Tony's Diary Package — page 535

15December 2020 Featuring the major metros : the major metros throughout the Northern Plains, Upper MidWest, Rocky Mountain States and Heartland are holding and despite a post Thanksgiving uptick are continuing to improve and with strong vigilance meséaging could continue te decline through the upcoming Holiday season. These states and metres have declining test positivity, cases and hoepitalizations : deaths should beginning te decline in the next week, The coastal metros East and West Coast, Sunbelt except Texas and NM, and IN, OH, K¥, TN have surging cases and these more populous metros will drive cases and hospitalizations over the next 2 weeks stressing their hospital systems and general inpatientcare; if the rate af rise can be blunted with messaging of vigilance this surge could be blunted with significant improvements inthe New Year. The improvements in the noted states are home to approx G0M Americans and those currently deteriorating approx 270M Americans and the mext 2 weeks will be critical to show the spread in these highly populous states There are raw 33 States in the ned (24) with GA, AU, PA, CT, MID, GA joining the red alert category and orange (10) rene for hospitalizations eFCOVID eases -- general medical care deteriorates when states enter the red rane decision by COC on whe is immunized first will detonmine the future stabilityal the hespital system and hospitalization rates - current plan will net change the pandemic impact on heaspritals. It will be essential that monoclonal Ab anc Rendestvir are weed earlier and more consistently among vulnerable Americans There is insufficient vaccine of prioritization for vulnerable Americans to change hospitalization and fatalities trends in Dec-Feb : GOVs will need to understand that to change hospitalizations and fatalities they will need to immunized those most at risk for severe disease It needs to be clear ta the American people vaccines will have an impactin the Spring, BUT their behavior change, State level proactive testing. and improved use of therapeutics can change the course of this current surge we each have a rallto change the current course of the surge The movement of the surge inte populous states especially without adequate policies or without individual Anvericans mltigating will drive fatalities, most states do not have adequate mitigation policies and fatalities will continue averaging aver 2500/day L7Kweek, TOK! month ata minimum reaching over 330K by New Yearsand 450K by the end of February without calle for action at the Federal, State, and Local level and using PSAs to combat the COVID myths throughout the country and reenforcing mescaging of the behaviors needed to blunt the pandemic 'elop safe and effective shape Jared Kushner called to congratulate and thank me for our efforts to develop safe and effective vaccines for COVID-19. PRESS: ABC - Good Morning America with George Stephanopoulos; NPR "Morning Edition" with Rachel Martin; VOX (Online TV) - "Today Explained" with Sean Rameswaram; Nature's 10: ten people who helped shape science in 2020 • Anthony Fauci: Science's defender A storied US doctor became his nation's conscience on COVID-19 even as detractors threatened his life. By Heidi Ledford