Tony's Diary Package — page 541

Global USA Did ceremonial vaccination with the Pfizer Product of VP Pence, Karen Pence and Jerome Adams in EEOB-350 at 8:03 AM. I gave remarks at the ceremony talking about the challenges ahead, the bitter-sweet nature of the situation with Bitter (record number of cases) and Sweet (Vaccines here). Also light at the end of the tunnel PRESS: NBC Today with Savannah Guthrie; on CNN for live coverage of the White House vaccination of the VP; Taped CNN Sesame Street with Sanjay Gupta and Erika Hill; WCBS Radio NYC; Stanford Fireside Chat with Alan Alda; Fireside chat with Andy Slavitt; Fireside Chat with the California State University systems; CNN Town Hall (done together with Jerome Adams) with Don lemon and Sanjay Gupta December 19, 2020 - Global USA Deb's daily comment: Coasts and Sunbelt continue to deteriorate. AZ, MS, FL, GA are not mitigating to the level of summer mitigation policies. There is deep confusion out there about vaccine volumes and clarity on the 1b and 2 categories to most efficiently vaccinate and potential to use the current supply to save lives over the next 30 days. The word is the ACIP was supplied modeling in October that showed no impact of vaccination on lives saved but it was modelled without taking into account a surge of cases and hospitalizations. IF this is true this needs to be addressed and remodeled and that new data supplied to the ACIP. Deb Another record broken: Covid-19 Live Updates: U.S. Sets Daily Record With Over 250,000 Cases