiot. Had long 3-way conversation over the phone: Kai who just flew in from berlin for the Filovirus Meeting in DC tomorrow is connected from his hotel here in DC; Cliff from his home and me from my home (10:00 PM). We try to explain to Kai that we are not trying to interfere with the "Ring" trial; we just want to get the correct answer for the good of all of West Africa. He keeps pushing that they started off with Guinea and now that Liberia has few/no infections, we want to go to Guinea and "ruin" their study. Nonsense. You can do 2 studies simultaneously in as large a country as Guinea. Besides, ring vaccination is not a study; it is vaccine distribution of an unproven vaccine. March 25, 2015 - Good news at SCSU: We extubated uneventfully! Went in to see him and he is emotionally very grateful for what our team did for him. Paul Farmer came up from Haiti to visit as well as the other PIH personnel (contacts to who are "nested" in the Maryland area for observation in case they develop sxs. Organ system function markedly improving. Creatinine 1.4!! Still some muscle weakness. Will leave urinary catheter in tonight and keep him NPO since his voice is very weak and his trachea is irritated. CT is 39+; however, his CT of his trachea aspirate is 26. Could there be sequestration of virus in tracheal secretions or is this just accumulation of dead virus Kai (above) is still agitating with questions to Cliff about our upsetting the Norwegian study. Met with Morgan Fairchild in my office today at 3:30 PM to discuss what NIAID could do for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, now re-named Severe Exertion Intolerance Disease (SEID). Will give talk tomorrow at the Filovirus Meeting in DC and so will miss Harold Varmus's last IC Director meeting. Said goodbye to him and Connie today. I will miss him greatly. March 26, 2015 - I have been chosen by Fortune magazine as one of the world's 50 greatest leaders. Also, I am on Time magazine list for voting "100 of the world's most influential people" Patient doing well.