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eborah.L.Birx@nsc.eop.gov 9 AM < + , Robert R. (CDC/OD) Best, Tony Anthony S. Fauci, MD Director National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Building 31, Room 7A-03 31 Center Drive, MSC 2520 National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892-2520 Phone: (301) 496-2263 FAX: (301) 496-4409 E-mail: afauci@niaid.nih.gov The information in this e-mail and any of its attachments is confidential and may contain sensitive information. It should not be used by anyone who is not the original intended recipient. If you have received this e-mail in error please inform the sender and delete it from your mailbox or any other storage devices. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) shall not accept liability for any statements made that are the sender's own and not expressly made on behalf of the NIAID by one of its representatives. From: Birx, Deborah L. EOP/NSC <Deborah.L.Birx@nsc.eop.gov> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 6:59 AM To: Fauci, Anthony (NIH/NIAID) [E] <afauci@niaid.nih.gov>; Redfield, Robert R. (CDC/OD) <olx1@cdc.gov>; Hahn, Stephen <SH1@fda.hhs.gov> Subject: Oval yesterday A very dangerous meeting in the OVAL yesterday. I had been excluded from all oval meetings since 22April until a couple of weeks ago when the President began speaking to Tony and I and thus the southern hot pink graphic showing the Southern outbreak. Since then I am sometimes included in a brief meeting before his press briefing (approx. 2-3 times total). A couple of weeks ago a Dr Scott Atlas showed up at the WH with a very different take on the epidemic. Dr Atlas thoughts 1. No matter what we do it the outcome will be the same - in other words in most places the virus has already run its course. There is enough herd immunity to protect the rest of the population if we protect the vulnerable