Tony's Diary Package — page 865

Confirmed Cases (Thousands) fe) Li S wu a a he Li (a I eB =] oa = in oS me =) oa ini oS ais ae ayfiz 5/10 Sha Global - Hr AE) USA - New Daily Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in the U.S. a Dial La a aI " i= Lil S$ 6&5 8S 8 & FB RRR E ice: eee Ace Fog + a oe 2020/2021 aes ayfii a8 Sie 6s Tis) 171.1 ae driving Jeff crazy and again he is on the verge of firing Rochelle. Again, Jeff is asking me to help solve the problem by speaking to Rochelle and explaining to her why it is so important to do things in the traditional format of giving the FDA the chance to make decisions about data before the ACIP ways in with recommendations concerning those data to the CDC. I called up Peter Marks last night and Peter feels that the CDC and the ACIP are breaking tradition here and Peter feels strongly that it is OK for the working groups acip to discuss data so long as they do not do so publicly before the FDA opines from a regulatory standpoint. PRESS: September 1, 2021 Global - 217,600,000/4,500,000; USA - 39,300,000/638,700 I spoke to Rochelle this AM. I tried to explain to her the dilemma that we are in with this disagreement between CDC /ACIP and the FDA where Jeff agrees that the acip should not opine before the FDA rules. Clearly, Jeff is expecting me to be the arbitrator here and fix this. Jeff is very concerned that the acip will come out with recommendations contrary to what we had already planned and what the FDA will allow and that this will make it look like we are "the gang that could not shoot straight ". Rochelle feels that we are all going to be in the same place anyway but Jeff is concerned to the contrary. Jeff asked me to broker a meeting between senior CDC and senior FDA officials to see if we can settle this dispute regarding the role of acip. PRESS: CNN "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer September 2, 2021 - Global - USA - Weekly average 149,000 cases/day