Tony's Diary Package — page 972

ran , but Vhite House warns a time. After the meeting I emailed Dawn and expressed to her my astonishment that we can't do better than this. She checked and found out that all of a sudden they could now ship 400,000 doses of vaccine per plane instead of 140,000. In addition I encouraged her to work with the Department of Defence to get more planes in the air. This is another example of a serious logistic snafu that could have easily been solved if somebody was just thinking with a clear head. ------------------------------------------------------------ Good coverage of the White House press conference where I emphasize the need to take the current situation seriously without letting it disrupt our lives: The Hill - Fauci: Take new subvariant seriously, but don't 'let it disrupt our lives' by Peter Sullivan - 07/12/22 11:10 AM ET NY Times - Sheryl Stolberg As BA.5 spreads, the White House warns that Covid is not over. : "Variants will continue to emerge if the virus circulates globally and in this country," Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Mr. Biden's chief medical adviser for the pandemic, said at a White House news briefing. "We should not let it disrupt our lives. But we cannot deny that it is a reality that we need to deal with." PRESS: White House Press Briefing; MSNBC with Chris Lansing; Nexstar with Don Kauffman; Interview with Eileen O'Reilly for Axios; Fox TV with Neil Cavuto; July 13, 2022 Hospitalizations going up. Deaths stable at ~300/day. BA4/5 >80% of isolates with BA5 >50% Europe having a big surge of BA5. Met with Bob Barnett again last night planning the announcement of my stepping down and the subsequent linking up with publishers and speaking bureaus after I actually leave.