Tony's Diary Package — page 736

700,000/58 1,600 's from CDC: 600,000/582,300 She will take my advice and change the guidelines to read that a vaccinated person can go without a mask whether or not they are indoors or outdoors. This is a major change and I'm very pleased that she listened to me. The radical right-wing maniacs who blamed me for the rigidity of the CDC recommendations will probably not realize at all that it was me that triggered this change. • Had a productive meeting with David Marchick and his team from the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to determine how they may help to use their financing capability to provide vaccine doses to low and middle income countries. We discussed the multiple ways that this can be done ranging from financing transfer a technology two actually buying doses from companies to distribute to poorer countries. Also want to call besides Francis Collins and I were the teams from DFC and USAID. Also there was John Mascola and Cliff Lane. • Things continue to heat up regarding the innuendoes about our being responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic because of our grant to EcoHealth. Amazing!!! All the right wing conspiracy theorists are piling on with no data at all. PRESS: CBS "This Morning" with Gayle King; CNN with Jake Tapper; NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt; May 14, 2021 - Global - 160,800,000/3,300,000; USA - 32,700,000/581,600 In The Onion sarcastically spoofing the recent relaxation of mask mandates from CDC: Dr. Fauci: 'There's No Longer A Need For Statues To Wear Masks Outside' Yesterday 12:11PM PRESS: MSNBC - "Morning Joe" with Joe Scarborough; MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell; Black News Channel (TV); May 15, 2021 - Global - 161,500,000/3,400,000; USA - 32,7600,000/582,300 Cases coming down, but not precipitously: