Tony's Diary Package — page 182

,500,000/9 1,000 The Moderna/VRC data on the high levels of neutralizing Abs in the two doses (25 microgram and 100 microgram) given in phase 1 trial are being released today by Moderna. I have been asked by Jim Sciutto of CNN to discuss this on his show and have requests from NY Times (Denise Grady), WSJ, and STAT to comment. We are getting the same stonewall from WH COMMS. They do not answer our requests for clearance. This in the background of not allowing me out in the press for the past 2 weeks under any circumstances. Jim Sciutto called the WH Comms and they told him no and Jim wrote back to me by text message: "Between us, someone in WH told us they're aware you're frustrated but "don't care". I called up Marc Short and explained to him. Good guy that he is, he is going to look into it. Katie Miller, whom I have been following every day for her COVID19 is feeling better and I mentioned it to her also. She will be back soon. Got call to rush down to White House by Olivia Troye. They now want me at the Governors teleconference run by POTUS in Sit Room with First Lady Melania. POTUS very friendly and usual warm to me in the room. Most states are starting to open us and POTUS cheering them on He calls upon me to explain to Governors theModerna announcement. Govenors are all gushing over the POTUS and telling him what a fabulous job he is doing. He made the call go for almost 2 hours since he lover the adoration. Marc Short writes me a text saying that since the POTUS was so friendly with me, maybe now the Comms thing will get straightened out. I doubt it. I am thinking of confronting Kayleigh and/or bringing it up with Marc Meadows. May 19, 2020 - Global - 4,600,000/312,000; USA - 1,500,000/91,000 Despite my being kept out of the press by the Whit House COMMS people, the media blitz about me continues strong, as well as the gimmick stuff like underwear (bikini) with either my name on the front or Govs. Cuomo or Newsom (D-CA). Signs in DC: https://bit.ly/36dKb0f I decided to take the bull by the horns and address this muzzling of me and importantly, the fact that the requests that we are sending down for clearance are just being ignored. Instead of going to Mark Meadows and jumping over the head of Kayleigh McEnany, I decided to go straight to Kayleigh. It worked out beautifully. I described it in an e-m,ail that I sent to Courtney and Patty tonight after the call with Kayleigh and Alyssa Farah: Courtney/Patty: Important breakthrough! Spoke tonight with Kayleigh McEnany and had good conversation. Although she is copied on all the e-mails, she rarely reads them. I