Tony's Diary Package — page 522

COMMRVED CASES OM A TOAY ROLUMG WEEE CONFIRMED CASES DAILY IN LOS ANGELES-LONG BEACH-ANAHEIM, CA 7 DAY ROLLING AVERAGE Sang County, cA Mes Angeles Cosnity, 0, Joe Biden @ @!oeBiden - 2h eco Dr. Fauci isn't just one of our foremost experts on combating viruses--he is a good man and a tireless public servant. He has served six presidents and led us through some of our toughest challenges. Our administration, and our country, will be stranger because of his guidance. © 3.1K tl 78k 82.9K iT, At Task Force meeting on prior agreement between Deb and I, Deb says that the country is in dire straits and we need to give the message from above that this is serious and we must double down on mitigating. I jump in and say that we must be out there warning the people that if they do not mitigate, the hospitals will be over-run. The elephant in the room is that the POTUS is ignoring this and the message must come from him since the people who are not paying attention and who will not wear masks or not travel or not congregate are his people. The VP after the discussion got going for the first time ever got defensive and even hurt that we (mostly Deb) were implying that the administration was not taking the pandemic seriously. The issue is that maybe we are taking it seriously, but the POTUS and his people certainly are not. That is the lesion. The POTUS is undermining everything that we are trying to do. Deep down the VP has to realize this and still he fiercely defends the POTUS. Tragic! PRESS: CNN New Day with John Berman; Press conference with Gov. Cuomo (Boradcast from Albany, NY; Fireside chat with Norah O'Donnell (CBS) at the Milken Institute Future of Health Summit; Interview with Katy Kay for the Bloomberg American Health Summit; taping for ABC Special on Vaccines