Tony's Diary Package — page 547

Qa Mayor Muriel Bowser @ In honor of Dr. Fauci's 80th birthday tomorrow, I proclaim Thursday, December 24, 2020, "Dr. Anthony S. Fauci Day" in Washington, DC. We are incredibly proud to count Dr. Fauci among the many DC residents who are sacrificing so much to keep our communities healthy and safe. r ---- a . a Z OP. " rockasalsore TH ANTIOONY © PALIT DAY wu "Surprise" tribute to me from the 1st responders at NIH and Montgomery County: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10Vi4mozXkpCjolo9phs0XoWpwoxSJ_oj/view?usp=sharing A group of activists from "the old days" surprised me with a surprise birthday party on Zoom in my office at 4:30 PM. Organized by Peter Staley and Janet Tobias. On the Zoom were: Gregg Gonsalves, Peter Staley, David Barr, Mark Harrington, Jim Eigo, James Kellerstein, Peggy Hamburg, Judy Auerbach, Wafaa El Sadr, Matthew Rose, Moises Agosto Had Zoom call last night with Vivek Murthy, Rochelle Walensky and David Kessler. Vivek wanted to discuss in more detail what our advice would be to Biden regarding the mutant virus in the UK. We discussed options of 1) shutting down travel from UK; 2) requiring pre-boarding testing from UK flights or even all flights from EU and South Africa or even all foreign flights; 3) also discussed post-landing strategy such as giving people BINAX tests to take home and test themselves after they arrive. Seems we will recommend at least pre-boarding testing, probably from all of EU and RSA. Surge continues in some areas and decreases in others. Deb's notes: There is a growing evidence showing aggressive public mitigation and clear messaging together does flattening the curve. When one compares TN to OH, NC, WVA, KY - surrounding states. TN fatalities/pop is 30-40% higher as states with more aggressive mitigation as it decreases the area under