Tony's Diary Package — page 637

This Week with George Stephanopoulos; CNN 'the Nation '5400,000/5 12,000 ',900,000/5 13,100 because we wanted to give two doses to everyone. I was the main explainer emphasizing that the second dose gives a much higher titer of antibody that will address at least partially the inevitable evolution of variants including those from California and importantly the B.1.526. Ron did not want to tell us what to do but he wanted to make sure that we seriously considered both alternatives and were comfortable without decision to stick with two doses on the regular regiment. The ACIP recommended to CDC to implement the EUA for the J & J vaccine. Now the CDC needs to recommend the distribution and we can start distributing 4,000,000 doses almost immediately and then we will have 20 million by the end of March and a total of 100,000,000 by the end of June PRESS: Was on 4 Sunday talk shows: ABC This Week with George Stephanopoulos; CNN State of the Union with Dana Bash; CBS Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan; NBC Meet the Press with Chuck Todd. March 1, 2021 - Global - 113,800,000/2,500,000; USA - 28,400,000/512,000 • We did our weekly briefing of Principals - Cabinet members and deputies • Did a podcast with the New Jersey Council of Churches PRESS: NPR Radio 1A; Podcast with Kai Kuperschmidt (Science Magazine) on HIV versus COVID-19 vaccines; White House Press Conference (Routine 3x/week);Satellite Radio Tour for Native Americans; Podcast with the Interactive Advertising Bureau (David Cohen); March 2, 2021 - Global - 114,100,000/2,500,000; USA - 28,500,000/513,100 Still coming down, but the slope is changing: