Tony's Diary Package — page 565

1.Most concerning are where COVID admissions are rising now showing significant community spread just prior to the Holidays and could have the most significant post Holiday surge - this is TX, GA, SC, NC, WVA. POTUS in Florida playing golf. Massive explosion in Nashville, TN - he has no comment at all. Case now at 19,000,000 with 332,000 deaths and he has not mentioned COVID-19 in days/weeks. Met by Zoom with Dr. Jeong, Eun-kyeong, Commissioner of Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency to discuss ongoing and future collaborations in COVID-19. They were part of the ACTT therapeutic trials. Call with Peggy Hamburg. She is concerned about what she is hearing that Janet Woodcock will be FDA Commissioner and that David Kessler will be the "FDA person in the White House". She has trouble with both of them. She is feeling left out in that the Biden people are not conferring with her about anything. Am getting concerned that the administration of vaccines is lagging far behind the projected number of 40 million by end of December. They have actually administered only ~2 million this far with 2 day left in the year. Letter from Michael R. Bloomberg to Dr. Spoke with Adam Silver (NBA Commissioner) about rest of NBA season. They have come out of the "bubble" and wanted my take on what the immediate future looked like regarding infections. They have done very well and have had to cancel only 1 game. David Ho is helping to advise them and was on the Zoom call. Continue to get calls from Jeff Zientz just checking facts and policy with me when Biden is about to go out and make a speech Rounds with Clinical staff during COVID: