Tony's Diary — Fauci's Private Diary vs. Public Statements (Sen. Rand Paul / HSGAC release) (Part 4 of 10)

POTUS
loves this and is tweeting that Fauci and Birx shut down the country for only 9000
deaths.   What an idiot!!
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61See below:   Cases/day are not dramatically falling.   Looks like they may be
plateauing again
Got called down to White House to do the Governors’s call.
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62PRESS: Washington Post Article indicating that Scott Atlas is pushing for a
“herd immunity” approach to the outbreak and said he was the “anti-Fauci”
in the White House. New York Times article will come put today with same
story.
September 1, 2020 – Global 25,300,000/848,000; USA – 6,000,000/184,000
Did the usual weekly Miami Mayor’s call with Deb and Redfield.   Mayor Suarez
and Major Jimenez
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63Another inappropriate explosion by Mark Meadows.  The NUH Treatment
Guidelines came out in response to the EUA for convalescent plasma (CP).  It just
repeated what it had said before saying that there was not sufficient evidence for or
against the use of CP and that clinical trials should continue.   In essence, this is
what the EUA said.   However, the press went nuts saying that NIH contradicted
the FDA and the POTUS who said that CP was a “major historic breakthrough”.
In fact, the EUA and the Guidelines were aligned.  It was the POTUS, AZAR, and
Hahn who over-exaggerated.   In any event, Meadows called up Francis Collins
and started screaming saying that he needs to “fix this”.  Meadows said until he
does, Fauci and you will not get in front of a TV screen “even for a podcast with a
3rd grader”.   Francis sent out a tweet to explain that there was no difference
between the EUA and the Guidelines and Meadows was satisfied.   Another day in
Paradise…..
PRESS:  ABC Good Morning America;   Taped Today Show (NBC)  -
Sheinelle Jones – concerning my vocal cord surgery; NBC Nightly News
September 2, 2020 – Global – 25,600,000/854,000;   USA  - 6,000,000/184
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64PRESS:   MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell;
September 3, 2020 – Global – 25,800,000/860,000;    USA – 6,100,000/185,100
Big concern about a potential upsurge following Labor Day Weekend.   I am
emphasizing this on TV hits (see below)
PRESS: CNN with Jim Sciutto; Katie Couric podcast; Marc Siegel Doctor
Radio; NBC Nightly News
September 4, 2020 – Global – 26,300,000/864,000;  USA – 6,100,000/186,000
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65PRESS:  Global News Canada TV; STAT interview – Joseph Andrew; CNN
Situation Room with Jim Acosta
September 5, 2020 Global – 26,500,000/871,000;   USA 6,200,000/187,200
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66PRESS:  New York Times print interview regarding Labor Day weekend and
COVID;
September 6, 2020 – Global    USA
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67PRESS:  Sunday dominated by election

September 7, 2020 - Global   USA
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68PRESS:  Spoke with Robyn Ross of the Washington Post Magazine.   She is
writing a piece on my “Bobblehead”.
September 8, 2020 – Global    USA
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69Had weekly Miami Mayor’s call with Deb Birx and Miami Mayors Gimenez and
Suarez
September 9, 2020 –
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70Bob Woodward’s book “Rage” just came out today causing a media fire
storm since it has Trump saying that he knew along along that COVID-19 was
very serious, but he played it down to not frighten the American public.
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71Some potentially damaging stuff about me.   Woodward always said my
discussions with him were “background” and not “on the record”.   Yet he has
others giving quotes by me that sounds like on the record.   For example:
CNN:  Dr. Anthony Fauci, the administration's top infectious disease expert, is quoted telling
others Trump's leadership was "rudderless" and that his "attention span is like a minus
number."
"His sole purpose is to get reelected," Fauci told an associate, according to Woodward.
Washington Post: The book charts the Trump administration’s failings and missteps on the
pandemic, including the decisions and actions of Pottinger, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention Director Robert Redfield, infectious-disease expert Anthony S. Fauci and others.
Fauci at one point tells others that the president “is on a separate channel” and unfocused in
meetings, with “rudderless” leadership, according to Woodward. “His attention span is like a
minus number,” Fauci said, according to Woodward. “His sole purpose is to get reelected.”
In one Oval Office meeting recounted by Woodward, after Trump had made false statements in
a news briefing, Fauci said in front of him: “We can’t let the president be out there being
vulnerable, saying something that’s going to come back and bite him.” Pence, Kushner, chief of
staff Mark Meadows and senior policy adviser Stephen Miller tensed up at once, Woodward
writes, surprised Fauci would talk to Trump that way.
Woodward describes Fauci as particularly disappointed in Kushner for talking like a cheerleader
as if everything was great. In June, as
•Went on FOX News with John Roberts and unfortunately gave impression
that I was defending Trump since I answered John’s question about did I
ever see Trup play down COVID.   I answered that we briefed him in the
Oval and he would come out and not really contradict us.   I should have
said that he does play down COVID such as when he said it would
“disappear like a miracle”.
PRESS: CBS This Morning; LBC UK Radio; Latin Leaders Magazine; FOX
News with John Roberts; Celine Grounder podcast; Instagram with Jennifer
Garner
September 10, 2020 –
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72Did podcast and PSAs with Dennis Quaid
Gave Grand Rounds to the Harvard Hospitals (all of them together).   Much
positive feedback
PRESS:  Interview and photo shoot with Alice Park for TIME Magazine
September 11, 2020 - Global – 28,000,000/905,000;  USA – 6,400,000/191,400
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73•I corrected with Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC (see below) what I should
have said to John Roberts on FOX
•Had great dinner over my house with Peter Staley (and his dog Stella) with
Chris, Janet Tobias and John….
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74PRESS:  Interview with Newsweek – Fred Guteri; MSNBC with Andrea
Mitchell; CNN Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
September 12, 2020
September 13, 2020
Important Day!! – POTUS called me up at around 11:20 AM (Sunday) and
started a diatribe about my interview on Friday with Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC.
He went on and on about how negative I was on the show.   He said that I was
great on Thursday with John Roberts (FOX) and so “what happened” to make me
negative.   I tried to explain to him that the entire message was not all negative.   I
was really saying that there is a risk with the upticks in ND, SD, MT and other
states for a surge if we do not intensify the public health measures of masks,
distance, crowds, etc.   I emphasized that what I was saying is that we can control
this without having to shut down.   As soon as I mentioned the word “shut down”
he went off saying we will never again shut down as if I was suggesting that we
would when I was saying just the opposite.  He then went off on asking about
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75vaccines and saying that I should take credit for success instead emphasizing
failures.   It really was stream of consciousness. We ended the call on a friendly
note, but it was clear that he did not want me to do this anymore.   He mentioned
whether or not I like Trump, I should not do this.   I told him that I do not dislike
him and he knows that.   He agreed.  I will either have to stay off TV or continue to
disappoint him since I cannot change my message.
This evening when I went up to Chef Geoff’s to pick up carry out hamburgers for
me and Brett Rowland, every outdoor table serving Chef Geoff and Al Dente was
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76occupied and every person at the tables gave me a roaring round of applause as I
left Chef Geoff’s with my food.   It blew me and Brett away.   Very moving.
September 14, 2020 – Global – 29,000,000/922,000;  USA – 6,500,000/194,000
Michael Caputo went crazy.   Article in NY Times has him raving about conspiracy
theories;
“Trump Health Aide Pushes Bizarre Conspiracies and Warns of Armed Revolt” by
Sharon LaFraniere
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77Europe is starting to surge:
September 15, 2020 – Global – 29,200,000/927,000;    USA 6,500,000/194,000
Had virtual press conference with Gov. Phil Scott (R-VT).  They are doing very
well with test positivity of 0.2%
Had call with Miami Mayors (weekly event) with Deb and Bob Redfield
Did 1 hour briefing of Congressional Progressive Caucus (liberal Dems)
Task Force meeting.   VP gave me a signed enlarged photo of he and I.
PRESS: See above press conference in VT; NPR with Joe Palca (pre-recorded
for later date);

September 16, 2020 – Global  - 29,400,000; 931,000;   USA – 6,600,000/195,100
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78Did Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Leadership Conference with Sanjay
Gupta moderating
PRESS:Bloomberg News Podcast – David Rubenstein; Business Insider
interview; BMJ Podcast; Wall Street Journal podcast interview; Wall Street
Journal online event
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79September 17, 2020 – Global   USA
Was a panelist on the “CEO Global Perspectives Series Webcast (Oxford, UK)
with Michael Earl (Moderator) and Sir John Bell (co-panelist).   Great discussion
comparing UK and USA experience.
Presented to ONE Board on COVID-19 – Bono, Josh Bolten, and Sheryl Sandberg
was on the Zoom
Michael Caputo diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma metastatic to cervical
lymph node. – head and neck cancer.
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80PRESS: WTOP Radio; MSNBC TV – Chris Hayes
September 18, 2020 –
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81New cases today at 43,000
Testing has decreased and so hospitalizations per 100 case has increased since we
are missing asymptomatics (see note above)
PRESS:   Interview with La Repubblica;
September 19, 2020   Global – 30,400,000/950,000;    USA – 6,700,000/198,100
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82The 4 Presidents from the Washington Nationals came to my house today to
present me with the “Sammie” Award as the Outstanding Federal Employee.   Had
many cameras filming the event.
September 20, 2020 (Sunday)  Global    USA
Yet again, I am not allowed on Sunday Shows while Brett Giroir is doing SOTU.
Signs in NYC subway stations:
Lot of discussion about the transverse myelitis in a volunteer in the UK Chimp Ad
Oxford trial.   May have had a prior case, but was designated as multiple sclerosis.
Trial re-started in UK; not yet in USA (the AZ trial)
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83Scott Atlas deliberately trying to undermine Deb Birx interpretation of the data
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84September 21, 2020 – Global   USA
Was on weekly Governors call via phone.   Explained to them about vaccine
protocol, i.e. Data to DSMB to Company to FDA for EUA/BLA to VRPAC
advisory committee.   All transparent to scientific community.
104 million tests performed in the USA
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85Had wonderful time at Adrienne Asche’s home 2221 – 30th Street, NW.   Outdoor
concert with NPO (National Pops Orchestra led by Luke Frazier.   Adrienne called
me out and Luke Dedicated a song to me (Climb Every Mountain).   Everyone
masked and physically distant with champage at each separate table of people
alone or withspouses.  Present were Ambassadors from Iraq, Mexico, Colombia,
and UK
PRESS:   Did a series of YouTube chats with Trevor Noah; Fat Joe; The Onyx
Family; and The SloMo Guys;  The Daily Beast – Erin Banco; CNN Jeremy
Diamond
Story broke in the Daily Beast:
A Notorious COVID Troll
Actually Works for Dr. Fauci
INSIDE JOB
Bill Crews is a PR official at the National Institutes of Health. But he
also has another job: an anonymous RedState editor who rails against
the agency for which he works.
Lachlan Markay
September 22, 2020   Global   USA
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PRESS: CNN Citizen Conference with Sanjay Gupta;  Interview with The
Atlantic Festival with Alexis Madrigal was carried on CNN and other
networks
September 23, 2020 – Global – 31,400,000/966,666;   USA – 6,900,000/200,000
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87For Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People, I was ranked #1 among the
“Leaders” category
THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2020
 BACK TO HOME
Anthony Fauci
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89Stefan Ruiz for TIME
BY JIMMY KIMMEL
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 9:34 PM EDT
A s the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread to the U.S ., there
was one person millions of Americans immediately knew we could turn
to for guidance: Dr. Anthony Fauci . As director of the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Fauci has advised six
Presidents over 36 years. When COVID-19 reared its ugly head, he was
among the first to step forward with facts and only facts .
Dr. Fauci doesn’t sugarcoat his words and refuses to be pressured by
politicians . He delivers the truth, as difficult as it may be to hear,
earnestly and with one goal: to save lives. His courage and candor have
earned our trust. We are all fortunate to have a man of his wisdom,
experience and integrity to help us navigate these difficult waters.
Kimmel is the host and an executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live!
LEADERS
•Anthony Fauci
•Kamala Harris
•Tsai Ing-wen
•John Roberts
•Xi Jinping
•Donald Trump
•Caesar
•Angela Merkel
•Joe Biden
•Jair Bolsonaro
•Nancy Pelosi
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90•Narendra Modi
•William Barr
•Anne Hidalgo
•Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
•Mary Kay Henry
•Nemonte Nenquimo
•Ursula von der Leyen
•Jung Eun-kyeong
•Bonnie Castillo
•Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum
•Yousef Al Otaiba
Note of appreciation from Senator Feinstein:
Note to Dr. Fauci
9.23.20.pdf
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91Had Hearing today at the Senate HELP committee Chaired by Sen. Alexander (R-
TN) and ranking minority Sen. Murray (D-WA).   Had hostile interaction with Se.
Rand Paul.   I really stuffed him as he spouted out bullshit acting like he is a
experienced epidemiologist.
Did Smithsonian sponsored “chat” with Alan Alda.   We are very fond of each
other. Went very well.
Interviewed with Jon Cohen for an HBO documentary that Jon is doing with David
France on COVID-19
PRESS: Much press about my encounter with Sen. Paul
September 24, 2020 – Global   USA
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92Still >40K cases per day:
•Made major presentation (virtually) to the World Vaccine Congress
•Given the mixed messages from FDA and CDC (with CDC stumbling all
over themselves in first saying do not test asymptomatics and then saying
yes, test them.   Also, first saying aerosol is important and then saying it is
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93not).   POTUS now saying he may not wait for the 60 day “wait for safety
rule” following the time 50% of the vaccines receive their last dose for the
implementation of an EUA.  FDA (Steve Hahn) says he will listen to his
career scientists and have this be part of the EUA criteria, while the POTUS
has hinted he would over-rule this and get an EUA out right away, i.e. before
the election.
PRESS:  Did press conference with Governor Murphy (D-NJ) – appeared live
on ABC; did Face Book LIVE with Francis Collins on Janssen Vaccine; Did
“Fireside Chat” with Carlos Del Rio moderated by Sanjay Gupta (clearly will
appear on CNN)
September 25, 2020  - Global – 32,100,000/980,000;   USA – 6,900,000/292,300
Have not mentioned this, but threats and harassments of my children continue,
particularly of letters and texts to Megan.  These assholes have her home address
and write to her threatening me, which is quite disturbing to her.   We have sent all
of this to Brett Rowland (security) who is
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94PRESS:  Appeared in Newsweek: Herd Immunity Study
Rand Paul Cited Against Fauci Actually
Refutes Senator's Claim
By Hannah Osborne On 9/25/20 at 7:56 AM EDT
UK Channel 4 TV News; Late, Late TV Show in Ireland by Zoom; Instagram
with Peter Staley;   JAMA Podcast (usually gets picked up by networks); USA
Today Interview; Interview with Donald McNeil of NY Times re: Herd
immunity and Scott Atlas
September 26, 2020 –
Major conflict between Deb and Atlas.   See below with Deb’s daily report.
Atlas says that we do not need to test for  asymptomatics since the only thing that
counts is preventing vulnerable people from dying.   He does not see the
connection between asymptomatic young people (without hospitalization and
deaths rising  →  older and vulnerable (with later hospitalization and deaths
rising).   We are heading to a major clash between deb/me/Bob versus Atlas
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96Jon LaPook has been wanting to do a 60 Minutes Special focused on me and
Comms has been disking around without responding.  Francis and I sent e-mails to
Alyssa Farah and she apologized saying that she will approve 90% of requests for
me and refuse ONLY those that are obviously politically charged.   Up to this
point, 95% of requests for me have be refused or ignored by the WH/HHS.   They
truly are dysfunctional even though I believe that Alyssa is a good person.
Medai-Ite
Joe Biden Promises to Hire Dr. Anthony
Fauci ‘Minutes After The Race Is Called’
By Tommy ChristopherSep 26th, 2020, 12:28 pm
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September 27, 2020 –  Global – 32,700,000/991,000;   USA – 7,060,000/204,000
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97Things really getting crazy.   Irish thought that I was physically present in Dublin
for the Late Late show interview (see above on Sept. 25) and they demonstrated
against me:
Protesters outside RTÉ last night were
convinced top US doctor had flown in for
the show
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98By Sarah Finnan
September 26, 2020 at 9:15am
Share:
Protestors outside 'fake news HQ RTÉ' last night seemed to think that top US doctor Anthony
Fauci had flown in from DC especially for the show.
PRESS:  Sunday and still no show appearances – all turned down by HHS
and/or WH.
RAI TV live in Italy;
September 28, 2020 – Global    USA
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99Dr. Fauci Top 20 Highly Cited Papers (Based on Web of Science, 09/28/2020)
1. Roberts AB, Sporn MB, Assoian RK, et al. “TRANSFORMING GROWTH-
FACTOR TYPE-BETA - RAPID INDUCTION OF FIBROSIS AND ANGIOGENESIS
INVIVO AND STIMULATION OF COLLAGEN FORMATION INVITRO.”
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of
America. 1986;83(12):4167-4171. [2,613 citations]
2. Hoffman, G. S., G. S. Kerr, R. Y. Leavitt, C. W. Hallahan, R. S. Lebovics, W. D.
Travis, M. Rottem, and A. S. Fauci. 1992. "Wegener Granulomatosis: An
Analysis of 158 Patients." Annals of Internal Medicine 116 (6): 488-498.
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-116-6-488. [2,060 citations]
3. Koenig, S., H. E. Gendelman, J. M. Orenstein, M. C. Dal Canto, G. H.
Pezeshkpour, M. Yungbluth, F. Janotta, A. Aksamit, M. A. Martin, and A. S.
Fauci. 1986. "Detection of AIDS Virus in Macrophages in Brain Tissue from
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100AIDS Patients with Encephalopathy." Science 233 (4768): 1089-1093.
doi:10.1126/science.3016903. [1,663 citations]
4. Pantaleo, G., C. Graziosi, J. F. Demarest, L. Butini, M. Montroni, C. H. Fox, J.
M. Orenstein, D. P. Kotler, and A. S. Fauci. 1993. "HIV Infection is Active and
Progressive in Lymphoid Tissue during the Clinically Latent Stage of
Disease." Nature 362 (6418): 355-358. doi:10.1038/362355a0. [1,649
citations]
5. Fauci, A. S., B. F. Haynes, P. Katz, and S. M. Wolff. 1983. "Wegener's
Granulomatosis: Prospective Clinical and Therapeutic Experience with 85
Patients for 21 Years." Annals of Internal Medicine 98 (1): 76-85.
doi:10.7326/0003-4819-98-1-76.. [1,646 citations]
6. Hunder, G. G., D. A. Bloch, B. A. Michel, M. B. Stevens, W. P. Arend, L. H.
Calabrese, S. M. Edworthy, et al. 1990. "The American College of
Rheumatology 1990 Criteria for the Classification of Giant Cell Arteritis."
Arthritis & Rheumatism 33 (8): 1122-1128. doi:10.1002/art.1780330810.
[1,609 citations]
7. Lane, H. C., H. Masur, L. C. Edgar, G. Whalen, A. H. Rook, and A. S. Fauci.
1983. "Abnormalities of B-Cell Activation and Immunoregulation in Patients
with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome." New England Journal of
Medicine 309 (8): 453-458. doi:10.1056/NEJM198308253090803. [1,579
citations]
8. Kehrl, J. H., L. M. Wakefield, A. B. Roberts, S. Jakowlew, M. Alvarez-Mon, R.
Derynck, M. B. Sporn, and A. S. Fauci. 1986. "Production of Transforming
Growth Factor β  by Human T Lymphocytes and its Potential Role in the
Regulation of T Cell Growth." Journal of Experimental Medicine 163 (5):
1037-1050. doi:10.1084/jem.163.5.1037. [1,559 citations]
9. Fauci, A. S. 1988. "The Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Infectivity and
Mechanisms of Pathogenesis." Science 239 (4840): 617-622.
doi:10.1126/science.3277274. [1,523 citations]
10.Leavitt, R. Y., A. S. Fauci, D. A. Bloch, B. A. Michel, G. G. Hunder, W. P.
Arend, L. H. Calabrese, et al. 1990. "The American College of Rheumatology
1990 Criteria for the Classification of Wegener's Granulomatosis." Arthritis
& Rheumatism 33 (8): 1101-1107. doi:10.1002/art.1780330807. [1,392
citations]
11.Chun, T. -W, L. Stuyver, S. B. Mizell, L. A. Ehler, J. A. M. Mican, M. Baseler,
A. L. Lloyd, M. A. Nowak, and A. S. Fauci. 1997. "Presence of an Inducible
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101HIV-1 Latent Reservoir during Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy."
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of
America 94 (24): 13193-13197. doi:10.1073/pnas.94.24.13193. [1,317
citations]
12.Masi, A. T., G. G. Hunder, J. T. Lie, B. A. Michel, D. A. Bloch, W. P. Arend, L.
H. Calabrese, et al. 1990. "The American College of Rheumatology 1990
Criteria for the Classification of churg-strauss Syndrome (Allergic
Granulomatosis and Angiitis)." Arthritis & Rheumatism 33 (8): 1094-1100.
doi:10.1002/art.1780330806. [1,287 citations]
13.Fauci, A. S., B. F. Haynes, and P. Katz. 1978. "The Spectrum of Vasculitis.
Clinical, Pathologic, Immunologic, and Therapeutic Considerations." Annals
of Internal Medicine 89 (5 I): 660-676. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-89-5-660.
[1,272 citations]
14.Arend, W. P., B. A. Michel, D. A. Bloch, G. G. Hunder, L. H. Calabrese, S. M.
Edworthy, A. S. Fauci, et al. 1990. "The American College of Rheumatology
1990 Criteria for the Classification of Takayasu Arteritis." Arthritis &
Rheumatism 33 (8): 1129-1134. doi:10.1002/art.1780330811. [1,234
citations]
15.Kerr, G. S., C. W. Hallahan, J. Giordano, R. Y. Leavitt, A. S. Fauci, M. Rottem,
and G. S. Hoffman. 1994. "Takayasu Arteritis." Annals of Internal Medicine
120 (11): 919-929. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-120-11-199406010-00004.
[1,111 citations]
16.Pantaleo G, Graziosi C, Fauci AS. THE IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS OF HUMAN-
IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS INFECTION. New England Journal of Medicine.
1993;328(5):327-335. [946 citations]
17.Fauci AS, Dale DC, Balow JE. GLUCOCORTICOSTEROID THERAPY -
MECHANISMS OF ACTION AND CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS. Annals of
Internal Medicine. 1976;84(3):304-315. [931 citations]
18.Morens, D. M., G. K. Folkers, and A. S. Fauci. 2004. "The Challenge of
Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases." Nature 430 (6996): 242-
249. doi:10.1038/nature02759. [899 citations]
19.Fauci AS, Macher AM, Longo DL, et al. ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY
SYNDROME - EPIDEMIOLOGIC, CLINICAL, IMMUNOLOGICAL, AND
THERAPEUTIC CONSIDERATIONS. Annals of Internal Medicine.
1984;100(1):92-106. [887 citations]
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10220.Folks TM, Justement J, Kinter A, Dinarello CA, Fauci AS. CYTOKINE-INDUCED
EXPRESSION OF HIV-1 IN A CHRONICALLY INFECTED PROMONOCYTE CELL-
LINE. Science. 1987;238(4828):800-802. [872 citations]
PRESS:   Good Morning America TV; The Netherlands TV – Nieuwsuur;
Canadian Journalism Foundation World News Day with Brian Stelter (Web
TV); Steph Curry – State of Inspiration Interview; Aspen Institute – Fireside
Chat with Helen Clark former PM of New Zealand
September 29, 2020 - Global  - 33,200,000/1,000,000;  USA – 7,100,000/205,000
Cases increasing in certain regions (see below).   Hospitalization starting to creep
up.  Deaths will follow.   Total deaths have plateaued and so as deaths go down in
certain regions, which is true, deaths that increase in other regions result in a net
flat curve.   Again, today big dispute between Deb (backed by me) and Atlas.
Atlas feels that after a city/town/state reach their peak, the turn around has nothing
to do with any intervention that we apply.   He insists that the city/state has reached
herd immunity.   He also cherry picks papers on T cell immunity and says that
cross-reacting T cell immunity accounts for:  the 22% ab positive in NYC + 25 %
T cell immunity = herd immunity.   He feels that all we need to do in protect the
vulnerables in nursing homes and we will be OK.   No need to test and no need to
worry about community spread.
1st Presidential Debate tonight. Horrible “shit show”.   Trump was
embarrassing, continually interrupting Biden, bullying all the way, making no
sense, lying.   Moderator Chris Wallace could not control him.   Trump refused to
denounce White Supremacists and when asked about the “Proud Boys”, Trump
said” “Stand down, stand by” essentially endorsing them.   Alos, he misquoted me
saying that I am against masks.   He also said that I praised him for saving lives by
shutting down China travel.   Reporters (Chris Cuomo, Jim Sciutto, Maggie Fox,
etc) continually texting me during the debate wanting me to counter what he said
about me and masks
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103PRESS:  The Texas Tribune Festival – Fireside Chat with Lawrence Wright
(The New Yorker); Interview with Wall Street Journal – Caitlin McCabe.

September 30, 2020 – Global   USA
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104Addressed the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on COVID-19 led by Rep. Joaquin
Castro (D-TX) and Rep Escobar.
Addressed State, local and Tribal Officials  on COVID-19
Presented plenary to American Academy of Pediatrics
Addressed Quad Caucus together with Francis
PRESS:   Wired TV with Steven Levy; ABC Podcast; Interviewed with
Washington Post (Joel Achenbach) regarding anti-Science trend; New Yorker
Interview
NY Times: Fauci counters Trump for misrepresenting his stance on masks.
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105Anthony Fauci, director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at NIH,
attaches his mask before testifying at a Senate Health, Education, and Labor and
Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill.Credit...Pool photo by Graeme Jennings
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the country’s leading official on infectious diseases, hit back at Mr.
Trump on Wednesday for what he called the misrepresentation of Dr. Fauci’s stance on
masks to curb coronavirus outbreaks.
In the first presidential debate Tuesday, Mr. Trump claimed that Dr. Fauci initially said
during the pandemic “masks are not good. Then he changed his mind.” And responding
to former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s assertion that wearing masks could save
tens of thousands of lives, Mr. Trump also contended that “Dr. Fauci said the opposite.”
“Anybody who has been listening to me over the last several months know that a
conversation does not go by where I do not strongly recommend that people wear
masks,” Dr. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases, said during an interview on ABC News’s “Start Here” podcast. The full
interview can be heard tomorrow, ABC said.
Dr. Fauci explained that “very early on in the pandemic” authorities initially did not
recommend masks in the context of concerns over shortages and hoarding of masks. Dr.
Fauci also emphasized that he has clearly been urging people for months to wear masks
when it became clear that asymptomatic transmission was spreading the virus, that
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106there was no shortage of surgical masks and that masks are effective at stopping the
spread of the virus.
“I have been on the airways, on the radio, on TV, begging people to wear masks,” Dr.
Fauci said. “And I keep talking in the context of wear a mask, keep physical distance,
avoid crowds, wash your hands and do things more outdoors versus indoors.”
— Simon Romero
October 1, 2020
Hope Hicks is infected!!!
PRESS: The National Press Club – NFID – Influenza Press Conference;  The
Tight Rope with Tricia Rose and Cornell West
Journalist Michael Specter examines Fauci’s career and the challenges of facing COVID-19 with
Trump’s White House in his new audiobook “Fauci,” the first biography to be published on the
doctor. Specter writes that he first met Fauci in 1986. Even then, Fauci was a mainstay in both
the political and medical communities. He has since served with every U.S. president since
Ronald Reagan.
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107October 2, 2020 –   Global – 34,200,000/1,000,000;   USA – 7,300,000/207,300
POTUS is infected with SARS-CoV-2!!!!   I was very close to VP on Tuesday,
Sept. 29.   VP is negative today.   Melania also positive.   Media frenzy!   Much
discussion that WH knew that Hope was positive BEFORE the POTUS went on a
trip and could possibly have exposed others. I just got tested via NIH today –
negative.
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108POTUS admitted to Walter Reed with increasing sxs.   Received Regeneron
monoclonal antibody.  I had called Sean Conley and told him that this is what I
would do.   He agreed.    Later in day received Remdesivir.   I reached out again to
Sean Conley to help again.   No response.  WH really shutting down comms with
outside world.
Kellyanne Conway, RNC Chair and two senators ( Senator Thom Tillis,
Republican of North Carolina and Senator Mike Lee), Republican of Utah)
infected plus Bill Stepien (Trump’s Campaign manager); all were at the Rose
Garden ceremony for Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.   It appears that
this ceremony was a super-spreading event since all infected people were there and
the timing is perfect
Katie Miller called me last night and this AM.   Stephen Miller has sxs – is getting
tested now at Walter Reed – he is negative!   I told her to stay physically separate
from Steven even if he tests negative.
PRESS:   Getting scores of calls from press and request to appear on every
show.   White House has indicated no press of any type until further notice.
They do not want me or other government docs out there until further notice.
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109Press (CNN) asking on air why Fauci and other TF members are not be able
to speak.
October 3, 2020 -  Global – 34,500,000/1,000,000;   USA – 7,300,000/208,100
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110Sean Conley and the WR team are giving mixed messages about how well or not
the POTUS is doing.   Conley saying he is doing fine.  Others saying his vital signs
are troublesome, he is on oxygen and coughing with fever.  His condition could be
deteriorating.
PRESS:  In Science magazine:
Why Anthony Fauci is happy being the
"skunk" on the Coronavirus Task Force
By Jon Cohen  Oct. 3, 2020 , 1:05 PM
October 4, 2020 – Global   USA
Still confusion about condition of POTUS.   He came on TV last night
wearing a blue suit with no tie saying that he felt fine and will be in
hospital for a few days
Bob Grady texted me last night and said he talked with Chris Christie
(he is infected and in the hospital) and Chris would like to speak with
me.   Gave me his cell phone.
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111I spoke with Christie.   He was extremely grateful and “honored” that I
called.   He is doing fairly well.   Had some fever and aches.   His O2 sat
off oxygen is 96-98.   He is asthmatic and obese and realizes his risks
and so he has already started Remdesivir and will start today at 12:00
noon the Lilly mAb.
Mark Meadows called my cell while I was walking on the C & O
Canal at around 8:30 AM to ask my advice about when the POTUS
could go out publicly again.   I mentioned that the CDC guidelines say
10 days from the onset of sxs.   His sxs started Thrusday, Oct. 1 and so
10 days would be Saturday, Oct.10.   Mark told me that on Friday his
temp was 103 and his O2 sat was in the 80s.   That triggered the
Remdesivir.   Today (Sunday) he is up and about in his room and is
afebrile.   O2 sat is improved and he feels much better.   I told Mark to
send the POTUS my best wishes.
Had conversation with Katie Miller who is in hotel separated from
Stephen since he was exposed strongly.   I spoke with Stephen yesterday
and told him that he should stay away from Katie until he has multiple
negative PCRs.   Today was his 4th negative and so I told Katie that she
can leave the hotel and go home to Stephen.  Provided that they wear
masks.
At least seven people besides the president who were there (the Amy Coney Barret
event in the Rose Garden) have tested positive in recent days: first lady Melania
Trump, former White House adviser Kellyanne Conway, former New Jersey
governor Chris Christie (R), University of Notre Dame President John Jenkins,
Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and an unnamed journalist.
Contacted by Sean Conley.  Got together by conference call with Walter Reed
medical team plus Cliff Lane plus Bob Redfield to discuss course of POTUS
infection.   Also, discussed possibility of getting infected high level officials out in
public with some sort of “filtering device” while they are still infected as opposed
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112to waiting 10 days.   I told them that this would create a firestorm of pushback
from the press since it would be breaking all the CDC guidelines.   I suggested that
they might use the 2 negative PCRs over 24 hours as opposed to the 10 day from
onset of sxs rule.   Sean said that they gave the POTUS dexamethasone since his
O2 level dropped into the 80s, but he bounced back quickly with O2
administration.   They started dex just as a precaution.
White House comms (including Alyssa) as well as Sean giving confusing messages
to the public about the POTUS health.   Mark Meadows was honest and said that
his situation was precarious requiring O2 on Friday night and the POTUS got
angry with Mark sine he did not show a happy face.   Sean was obviously
intimidated by POTUS and so he sugar-coated the briefing.   Bottom line is that
POTUS is doing rather well.   He had a limo drive him up and down Rockville
Pike waving to the crowds of supporters.   He wore a cloth mask instead of a N95
and press criticized him for endangering the Secret Service who were in the car.
October 5, 2020 – Global – 35,100,000/1,000,000;  USA – 7,400,000/210,000
1.The overall picture continues to deteriorate raising concerns across the United
States (beyond the improvements across the South that are currently holding)
the absolute numbers and the concerning trendlines across the upper North
West and Mid West and now the North East – although some of these changes
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113are subtle when you triangulate them and take into account the changing
weather conditions in these areas small clusters can rapidly and silently
spread to large outbreaks – this spread is preventable with aggressive
mitigation : this is not about shutting down but using the clear evidence based
mitigation that has worked – attached both states of concern and the stable
southern state
2.The silent spread among the asymptomatic individuals leads to silent
community spread that then spreads to the more cautious group including the
vulnerable members of households : the way to prevent this is to ensure
personal mitigation through masks, physical distancing and personal hygiene
combine with early identification of community spread and protecting the
vulnerable individuals in their household.
3.These data driven laser focused interventions will be essential as we move into
the fall : there needs to be a clear recognition of in household, small gatherings
among neighbors and family events are active spreading events when there is
even one asymptomatic COVID positive individual – although outdoors are
safer both the level of the viral load and closeness of contact can lead to
increasing spread
4.The overarching concern relates to the balance of personal mitigation
behaviors and the weather driving more activities indoors with the lower
humidity increasing the K value (dispersion factor) with lower humidity the
droplets partially evaporate allowing for longer suspension in the air and
together – poor personal mitigation and cooling weather with heating will
increase the R value and the clear evidence of aerosol contribution
5.Any baseline immunity in the population (ranging from <1-10%) in all states
except LA, NY, NJ (where mortality was 3-4X all other states) can be offset and
overcome by this weather element and increased indoor activities – this is the
concern about continued spread in states where the weather is changing
(cooling) and the need for immediate mitigation actions by the leadership and
the public collectively : conversely the improved weather across the south with
movement outdoors from air conditioning will lower both R1 and decrease
dispersion (K) –
6.There also needs to be careful proactive attention to the NE – cases rising in
NYC and Boston
7.Will be key to increase testing in the communities and states where test
positivity is rising to prevent further community spread to prevent increases
in hospitalizations and fatalities
8.This first several tranches of BINAX to states should be prioritized to states
with high community spread
White House people continue to get infected – latest is Kayleigh McEnany
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114POTUS called me up from his hospital room at Walter Reed.  1:08
PM.  He rambled on about the suite he was in and how expensive it was
to build it.   Says it is better than the White House.   Asked me if I have
ever been there.   I told him about the time I went there to help in the
treatment of President Nixon’s pneumonia.   He then commented on my
voice and my successful vocal cord surgery.   He then described his
therapies (Remdesivir, mAB (Regeneron) and Dexamethasone).   He
praised Len Schleifer and now the real reason he called.  He said that he
was very sick when he came into the hospital and “felt like fucking
shit”,   However, a few hours after receiving the Regeneron mAB, he
felt better than he has felt in years (I believe that DEX is contributing to
this as well as to his obvious hyperkinetic state).   Bottom line is that he
wants me to get the Regeneron mAb out as an EUA.   I explained that
the mAb was in clinical trials.   He said the most important clinical trial
has been done – i.e. on him the POTUS.   That is all we need to know.
He wants me to get back to him and get it out to millions of people.   He
said it was not about the election, it was about saving lives.   I told him
that it was an FDA regulatory issue.   He then said that they would listen
to me.  He said he was aware of the Lilly mAB,but thinkgs that
Regeneron is better (Len probably told him so).   POTUS then said get
both Reg and Lilly an EUA. We are obviously going to have a problem
since there is not enough data for an EUA.
Mark Meadows called me  about what the appropriate PPE would be
for others to wear around the POTUS when the POTUS returns (today)
to the WH.   Also, he wanted my opinion of what PPE the Senators who
are infected or who will be infected should wear when they vote for
ACA and Supreme Court justice confirmation.
PRESS:  CNN New Day – discussion of my Sammie Award – Federal
Employee of the Year; WTOP Radio; Times Radio UK; CNN with Chris
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115Cuomo; The New Yorker Festival – Audio – Biography – “Fauci” on
YouTube livestream with Michael Specter;   The Sammies presentation
livestream.   Extraordinary comments by a large number of celebrities:
https://www.facebook.com/rpublicservice/videos/351805602538815/
October 6, 2020 –  Global -  35,300,000/1,000,000;   USA – 7,400,000/210,000
QUITE A DAY!!
Fauci gets his own action
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116•Fireside Chat for Cornell (Ithaca) Homecoming – Kate Snow
•Holy Cross fireside chat
•Fireside chat with American University Political Union with Sylvia Burwell
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117Dennis Quaid called to thank me for doing the podcast with him.
Had long conversation by phone with Chris Christie who is in Morristown
Hospital. I am advising Gov. Christie on his medical course.   He has received
Remdesivir and is doing fine.   His asthma is acting up, but his O2 is 97-98%.
Some docs are recommending that he go home since he is doing well.   I told him
that since he is only 4-5 days into his illness and people crash on day 5 to 8, he
should stay in hospital instead of going to his beach home.   He should make
surethat he walks around and treats the hospital like a hotel and not stay in bed to
avoid thromboembolic phenomenon.   He is really pissed at Trump for his reckless
behavior and his disregard for infecting others.   Christie is sure that Trump
infected him since Christie helped prepare  Trump for the Presidential debates.
Christie want to be the voice opposite to Trump in saying that COVID-19 is
serious and we should not brag about not dying from it, and we should not
trivialize it or brag aboutndefeating it since it is still killing 210,00 people in the
USA.   He related that Trump told him that he was surprised that “strong men like
you and me got infected”.   Christie told him that it has nothing to do with how
strong one is.   The virus can infect anyone.
Stephen Miller is infected!  Very strange.   Stephen was exposed to POTUS,
Hope, others and tested negative by Abbot now, antigen tests and 2 PCR tests over
the past 6 days.   I had told him that he could re-unite with Katie who is in a hotel.
He did.   Now he is positive.   In retrospect, he was mildly symptomatic for the
entire 6 days, but since he tested negative, he felt that he was not infected.   Now
we know that he was probably infected but his level of virus was so low that it was
not detected (tells you something about the tests).  Spoke multiple times to Katie
who is on way to her parents in Florida.   Spoke to her at Houston airport and after
she landed.   Told her to get tested again (she was negative today by the Abbott
test).   I warned her that in this political scene, the Dems will ask her if she was
near the VP (which she was) and whether she is sure that she in not infected from
Stephen.   They will not believe her unless she gets a PCR test.  Otherwise they
will say that VP may be a contact who needs to be sidelined for 10 days.   I
strongly advised her to get a PCR test tomorrow.  The VP debate is tomorrow.
Scott Atlas crossed a line today.   See e-mail below:
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118Marc:
   I am sorry to bother you with this as we approach the important VP
debate, but this needs attention.   You had mentioned to me about
trying to reconcile differences between the other doctors on the Task
Force and Dr. Atlas and I told you that I certainly am amenable to doing
so.   Below is a note that a reporter (Ashley Collman) sent to me asking
for my response to an interview that she had with Dr. Atlas that they
are planning on publishing.   I am not planning to respond publicly since
that would be beneath my dignity.  However, a line has been crossed
here am I strongly suggest that Dr. Atlas be removed from the Task
Force and quite frankly from the White House itself.   Not withstanding
his outrageous comments about me, which are factually incorrect (I
never said that “everyone should wear goggles” and I never “ridiculed”
Sen. Paul and I, by the way,  have actually written the book on natural
immunity), what he has been preaching about public health measures
has put the POTUS and the White House staff at risk, resulting in the
infection of our President and several White House staff and other
government officials.   As I mentioned, I am not going to address this
publicly, but it must be addressed internally.   Thank you for listening.
Best regards,
Tony
Anthony S. Fauci, MD
Director
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Building 31, Room 7A-03
31 Center Drive, MSC 2520
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892-2520
Phone: (301) 496-2263
FAX: (301) 496-4409
E-mail: afauci@niaid.nih.gov
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119The information in this e-mail and any of its attachments is confidential and may contain
sensitive information.  It should not be used by anyone who is not the original intended
recipient.  If you have received this e-mail in error please inform the sender and delete it
from your mailbox or any other storage devices.  The National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases (NIAID) shall not accept liability for any statements made that are the
sender's own and not expressly made on behalf of the NIAID by one of its
representatives.
From:  Ashley Collman <acollman@businessinsider.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 9:20 AM
To: Conrad, Patricia (NIH/NIAID) [E] < conradpa@niaid.nih.gov>
Subject: Business Insider reporter - request for comment
Hi Patricia,
My name is Ashley Collman and I'm a reporter for Business Insider. My colleague Hilary said I
should contact you if I'm trying to offer Dr. Fauci the opportunity to comment on a story.
I spoke to Dr. Scott Atlas yesterday, who had some things to say about Fauci.
Atlas slammed Fauci for using "media contacts to make public criticisms of other people out of
insecurity."
He also criticized Fauci for saying "everyone should wear goggles" and for "ridiculing" Sen. Rand
Paul for suggesting that some people have a natural immunity to the virus.
"To ridicule that statement shows a complete lack of understanding and a lack of the current
scientific research," Atlas said.
He added: "I think a lot of the criticism stems from people who are either politically motivated
or are interested in maintaining their own stature in the public eye."
Let me know if Fauci would like to say anything in response to these comments from Atlas.
Best,
Ashley Collman
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120Senior News Reporter
Alyssa Farah texted me (at 3:39 PM) and said that Meadows will now prevent Atlas from doing
any media; however, Atlas appeared on Laura Ingraham (FOX) with misleading statements that
Influenza was more dangerous for young people than COVID-19.   What a stupid statement!
And so, it is OK to have the elderly and the 80 million people in USA with underlying conditions
get seriously ill from COVID just because young people do well (mostly).   Ridiculous.  Deb Birx
went in to see Meadows and apparently Meadows said he will fix the problem with Atlas, but it
may take 48 hours.   We shall see.
PRESS:   Podcast with ESPN 30 on 30 – “Day in the Life of Tony Fauci on
March 11, 2020;
October 7, 2020 – Global   USA
Alex Azar met yesterday with Atlas and his 3 stooges – Jay Bhattacharya
(Stanford), Sunetra Gupta (Oxford) and Martin Kulldorff’s (Harvard).    Seems that
he is buying into Atlas
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121VP debate tonight between Pence and Harris.    Much more civil than the POTUS
debates.   Pence did not directly answer several questions using the technique that I
have seen him use of avoiding answering the questions and talking about
something else in response to the question.  My name was mentioned multiple
times during the debate.   Harris said she would take an OVID-19 vaccine if I said
so, but not if Trump said so.  Also, Pence mentioned my name saying that I said
that Trump saved many lives by shutting down travel from China.
October 8, 2020 – Global 36,000,000/1,000,000;  USA – 7,500,000/211,100
Below is really October 8, not October 6
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122Much discussion centered around the upcoming 2nd POTUS debate.   Issue is
whether Trump (recently infected) can safely do it in person.   The Commission
wants to do it virtually; however, Trump says he will not debate except in person.
Mark meadows has called me twice for advice about the CDC guidelines of when a
person post-infection can safely go out.   The guidelines say 10 days from onset of
sxs and 2 PCR tests (24 hours apart) that are negative.   His last PCR had a CT of
28.9.   It needs to be 35 or greater to be considered negative.   More to come.
Great podcast with Bill Gates and Rashida Jones
Now total 34 people infected in the White House super-spreader event in the Rose
Garden.   Also, Kellyanne and Chris Christie helped him prepare for the debate
PRESS:  Print interview with Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper; Italy TV Sky
TG24; MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell; Podcast with Rashida Jones and Bill
Gates; Radio ONE NYC; PBS NewsHour with Judy Woodruff;
Memphis Commercial Appeal:
Dr. Anthony Fauci: a trusted and
dependable voice during COVID-19 |
Opinion
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123With so much false information about the coronavirus
being thrown at us, Fauci has evolved as a voice we can
trust. He speaks truth, gives us the facts, and pulls no
punches.
Lynn Norment
Columnist
October 9, 2020 – Global   USA
We are clearly seeing resurgences in various parts of USA , esp. the upper mid-
west and the Northwest (see below).   This is exactly what we (Deb and I)
predicted would happen if young people did not abide by public health
recommendations (masks, crowds, etc).   It also validates my insisting to the VP
that although I did not like being the “skunk at the picnic”, the upticks in case
positivity clearly predicted the increase incases → hospitalizations → deaths.
Also, shows that Atlas and his 3 stooges are completely incorrect.
Gov. Cuomo called me up.  Deb wanted me to speak with him about the surge in
NYC since she knows that we are friends.   I asked his brother Chris to have him
call me.   Andrew feels that the NYC surge is driven almost exclusively by the
Hasidic Jews who feel that they have “herd immunity”.   Obviously they do not
(see Atlas).   In the middle of the conversation, the POTUS calls me (see below)
POTUS called me this AM at 9:10 AM.   He is still very hyper and is saying that
the Regeneron product “cured” him.  He had with him on speaker phone Sean
Conley and the entire Walter Reed team.   He had them say that the drop in viral
titer from 10 to the 8 to 10 to the 3 was the fastest they have ever seen.   They
obviously do not have that much experience.  When I asked what the CT was, they
said it was 33, which means he still has replication virus in his nasopharynx.
Could be that Dex is slowing the clearance of virus.   He wants me to help get REG
mAB an EUA to save hundreds of thousands of lives.   He is clearly hyper.   He
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124told the crew that I was the best persuader in the world.   He used to think that he
was, but he now feels that he is 2nd.   Weird conversation; friendly, but weird.
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125PRESS: AP video interview with Kelly Daschle; CBS Radio interview; Irish
Newspaper – Sunday Indepemdent;
October 10, 2020 –
Multiple calls with Katie Miller, Stephen Mill and Mark Meadows.   Big issues
is when to get the POTUs back into the public (campaign rallies).   Mark Meadows
called me about this X2 today.   The POTUS has been 10 day since onset of sxs,
which is the CDC guideline for being able to return to public.   However, his CT
was less than 35.   Today it is 34.6, but other viral parameters for replication are
showing no replication.   I convinced Mark to not allow the POTUS to go to
Florida today (Saturday) but to wait until Monday and do a Ehite House balcony
show today.
Also, Stephen Miller is chomping at the bit to get out in public since the campaign
is short-handed with so many people infected.   Stephen has crazy numbers.   CT
was 27.8 yesterday and 16 today!.   Looks like a lab error.   Will check again
tomorrow
GOP campaign put out an ad misleading) having me say that the POTUS did
everything possible.   The press are calling out the GOP since they know that this
is totally out of context.   I called Stephen Miller and asked him to look into this.
PRESS:  Continue to do taping for the NAT/GEO documentary as well as the
60 Minutes Special that will come up next week.   Crazy situation with Alyssa
Farah and Jon Karl who rally wants me on “This Week” tomorrow (Sunday).
First she promised him that there wa a 99.5% chance that he could have me.
She said this on Wednesday.   Jon texted her every day for confirmation and
she just ignored his texts until it was too late (Saturday afternoon).   Totally
incompetent and disrespectful to Jon and ABC, but not atypical for them
(WH Comms)
October 11, 2020 (Sunday)
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126See above re: Jon Karl.   They are completely blocking me for Sunday shows.
Also, big stink about the POTUS hiding data regarding how infective he might be
(see above)
Multiple conversation with Sean Conley, docs at Walter Reed and me.   Also,
Savannah Guthrie representing NBC wants assurances that it is safe for the
audience that the POTUS does a Town Hall on Thursday (Oct.14).  Mark wants us
at NIH to repeat the PCR and CT values to get an independent voice here since the
press does not trust Sean Conley or the Walter Reed people since they believe that
these folks are afraid of the Commander-in-Chief.   However, Mark does not want
to admit that we need to go to NIH and so he wants NIH to do the PCR but have
me not say that it was done at NIH, but only say that I will vouch for the results.
Really ridiculous.   Cliff will do the swab on Thursday and run it at NIH.
I needed to respond to the misrepresentation of my support forTrump by the GOP
campaign and so when Kaitlan Collins contacted me about it, I issued a statement
that she tweeted:
 "In my nearly five decades of public service, I have never publicly endorsed any
political candidate. The comments attributed to me without my permission in the
GOP campaign ad were taken out of context from a broad statement I made
months ago about the efforts of federal public health officials."
It went totally viral on twitter and several networks and cable reported it.   The
GOP campaign hit back by giving other quotes from me saying that I did indeed
support what the POTUS was doing.   However, they left out all f my criticisms,
and besides in none of those quotes did I endorse the POTUS.   Now the GOP
campaign is tweeting everything that I ever said positive about our effort trying to
call me a liar about denying that I am favoring Trump.   This is turning into an
ongoing war between me and the GOP campaign.   Nate Silver tweeted that the
GOP campaign is really stupid to pick a fight with Tony Fauci just a couple of
weeks before the election.
Jon Karl called out Alyssa Farah on “This Week” saying that she would not let me
on the show.   He then asked for any medical or TF person including Redfield,
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127Birx, Hahn, Giroir, or even Pence.   She ignored that and tweeted that Karl did not
ask for anyone else but me.   Karl got furious and tweeted his tweet to her showing
her up to be a liar.   She responded and said she must have “missed the text”.

PRESS:
Opinions
Distinguished person of the week: Fauci
calls out Trump’s recklessness
Opinion by
Jennifer Rubin
Columnist
Oct. 11, 2020 at 7:45 a.m. EDT
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128October 12, 2020    Global – 37,400,000/1,100,000;  USA – 7,700,000/214,100
Continued confusion about whether I am allowed on shows.   Jake Tapper was told
by Alyssa that it is OK to put me on his show.   When Patty and CNN tried to
make the arrangements, WH comms said that they did not know anything about
this.  Jon Karl and Wolf Blitzer also trying in vain to get me on.
All day and evening press dominated by the conflict between me and the GOP
Campaign regarding their campaign ad featuring me.   The press are making
Trump look very bad saying that trump is not running against Biden, he is running
against Tony Fauci.
The Epi outbreak situation is deteriorating (See below)
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130PRESS: CNN Jake Tapper – “The Lead”; CNBC – Shepherd Smith; complete
filming for CBS “60 Minutes” for next week with Jon LaPook;
October 13, 2020 Global    USA
Increases in cases continue (see map below)
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131Mark Meadows has asked me to certify that POTUS is not transmittable for
SARS-CoV-2.  This relates to the fact that NBC (Savannah Guthrie) execs do not
want to host the Town Hall with Savannah moderating on Thursday (10/15/2020)
unless they are sure that POTUS will not infect Savannah or anyone else connected
with the Town Hall.   I offered to have a PCR done here at NIH and to go over all
the data with Cliff and certify if appropriate.  Cliff went to WH and Sean Conley
did nasal swab on POTUS and Cliff brough it back to NIH.   Result was CT of
34.3.   We then went over all his data including multiple negative cultures and
multiple negative antigen tests (see attached document) and clinical course of >10
following onset of sxs and we determined that he was not infectious.   I related this
to Savannah by phone at 10:00 PM tonight
Summary of
findings[3].pdf
PRESS: Good Day NY TV with Rosanna Scotto; Public Radio – “The World”
October 14, 2020 – Globus   USA
Very concerned about the uptick of cases throughout the country in ~30+ states,
which is a good predictor of surges.    Important as we enter Fall and Winter
Season.   Also, baseline infections are ~40,000 to 50,000/day.
A FEW DAYS AGO, Julia Roberts sent me beautiful flower arrangement.   I e-
mailed her my thanks.
Scott Atlas still causing problems with his “herd immunity” issue.
Continued press coverage of tension between me and POTUS
“Barrington Declaration” – Misleading people into thinking that it only measn do
not close down country and just protect the vulnerable, when in fact is means go
for herd immunity, which will kill many, many people.
Ha long talk tonight with Jared Kushner asking his help in getting rid of Scott
Atlas.   Much activity in the community asking Deb and I to threaten to resign if
the White House does not get rid of Atlas.
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133PRESS:  Major article in Washington Post by Yakamura, Dawsey and
Yasmeen Abutaleb discussing tension and “feud” between POTUS and me;
CBS.com live stream with Norah O’Donnell; CBS Evening News; WABC
Radio Interview – Conversations in Healthcare;
Open discussion of conflict with WH:
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134Trump’s COVID Task Force Is Now Openly
Rebelling Against Him
From Fauci to Birx to Redfield, the president’s top health officials appear to be at their wits’
end.
Erin Banco
Asawin Suebsaeng
Sam Stein
October 15, 2020 Global    USA
As the election nears, the cases increase and surges are inevitable as we enter
cooler weather.   Trump is on the campaign trail spewing nonsense.   He is really
out of control.   A true embarrassment.
I did Face Time and some screen shots with a young boy at Children’s National
Medical Center who has recurrent brain tumor.   He is from Hollywood, FL.   His
name is Benjamin.
Chris Christie’s physician called me to ask advice on getting Gov. Christie back
in circulation following COVID-19.   He still is PCR positive, has been 13 days
since onset of sxs.   Do not yet know CT level.   I told them to get it and get back
to me.
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135Seems like the POTUS is desperately attacking me.   This from the New York
Post:
Here's the Trump quote:
"Tony Fauci, he's a nice guy. He said this is not a threat. This is not a problem. Don't worry
about this...  he said do not wear a mask. Do not wear a mask under any circumstances. Don't
wear a mask — don't, don't, don't, right? So we don't wear a mask. Then they say, oh wear a
mask. I never saw, did you ever see any conflicts? but he's a nice guy so I keep him around,
right? We'll keep him around.
"He is a Democrat. everybody knows that. He's Cuomo's friend. Cuomo did the worst job of any
governor in the United States. Almost 40,000 people died more, and 11,000 at least — and you
know I gave him this big convention center, 2,800 beds, he didn't use it. I gave him a ship. I gave
him the great hospital ship meant for wars... it's incredible, they didn't use it. Instead they sent
sick people back into nursing homes, right? It's a disgrace."
--
Steven Nelson
New York Post
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136Signal/cell: 202-805-0625
When the POTUS said this to the crowd in North Carolina, as he mentioned my
name, the crowd booed and he encouraged this.   On the evening cable shows CNN
Anderson Cooper said this was a terribly childish thing to do to a career public
servant like me.
PRESS:  Good Morning America with George Stephanopoulos (ABC) – I blew
away the Great Barrington Declaration; Yahoo Finance Interview;  PBS
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover.
October 16, 2020 – Global    USA
Surges continue.   See Birx slides below
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138Cases continue to climb:
October 17, 2020  (Saturday)
Got call at 5:53 AM from Deb Birx who reported to me about yesterday’s activities
at the WH.   Atlas did not come to White House.  However, at the “huddle” in the
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139AM he tried to undermine everything that Deb and I have been saying about how
to contain the surges.   He explicitly wants to never do contact tracing and never
isolate any person who is infected.   He feels that this constitutes a “lockdown’ and
feels that the POTUS does not want to lock down.   We (Deb and I) have
repetitively said that we do not want to lock down.  Atlas has convinced the entire
White House.   My conversation with Jared a couple of days ago obviously did not
convince him since he told Deb yesterday that the POTUS likes differences of
opinion and so we should just work it out. THIS IS VERY REMINISCENT OF
AIDS DENIALISM WITH THABO MBEKI when it went beyond differences
of opinion and >300,000 South Africans died without ART because he
believed from Duesberg et al that HIV did not cause AIDS
Cases continue to surge (see graph below).   Could possibly start to overwhelm
hospitals in some more rural areas.
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140October 18, 2020 –  Global – 39,600,000/1,100,000;   USA – 8,100,000/218,500
Surge continues:
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141Baby Blues
by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman
Hilarious song about mask wearing:  https://bit.ly/37jp8fs
Not allowed on any shows.   Meet the Press and Face the Nation asked for me.
WH gave Alex Azar to Meet the Press
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142PRESS: (Sunday) –CBS “60 Minutes” with Jon LaPook
October 19, 2020 – Global    USA
Things getting worse and worse, and still the White House espouses the “herd
immunity” nonsense from Scott Atlas.   I am ashamed of Alex Azar for embracing
this.
See PRESS below.  Trump is on tear trashing me saying that I am a “disaster”,
going on about my throwing arm at the Nats opener, tweeting constantly about me,
saying if he had listened to me 500K people would be dead by now.  Calling the
Task Force people “idiots” He is really sounding totally crazy.  He must have
driven over the edge by the incredibly well-received profile of me last night on
CBS  “60 Minutes”  The response of my supporters with e-mails, texts, and tweets
has been overwhelming.   Some examples of hundreds of e-mails and texts:   Text
from Joan Baez – “I hope you’re celebrating.   It’s an honor to be attacked by that
miserable fuck”.  Text from Hilary Rosen – “14 more days.   Hang in there.   We
need you.  That fuckhead isn’t fit to tie your shoes.  😊 Xo Hilary”
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143CNN jumped all over zTrump for doing this.
PRESS:  CBS/KNX Radio – Los Angeles;
Washington Post article describing situation on the TF
Trump’s den of dissent: Inside the White
House task force as coronavirus surges
By
Yasmeen Abutaleb ,
Philip Rucker,
Josh Dawsey  and
Robert Costa
Oct. 19, 2020 at 6:00 a.m. EDT
Trump to campaign staff: "Fauci is a disaster"
From CNN's Kaitlan Collins
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump
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144October 20, 2020 – Global - 40,300,000/1,100,000;      USA – 8,200,000/220,000
Had call with “Miami Mayors again (Deb and I).   They are starting to see
upticks in test positivity in certain groups (younger people – 30-40 y.o.), but not
the general population since they are decreasing the number of tests; however, it
might not be totally reflective of what is going on.   Gov. DeSantis is legally
preventing the Mayors from doing what needs to be done.  They cannot close bars
or restaurants.   DeSantis is preventing them from doing what needs to be done.
Mayors are frustrated.
Phone call with Governor Inslee (D-WA).  He wants my help in doing a PSA or an
interview to encourage the people of Washington state to abide by public health
guidelines since they are experiencing a slight surge in cases when they were
previously doing very well.
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146PRESS:   Front page articles in the Washington Post and the New York Times
on Trump attacking me.   See NY Times below by Stolberg, Haberman and
Weiland; CBS Radio NYC
Trump Calls Fauci ‘a Disaster’ and
Shrugs Off Virus as Infections Soar
With two weeks remaining in his re-election campaign, President Trump made the
coronavirus his message and Dr. Anthony S. Fauci his foil, dismissing scientific
advisers as “these idiots.”
The New York Post:
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147Fauci reportedly quotes ‘The Godfather’ in
response to Trump criticisms
By Yaron Steinbuch
October 20, 2020 | 7:00am | Updated
October 21, 2020   Global – 40,500,000/1,100,000;   USA – 8,200,000/220,400
Se. Patrick Leahy (D-VY) called me to encourage me in light of the POTUS
attacks on me.   His mother’s side of the family is Italian and he said to me
“Coraggio” or courage, which his grandmother used to tell him when he was a
prosecutor in Vermont.
PRESS:  Article in Washington Post by Molly Roberts – “Why Fauci Won’t
Quit”;
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148Article and cover in Washingtonian magazine:
Washington’s Very Top Top Doctor
Each November, Washingtonian honors the best
physicians in our region. This year, Anthony Fauci
deserves special recognition.
Written by Sherri Dalphonse
| Published on October 20, 2020
October 22, 2020 – Global – 41,100,000/1,100,000;  USA – 8,300,000/221,400
Surging continues as does hospitalizations and soon deaths.  Atlas continues to
spew forth nonsense about letting children and young people get infected and just
protect the vulnerable.   How do you protect the vulnerable not in nursing homes,
i.e. in the community.   He feels that wearing masks are worthless and contact
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149tracing and isolation is actually locking down.   The WH is letting him do this.
Borders on criminal.
Got call from Mark Meadows from Nashville with the last Presidential debate
takes place.   Mark said that they want to put up a plexiglass plate between Trump
and Biden and Trump feels that this is a distraction.   Mark called me to ask my
opinion and I confirmed that it is unnecessary.   The POTUS is not infected nor is
Biden.   Mark thanked me and a few minutes later Dr. Kens Sands (Physician for
the debate) called me at Mark’s suggestion to discuss the details of our data that
the POTUS is no longer transmissible.   I gave him eth CT number of 34.3 CT and
the negative antigen tests and cultures.   He was satisfied.   Amazing → POTUS
days I am an “idiot” and a “Disaster” and then counts on me to verify about his
health.
October 23, 2020  Global – 41,600,000/1,100,000;   USA – 8,400,000/222,400
Last night was final Presidential Debate.  POTUS still insisting that we are
turning the corner and all parameters are down.   This is completely untrue as per
the summary below from Deb Birx.   Also, after the moderator brought up the fact
that POTUS called me and  others “idiots”  he continues to say that I am a nice guy
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150but have been wrong many times.   He brings up the “incomplete” quote where I
say that: “…..at this time, we do not need to do anything different”, yet he leaves
out the second part of the sentence: “……however, it really is an evolving
situation, and we have to be prepared for the worst”.  This was a quote from me on
CNN on January 20, 2020.   On Jan. 21, the 1st travel-related case was detected in
the USA.   On  Jan. 24 the 2nd travel-related case was detected and on Jan. 30 the
1st person-to-person spread of SARS-C0V-2 was confirmed in the USA.
Therefore, I was warning that we needed to be prepared for the worst even before
the 1st case was detected in the USA.   Also, he said again that I am a Democrat
and brings up my early (and very brief) statement on masks.   Fact checkers
showed he lied dozens and dozens of times during the debate.
•Did Fireside Chat with the Aspen Group - Sibelius, Thompson.   Very well
received.
Had dinner at my home with Jake and Jennifer Tapper.   Relaxed, good time.   Jake clearly
believes that Trump is totally nuts.
Hit 83,000 new cases today.   The single day record since the beginning of the outbreak:
Surge continues:
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151PRESS:  MSNBC – Chuck Todd – Meet the Press Daily; BBC TV Andrew
Marr Show; CNN with Erin Burnett
October 24, 2020   Global – 42,100,000/1,100,000;   USA – 8,500,000/223,400
Much discussion in the press that the outbreak is out of control as we enter the
cooler months.  POTUS keeps saying that we are “turning the corner” and this will
be under control very soon.   Press pitting this against what I and other credible
scientists are saying.
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152Adam Silver, Commissioner of NBA, wrote me a nice letter thanking me for
helpingto make the NBA season successful and safe
October 25, 2020 – Global – 42,500,000/1,100,000;   USA – 8,600,000/224,2200
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153The slide below demonstrates why it is important to test both symptomatic ad
asymptomatic people. WH (with pushing by Atlas) is saying you only show test
symptomatic people,  Colleges are good example  See below:
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154Marc Short tests positive for COVID-19.  VP continues to campaign despite
CDC guidelines about quarantine sine VPO is with Marc constantly.   VP and WH
saying that VP is “essential personnel” and so an continue his work. Other VP staff
that are now infected include political advisor Marty Obst; his personal aide Zach
Bauer, known as a “body man,” who accompanies him throughout his day; and two
other staff members.
Had conversation with Marc Shot by phone today.   I reached out to him to offer
any help or advice that he might require.   He was very appreciative.
Mark Meadows on TV with Jake Tapper on SOTI (CNN- Sunday) saying we
cannot control the  pandemic, but we will fight it with therapies and vaccines.
This is the Scott Atlas approach.   This is interpreted by many and played up by
Biden that the administration has essentially “given up” on trying to control the
pandemic and have admitted failure.
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155Some buzz around my statement on CNN Erin Burnett that I would favor mask
mandates if people do not voluntarily wear masks.   I clarify with Sheryl Stolberg
of New York Times that local (state, city, county) mandates (if any) are better than
national mandate.
Adam Silver (Commissioner of NBA) sent me a letter thanking me for helping to
make the NBA season successful and safe:
SKM_C754e2010251
5200.pdf
October 26, 2020   Global – 43,000,000/1,200,000;    USA – 8,600,000/224,600
Surging continues:
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156POTUS insists on having large rallies 1 week before the election.   Crowds are
close together, many without masks.   He is desperate and defiant.
On Friday, October 23, the FDA’s FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological
Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC)  held a meeting chaired by Arnold
Monto of Univ. of Michigan and also member Paul Offit (U Penn) to discuss the
pros and cons of issuing an EUA after 50 events in a 150 event trial (such as with
Moderna and Pfizer).   Thankfully, they weighed heavily on keeping the trial going
and not unblinding it after the first sign of efficacy, which would negate the further
gathering of important data.  This is exactly what we had hoped for.  Much
pressure from Trump and Meadows to get an answer quickly or at least promise
that an answer will come quickly.  With the VRBPAC recommendation, vaccine
(if effective) would not begin to be distributed before January, and not
November/December.
Over the weekend Gil Omenn called me and said that he had a recent meeting
with President Obama and the President did not want to contact me directly sine
he felt that this might cause me difficulty with the Trump people.   However, he
wanted Gil to convey to me how proud he was of me for what I have been doing
and standing for and he wanted to express to me how much he admired me.
•Went to Clinical Center to visit a young woman (Leslie Adelman) who has
Von Hipple-Lindau disease and had a hemangioblastoma in her cerebellum
removed last week.   Since she was in the hospital she asked her
neurosurgeon Dr. Kareem Zaghloul if it were possible to meet me.   I, of
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157course, said yes and went to see her.   Quite a time.  Nurses and physicians
all wanted pictures with me.   Leslie was delighted.   Made my day.
Sign in Kensington:
. Dr. Anthony Fauci
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158PRESS:   Yahoo Finance TV;
October 27, 2020 – Global    USA
Surges continue:
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159Great
Great Fireside Chat with Sharon Lewin et al (Peter Doherty) at Melbourne,
Australia.  Sharon said that I am a “household name” in Australia.  The
Australians had zero new infections in the entire city of Melbourne yesterday
proving that pure public health measures such a mandatory mask wearing
($1000.00 fine) and avoiding crowds actually works.
Alyssa Farah and Roma Daravi (White House comms) are continuing to jerk
me around regarding clearances for TV requests.   I get 20 requests and they
ignore them.   We complain, and then Alyssa says that she has no problem
with any of them.   “Go ahead and work with Roma to schedule”.   Roma
gives us one or two and then we do not hear from them (ignore us) for another
week.   All the while they are approving Azar and other docs on the task force
(Hahn, Redfield, Adams, etc.)    Clearly, they do not want me on Major TV,
but are afraid to admit it.   This must be pointed out in the book!
PRESS:  WAMU podcast with Diane Rehm; Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace – Fireside Chat; Rolling Stone Interview with Jeff
Goodell
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160October 28, 2020 – Global   USA
Went on rounds today with a patient with COVID-19 in the SCSU.   When I
entered the SCSU nurses’ station, the group of 5 nurses screamed in delight that I
had visited and we took a whole bunch of picture.   Brett Rowland (security) was
the photographer.
White House still claiming that everything is under control and that all that matters
is deaths.   That is absurd.   Deaths are in fact increasing; however, they are
completely disregarding the morbidity associated with getting infected and not
dying, which could be protracted.
Here’s A Timeline Of President Donald Trump’s And Dr. Anthony Fauci’s
Relationship.
USA Today (10/28, Behrmann, Santucci, 10.31M) reports, “The relationship between President
Donald Trump and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, has
publicly eroded as the coronavirus pandemic has raged through the United States, with the two
officials often disagreeing on issues from what drugs to use and a vaccine timeline to something
as simple as the fact that COVID-19 isn’t ‘going to disappear.’” According to the article, “over the
course of the virus’ spread, Trump’s relationship with Fauci, who has worked under both
Democratic and Republican administrations since 1984, has vacillated from support to disdain.”
USA Today provides “a timeline of the pandemic, reports about their relationship, and public
statements from the two men regarding the virus and each other.”
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161PRESS: Marc Siegal “Doctor Radio” Sirius Radio; Interview with Joel
Achenbach – Washington Post; JAMA Podcast with Howard Bauchner; BBC
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162Radio; CNBC – Shepard Smith; Chicago Ideas with Brandis Friedman – Brad
Keywell;
October 29, 2020 – Global – 44,000,000/1,200,000;    USA – 8,800,000/227,000
POTUS in complete denial  that there is a raging pandemic and everything is
spiking.   He keeps insisting that we have “turned the corner” or “rounding the
turn”.
Some potentially nefarious stuff going on.   The FDA career scientists are
hesitant to grant EUAs to Lilly’s and Regeneron’s mAb based on the current data.
Alex Azar is really pushing them and furious because he thinks FDA is “slow-
walking” the process so as not to have it out before the election in 5 days.   Clearly,
Alex wants to please the POTUS so that they can say that they have a breakthrough
(similar to Convalescent plasma nonsense) right before the election.   Azar then
asked NIH (Collins), CDC (Redfield) and ASPR (Kadlec) to weigh in since the
legislation that established the EUA process (dating back to the Anthrax situation
in 2001) requires the CDC, NIH, and ASPR Directors to weigh in on EUA
decisions (even though they have not done so in the past).   Cliff and I had long
conversation with Francis on his way down to HHS to discuss with Azar.   We
encouraged Francis to support the career scientists at FDA since they do not want
to rush this through.   They need more time to gather important information since
what they have now is rather weak.
October 30, 2020 – Global – 44,600,000/1,200,000;   USA -8,900,000/228,100
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163•Did Fireside chat with Silicon Valley leadership Group Annual Forum
•Was on Governors call led by Azar.  After call Gov. Greg Abbott called me
to ask about availability of mAbs
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164Kelly Ripa throws her support behind coronavirus task
force leader Dr. Anthony Fauci by stepping out in a
sweater bearing immunologist's name
By David Lawrance  and Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com
Published: 23:12 EDT, 29 October 2020 | Updated: 23:12 EDT, 29 October 2020
Earlier this month she had her own brush with COVID-19, when her Live With Kelly And Ryan
co-host Ryan Seacrest had to be tested for the virus.
Following Ryan's thankfully negative result, Kelly Ripa gave a nod to one of the faces of the U.S.
Government's coronavirus taskforce when she stepped out in New York City in a statement
garment on Thursday.
The TV personality, 50, donned a white sweater bearing the name 'FAUCI,' an apparent
reference to the famed immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has become something of a folk
hero in the midst of America's coronavirus pandemic.
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166PRESS:
Familiar Fauci anecdotes, told
with a Brooklyn accent
Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
has been in the spotlight during the coronavirus pandemic. President Trump
recently called him a “disaster”; the same day, Fauci received a leadership award
from the National Academy of Medicine. (Photo by Erik S. Lesser/EPA-
EFE/Shutterstock)
By
Amy Goldstein
Amy Goldstein is The Washington Post’s national health-care policy writer.
During her three decades at The Post, her stories have taken her from
homeless shelters to Air Force One, often focused on the intersection of
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167politics and public policy. She is the author of "Janesville: An American
Story."
Oct. 30, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. EDT
Months before travel was hobbled by coronavirus fears, I was returning
home one evening from Raleigh-Durham International Airport when I
noticed a familiar figure at the gate — slight, bespectacled, hair side-parted
and gray. Anthony S. Fauci and I have spoken now and then over the years,
and we began to chat. When it was time to board, it turned out our seats
were adjacent. So, I was treated to vivid war stories about the arc of his
medical and scientific work in infectious diseases, and about his
interactions with a succession of presidents during the AIDS crisis.
New York Times – 10/29/2020 – Thomas Kaplan:
Mr. Biden has also signaled that Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the
government’s top infectious disease expert, will have a prominent
role in a Biden administration. The Biden campaign has said Dr.
Fauci, the longtime head of the National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases, “will have full access to the Oval Office and an
uncensored platform to speak directly to the American people —
whether delivering good news or bad.” — Thomas Kaplan and
Abby Goodnough
October 31, 2020 – Global – 45,400,000/1,200,000;  USA – 9,020,000/229,100
Surging continues to accelerate 3 days before the election.   Trump out on
campaign trail with big crowds, many who do not wear masks.
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168Almost at the 100,000 per day level that I predicted at the Senate Hearing a
few months ago:
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169Tonight, I virtually received the Leonardo da Vinci Award of the National Italian
American Foundation at their Virtual Gala online from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.
Hosted by Pat Harrison, Joe Piscopo and Maria Bartiromo.   There was a
wonderful series of testimonials to me from an amazing group of people: Robert
DeNiro, Al Pacino, Leonardo DiCaprio, Francis Ford Copolla, President George
W. Bush, Bono, John Turturro, Neil Sedaka, Dion DiMucci wrote and sang a song
to me, Maria Tomei (she also grew upon Bensonhurst and commented about that),
Isabella Rossilini, Mike Piazza, among many others.   Very moving and humbling
PRESS:  ONLINE version of Washington Post article came out this evening
(se below).   Firestorm started.   Apparently, the Post called the White House
to inform them of my “negative towards the WH” interview.   Mark Meadows
called Collins (supposedly he tried to contact me but told Francis I did not
answer my phone.   He likely called my office phone that I no longer answer).
He yelled at Francis saying that he has not seen the article yet but he has
heard that I solicited an interview with the Post and did so without clearance.
Francis called me and ascertained that in fact they called me and I did get
clearance.   See below (Sunday).
November 1, 2020 – Global – 45,900,000/1,200,000;   USA – 9,110,000/230,000
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170Big ISSUE!! – Blockbuster situation in Washington Post in an interview that I
gave on Friday evening to Josh Dawsey and Jasmeen Abutaleb.   I spoke about the
fact that cases were dramatically increasing throughout the country (see prior days
above) and that we needed to do something different like doubling down on public
health measures.   I also strongly blasted Scott Atlas.   In the article, much to my
dismay, Dawsey (less than Abutaleb) wanted to keep the word “seriously in a
passage that I thought was off the record, but he said that it was not (I am pissed at
him).   Here is the passage: Fauci said former vice president Joe Biden’s campaign “is taking
it seriously from a public health perspective.” Trump, Fauci said, is “looking at it from a different
perspective.” He said that perspective was “the economy and reopening the country.”.
 Also, in the article. Judd Deere blasted me saying I was being political:
Judd Deere, a White House spokesman, offered blistering criticism of Fauci for his comments in a
statement to The Washington Post on Saturday. Deere said Fauci “knows the risks [from the
coronavirus] today are dramatically lower than they were only a few months ago.”
“It’s unacceptable and breaking with all norms for Dr. Fauci, a senior member of the President’s
Coronavirus Task Force and someone who has praised President Trump’s actions throughout
this pandemic, to choose three days before an election to play politics,” Deere said. “As a
member of the Task Force, Dr. Fauci has a duty to express concerns or push for a change in
strategy, but he’s not done that, instead choosing to criticize the President in the media and
make his political leanings known by praising the President’s opponent — exactly what the
American people have come to expect from The Swamp.”
I thought that I was in big trouble.   However, some interesting things happened.   Alyssa Farah
texted me at 7:00 AM on Sunday and said:
I am so sorry that fool Scott Atlas keeps attacking you. I’m even more sorry I’m not
in a better position of influence to see him out the door. I’m trying to make people
see he’s a disaster.
I immediately called her up and explained that I was not pitting my support for
Biden over the POTUS.   She understood perfectly and said she totally supported
me and thanked me for what I do.
Then, at 9:30 AM, the POTUS called me from Air Force One.  We had a 15 minute
conversation where he did his usual rambling.  He started by saying that I really
need to be positive.  “Tony, I really like you, and you know that, but what the fuck
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171are you doing?   You constantly drop bombs on me.   Everybody wants me to fire
you, but I am not going to fire you, you have too illustrious a career, but you have
to be positive.   The country cannot stay locked down.  (I never said that we
should lock down).   You have got to give them hope.   I like you but so many
people, not only in the White House, but throughout the country hate you
because of what you are doing.   I am going to win this fucking election by a
landslide.   Just watch.   I always did things my way. And I always win, no matter
what all these other fucking people think.   And that fucker Biden.   He is so
fucking stupid.   You are 10 times smarter than he is.   I am going to kick his
fucking ass in this election.  I will win by a landslide.   Just wait and see.  I will win
Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, all the key states.   Just wait and see. The smallest
crowd that I had was 25,000 people.   Biden had 5 people blowing their fucking
horns in their cars.   Tony, you have to be positive.  I do not want to keep you off
TV, but when you are out there, you have to be positive. (I tried to interject some
words that I am being positive by telling people what they need to do to avoid
infection – he heard none of it and just kept talking over me.   He did not seem
hostile, but he was just rambling).   Then when he was finished, he said: “OK,
Tony, I will see you in a couple of days.   Take care”.
Although I do not think that I will be fired, I am not out of danger just yet.
Another crazy thing.   Scott Atlas did an interview from the White House with
Russian Television blasting the response of the USA scientists (including me).
CNN is jumping all over this.
PRESS:
‘A whole lot of hurt’: Fauci warns of covid-
19 surge, offers blunt assessment of
Trump’s response
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172Josh Dawsey  and
Yasmeen Abutaleb
Oct. 31, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. EDT
President Trump’s repeated assertions the United States is “rounding the turn” on the novel
coronavirus have increasingly alarmed the government's top health experts, who say the
country is heading into a long and potentially deadly winter with an unprepared government
unwilling to make tough choices.
CNN Blog:
White House unleashes on Fauci after
criticism of Atlas and Trump's pandemic
response
By Kelly Mena
Cartoon pitting me against Trump:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= oCS-1w-OdU
Nov. 2, 2020 – Global     USA
During rally in Florida, the crowd started chanting “Fire Fauci” and the POTUS
said: “Don’t tell anybody but let me wait til a little after the election.   I appreciate
your suggestion”.   I got dozens of texts immediately following the posting of the
tweet from people lending me their support and horror about what he is suggesting.
Interesting that he told me yesterday that he is not going to fire me.
Many kids dressed up as me for their Halloween costumes:
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174Nice talk with Marc Short today.   He is totally supportive as is (as he says) the
VP.   I continue to get dozens of e-mails and texts of support from all over the
world.  The press is all over this.
Rosa DeLauro just called me and said: “We all love you.   Fuck him.   There is no
way in the world we are going to let him fire you.”
PRESS:  Multiple stories running now about the threat to fire me.
November 3, 2020 – Election day!!
Red hot discussions in press of POTUS firing me.  Dominating the news.  Also,
someone leaked one of Deb’s daily briefing (see right above) making it look like
she is bucking the POTUS similar to what I did in the Post on Friday.
Lincoln Project (Republicans against Trump) says: You have a choice on election
day.   Either fire Fauci or Trump.   Who do you want to fire?
Unfortunately, I am right in the middle of the fight for a Presidential election.
YIKES!!!
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175Harrison Ford And Lincoln Project Back
Anthony Fauci, Advocate Firing Donald
Trump
By Ted Johnson, Dominic Patten
November 2, 2020 5:48pm
Important situation evolved today.   White House (meadows) clais that
Washington Post (Dawsey) told him that I initiated the interview from Friday.
NOIT SO!!!    E-mail below is self-explanatory:
Brian:
    As per our recent telephone conversation, let me summarize.   Francis Collins
called me this afternoon after his regularly scheduled meeting with the
Secretary.   Apparently, the Secretary is under the impression (someone related
this to him) that I initiated the interview with the Washington Post that is now so
controversial.   That is categorically incorrect and I have proof of that.  The e-mail
below indicate that the reporter Josh Dawsey reached out to me for an
interview  (e-mail below dated October 29, 2020 at 11:48 AM).   I did what I
always do and requested  clearance.   The e-mails below show that this occurred
and I was cleared to speak with him.   I would like very much to clear up this
misunderstanding that I reached out to the reporter, which I absolutely did
not.   Please read the e-mail chain from bottom up.  Many thanks.
Best regards,
Tony
From:  Conrad, Patricia (NIH/NIAID) [E] <conradpa@niaid.nih.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 3:55 PM
To: Fauci, Anthony (NIH/NIAID) [E] < afauci@niaid.nih.gov>
Subject: Fwd: CLEARED - RE: Covid -- WashPost request
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176Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From:  "Conrad, Patricia (NIH/NIAID) [E]" <conradpa@niaid.nih.gov>
Date: October 31, 2020 at 4:09:33 PM EDT
To: "Fauci, Anthony (NIH/NIAID) [E]" <afauci@niaid.nih.gov>
Subject: Fwd:  CLEARED - RE: Covid -- WashPost request

Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From:  "Leifman, Laura (NIH/NIAID) [E]" <laura.leifman@nih.gov >
Date: October 30, 2020 at 10:21:52 AM EDT
To: "Billet, Courtney (NIH/NIAID) [E]" <billetc@niaid.nih.gov>, "Conrad, Patricia (NIH/NIAID) [E]"
<conradpa@niaid.nih.gov>, NIAID OCGR NSWB <NIAIDOCGRNSWB@mail.nih.gov>
Cc: "Routh, Jennifer (NIH/NIAID) [E]" <jennifer.routh@nih.gov>
Subject: CLEARED - RE: Covid -- WashPost request

Patty, ASF is cleared to talk with Josh Dawsey.
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From:  "Lemar, Naweed (OS/ASPA)" <Naweed.Lemar@hhs.gov>
Date: October 30, 2020 at 10:19:38 AM EDT
Subject: Re:  Interview request:  COVID-19 as we head toward winter
 Ok
V/R,
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177Naweed Lemar
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Direct: 202-260-6962
Mobile: 202-816-2427
Email: naweed.lemar@hhs.gov

From:  Leifman, Laura (NIH/NIAID) [E] <laura.leifman@nih.gov >
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2020 9:19 AM
To: Billet, Courtney (NIH/NIAID) [E] < billetc@niaid.nih.gov>; Conrad, Patricia (NIH/NIAID) [E]
<conradpa@niaid.nih.gov>; NIAID OCGR NSWB <NIAIDOCGRNSWB@mail.nih.gov>
Cc: Routh, Jennifer (NIH/NIAID) [E] <jennifer.routh@nih.gov>
Subject: RE: Covid -- WashPost request

This is in clearance now.

From:  Conrad, Patricia (NIH/NIAID) [E] <conradpa@niaid.nih.gov>
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2020 6:51 AM
To: NIAID OCGR NSWB < NIAIDOCGRNSWB@mail.nih.gov>
Cc: Billet, Courtney (NIH/NIAID) [E] <billetc@niaid.nih.gov>; Routh, Jennifer (NIH/NIAID) [E]
<jennifer.routh@nih.gov>
Subject: FW: Covid -- WashPost request

Please send for asap clearance. Hoping to do today

From:  Auchincloss, Hugh (NIH/NIAID) [E] <auchinclossh@niaid.nih.gov> On Behalf Of Fauci,
Anthony (NIH/NIAID) [E]
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2020 11:49 AM
To: Billet, Courtney (NIH/NIAID) [E] < billetc@niaid.nih.gov>; Conrad, Patricia (NIH/NIAID) [E]
<conradpa@niaid.nih.gov>
Subject: FW: Covid -- WashPost request

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From:  Dawsey, Joshua <josh.dawsey@washpost.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2020 11:48 AM
To: Fauci, Anthony (NIH/NIAID) [E] < afauci@niaid.nih.gov>
Subject: Covid -- WashPost request

Hi Dr. Fauci,
Josh Dawsey from the Washington Post again. Hope you are well.
My colleague Yasmeen Abutaleb and I are working on a story about what the
pandemic is likely to look like this fall/winter -- and what the administration
should be doing about it. Wonder if you could answer a few questions.

1.Have you briefed the president on the spike in cases in recent weeks, and
have you prescribed any course of action that you think is best to contain
the virus? If so, what is the action?
2.What are you projecting as far as cases and deaths this fall?
3.In what ways is the country better prepared to handle this wave of cases?
In what ways is the country worse prepared to handle this wave of cases?
I'd love to get as granular as possible here.
4.Why does the coronavirus task force meet less frequently than it once did?
Do you have access to high-level decision makers at the White House as
you once did?
5.What did you think of Mark Meadows comment that we can't control the
virus? Was that good public health messaging? What about the president's
comments that covid is overblown and that coverage of covid -- and the
dangers of the disease itself -- will recede after Election Day?
6.Have you warned the White House or the campaign, besides your public
comments, about the dangers of these large rallies?
7.Have you spoken to anyone on the Biden transition team about controlling
the pandemic, should he win?
8.Do you believe the president is getting good health advice from Dr. Scott
Atlas? We are told you have repeatedly disagreed with Atlas. Is that true? If
so, why?
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1799.We are told that you wanted to appear on television in upcoming weeks to
warn the country about the disease this winter, but were scuttled from
doing some appearances. Is that true? If so, do you know why?
If you have a second, I'm also happy to talk by phone. Just figured you might be
busy. I'm at 843-267-6747.
PRESS:  News of the day dominated by press indicating me versus the
POTUS and the story that he is going to do a purge even if he is not re-elected
and that the purge will start with me.   Front page in Washington Post;
Politico: Politics
Trump threatens to fire Fauci ‘after the
election’
By Lev Facher @levfacher
Jimmy Kimmel: [On Trump casually alluding that he is thinking of firing Dr. Fauci] “Firing Dr.
Fauci, that’s a smart move. He’s the only good person in the whole Administration. But go
ahead and fire him, because a group of people who sell nightcrawlers out of their vans started a
chant.”
November 4, 2020   Global – 47,400,000/1,200,000;     USA – 9,400,000/232,000
Surging continues.  Predictions that we will have 1000 deaths/day for the next
couple of months if things do not change
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180In the AM, election still too close to call – Biden – 224; Trump – 213 at 5:30 AM
Biden picking up numbers as the day goes on.  5 critical states.  Trump already
claiming fraud.   Wants to stop counting in the “mail-in” states since the counting
is going against him.   Threatens to bring to Supreme Court even though it was
agreed upon by the states that all votes would be counted.
Photo below from Liz Sabo:
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181PRESS:
2020 election results may influence
Trump's treatment of Dr. Fauci. That
matters.
If Trump does succeed in silencing Fauci somehow, it would come at a particularly precarious
time for America.
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182Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.Frankie
Alduino / Redux Pictures
Fauci has spent the past few months speaking up about the stark realities of the pandemic —
honesty that is out of step with the White House's messaging and which seems to have resulted
in his being sidelined. But Fauci's true courage and wisdom are most evident in how he has
managed to strike a difficult balance: avoiding overt political attacks while still speaking truth to
power. By walking this very tricky line, Fauci has probably avoided getting kicked off the
coronavirus task force, ensuring that he could continue working from within the administration.
This couldn't have been easy.
I don't think the Trump administration realizes how much this unassuming and kind man
embodies scientific excellence. But he's also got backup. There is a legion of citizen scientists,
public health experts and medical workers who aren't giving up. Silencing one man, even a
giant in the field of infectious diseases, won't silence those in our field. For months, efforts like
the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard , the COVID Tracking Project and others have been
providing the kinds of critical intelligence that should have been coming directly from the CDC.
Over the last few months, our professional societies have started to become vocal advocates
for evidence-based action, calling out this administration's deceptive and false claims. Long-
standing and revered scientific publications have come out against Trump for his lack of
leadership and respect for science.
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183Nov. 4, 2020, 6:19 AM EST
By Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, infectious diseases physician and NBC News/MSNBC medical contributor
Picture of me in the editorial page with statemen that I should be heeded and not fired.
November 5, 2020 – Global – 47,900,000/1,200,000;     USA – 9,500,000/233,000
Yesterday number of cases in single day hit 100,000 as per my Senate Hearing
prediction!!
Biden at 253 electoral votes.   Closing in on victory.   Trump threatening to sue in
several states and let the courts decide.   He has no case, but anything can happen.
POTUS on TV tonight saying that all the mailed in ballots that are going Biden’s
wayare illegal.   He is making no sense.   He wants to stop the counting in
Pennsylvania and Georgia where he is ahead but Biden is rapidly catching up as
mailed in ballots are being counted.  Trump told his followers to vote in person and
so that is why he took the early lead.   However, many democrats mailed in and
that is why their votes are no turning things around.   Biden is leading in Arizona
and Nevada and so Trump is OK with continuing the voting there.
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184Did a Fireside Chat with UCLA Health interviewed by Judith Currier.   Also, big
surprise, Karem Abdul-Jabar was on and said “from one basketball player to
another” thank you for all you have done.  He kidded me about my errant pitch at
the Nats opener.
Steve Bannon said on his radio show with a guest that someone should behead me
and FBI Director Wray and put our heads on a spike as an example to Federal
bureaucrats/
Steve Bannon and his co-host discuss
beheading Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI
Director Christopher Wray
Bannon: “I'd put the heads on pikes, right, I'd put them at the two corners of the White House
as a warning to federal bureaucrats”
Written by Media Matters Staff

 Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
Twitter has banned an accoun
t associated with Steve
Bannon and YouTube removed one of his videos after
Bannon called for the beheadings of two federal
officials. nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…

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18511/5/20, 8:20 PM

Got call from Ron Klain this evening.  Ron mentioned that Biden will give a
speech tonight and he wanted to mention in the speech that I am his top person on
health issues and outbreaks.   However, he did not want to cause me trouble with
Trump and so he asked if it was OK with me.   I told Ron that I likely would be
fired within 15 minutes of Biden saying that in the speech and so please do not.
Ron agreed and said that Biden wanted me to know that even though he is not
saying it, be assured that I am his point main when it comes to COVID or any
other infectious diseases issues.   I told Ron that I cannot wait to work with him
and Biden.   He said they could not wait to have me.
November 7, 2020 – Global - 49,100,000/1, 200,000;   USA – 9,700,000/236,000
Every day, a new record is set.
Election called for Biden!!!
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186138,000 cases yesterday with >1100 deaths.   My prediction of “A whole lot of
hurt coming our way as we enter the cooler months of the Fall and colder months
of the winter”
Am getting many calls from the press about whether I have been contacted by
Biden’s team.   All my responses have been…..”no comment”
Now you can determine your level of
Fauci with this handy meme
A public health professor memed Anthony Fauci’s facial
expressions to gauge her students’ moods
By Kim Lyons  Nov 2, 2020, 1:30pm EST
Share this story
• S h a r e  t h i s  o n  F a c e b o o k  ( o p e n s  i n  n e w  w i n d o w )• S h a r e  t h i s  o n  T w i t t e r  ( o p e n s  i n  n e w  w i n d o w )• S H A R E A l l  s h a r i n g  o p t i o n s
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187Dr. Anthony Fauci says a lot with his facial expressions.  Photo by Al Drago / Pool / Getty Images
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188Anthony Fauci is probably one of the most recognizable faces  of the
coronavirus pandemic in the US. So when a public health expert needed a
way to measure how her students were coping with all of the stresses of
2020, she created a chart to gauge their “level of Fauci.”
“We all kind of need something that’s positive, that makes sense to us,”
Karen Sautter Errichetti, an assistant professor in public health and
community medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, said. She’d
noticed that her community of public health and medical professionals was
feeling pretty depressed. So to lighten the mood and get the students
interested, she and her co-instructor Reece Lyerly start every class with a
meme of some sort.
Nothing caught on quite like the Fauci meter, which she introduced to her
students back in September. The hardest photo to find was one of Fauci
full-on smiling, she notes.
PRESS:
Steve Bannon Loses Lawyer After
Suggesting Beheading of Fauci
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189Mr. Bannon, the former adviser to President Trump, said the heads of the F.B.I. director and Dr.
Anthony Fauci should be put on pikes, leading Twitter to ban one of his accounts.
November 8, 2020 (Sunday) – Global    USA
Call from Deb Birx concerned (as I am) of the potential dissociation of what we
will be doing with the TF until January 20 and what Biden’s people are planning
via their Task Force.   Since I am/will be on both, perhaps I can convince them to
form some sort of collaborative transition to smoothly address the coming 90 days.
Trump vowing to fight until the end.   He claims that he won.
Also, Deb mentioned to me that Jared, Marc Short and the VP are trying to “talk
down” the POTUS from attempting to discredit the election and create havoc that
will go nowhere.
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190Cases are now exploding throughout the country.   Every day a new record is
set!!   Clearly, the Atlas strategy that once an area is hit hard, they are
protected against the next surge is utter nonsense.   Areas are surging that got
hit previously and so no herd immunity with 25% of people infected.
Received a call at 7:45 PM from Albert Bourla (CEO of Pfizer) informing me
that the DSMB looked at the data of 94 infections (first interim look) from
their mRNA vaccine and the results were 4 infections in vaccine and 90 in
placebo for a 95% efficacy!!!!    This will be announced tomorrow.
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191November 9, 2020 -  Global – 50,300,000/1,300,000;   USA – 10,000,000/238,000
Has Task Force meeting today.   First one since October 20.   VP Pence seemed in
good spirits and stated that we will either be here for an additional 90 days or for 4
more years.  Whichever it is, we will do our job.   He did say that we will make
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192sure that “every legal vote gets counted”.   I was surprised that there was not even
a hint in Pence’s voice that declaring the vaccine successful a few days AFTER the
election was a conspiracy of some sort.   I have not even heard any of that from the
Oval Office.   Let us see over the next couple of days.
PRESS:   CNN with Wolf Blitzer
November 10, 2020 – Global – 50,500,000/1,300,000;  USA –
10,000,000/238,000
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193Patterns are the same.   Weekends see a dip in cases due to lack of weekend
reporting.   Then we get into the week and we break daily records.   Country still
on fire and getting worse.  122,000 cases yesterday!
POTUS still insisting that the GOP won the election.   Completely alternate
universe.   Kayleigh and GOP Senators (Graham, McConnell, Ted Cruz) all
prostituting themselves by supporting the POTUS’s baseless claims.   Heading
towards a constitutional crisis.
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194See below the states that are increasing:
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195Janet Tobias interviewed President George W. Bush for her documentary and he
was really funny.   He sent me a message “…..hang in there; the country needs
you” and he said “…I would have been able to kick your ass in running; the
security detail used to be not able to keep up.   I hear that you power walk now and
I damn sure can’t run anymore at 74, let alone 79”. 😊
I received virtually a citation from Eric Adams Borough President of Brooklyn at a
ceremony on the steps of Borough Hall.   It was called COVID Heroes.    The other
heroes cheered me on during my acceptance speech.
Had my every 2 week meeting with the David Barr-organized people in the
trenches to talk about the dire situation with >100,000 infections per day and major
increases in hospitalizations: LaQuandra Nesbitt (DC), Alison Arwady (Chicago),
Sharon Balter (LA), Jeff Duchin (Seattle), Demetre Daskalakis (NYC), Preetha
Iyengar (NOLA).   Clearly Scott Atlas is dead wrong.
PRESS: MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell; Connecticut East – NOVA podcast;
CNN Jake Tapper – “The Lead”; Interview with Sheryl Stolberg (New York
Times)
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196November 11, 2020 – Global    USA
Steady surges continue with 10 days in a row of>100,000 cases/day.
Trump fired Sec Mark Esper and several DoD civilian officials (high ranking) have
resigned.   Fear is that Trump is stacking the DoD with loyalists if he really wants
to do a coup and steal the election/democratic process.  Very scary times.   The
GOP leadership that are backing Trump (McConnell, McCarthy, Jordan, Blount)
are incredibly shameful.   Reminds me historically of Hitler getting duly elected to
Chancellorship and then forcibly taking over the country.   Amazing!!
Scott Atlas criticized me to Politico (see below).   I e-mailed Alyssa Farah and told
her that this was unacceptable.   She wrote back to me (see below) saying she
would take care of this.   Within 30 minutes, Atlas called me up and said that we
should stop criticizing each other and that he is extremely qualified and I need to
recognize this.   I was gracious and said let us agree to say that we just have
differences in opinion and interpretation of data and stop any personal attacks.   In
fact, he really does not know what he is talking about, but I am not going to battle.
coronavirus
‘A political animal’: Atlas attacks Fauci, escalating feud
between Trump’s pandemic advisers
The remarks represent a continuation of the criticism Trump leveled at Fauci in the run-up to
last week’s election.
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197Dr. Scott Atlas, a top coronavirus adviser to President Donald Trump, is a physician with no
expertise in infectious diseases or epidemiology. | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
By QUINT FORGEY
11/11/2020 07:47 AM EST
Email from Alyssa Farah:
I Will immediately raise with Dr Atlas. This is unacceptable. He goes rogue and it’s wildly
unhelpful. I’m so sorry you have to deal with this. I’ve advocated for his dismissal for months to
no avail..
Sent from my iPhone
Got call from VP Pence at 1:10 PM today.  He wanted to tell me how much he
respected me as a scientist and as a person.   He heard that I had called Marty Obst
every day while he was ill with COVID-19 as well as my calling Marc Short every
day.   He thought that this was wonderful.   Also, he liked my recent messaging
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198that “help is on the way with a vaccine” and so we should all hang in there with
public health measures.   Very nice call!
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199PRESS:  Fireside Chat with Financial Times – Hannah Kuchler; interview
with INSERM regarding my INSERM Award
November 11, 2020 – Global – 51,800,000/1,300,000;  USA –
10,300,000/241,100
140,000 case yesterday; 60,000 hospitalizations; 1300 deaths
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200PRESS:  Good Morning America with Robyn Roberts; Vice News with Liz
Landers; Chatham House with Emma Ross and David Heymann; American
Philosophical Society Fireside Chat with Mark Thompson; VICE TV
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201interview; Sinclair TV Broadcasting – Jan Jeffcoat; Reuters healthcare
Forum – Julie Steenhuysen; 2020 Ignatius Forum at the National Cathedral
(covered by all the TV networks)
Politico (see below)
Fauci and Biden team steer clear of each other — for
now
Biden’s transition team must plan for a crisis response without access to essential
information about the nation’s supply chains and testing supplies.
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies on
Capitol Hill. | Alex Edelman/Pool via AP
By SARAH OWERMOHLE, ADAM CANCRYN and DAN DIAMOND
11/11/2020 06:33 PM EST
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202November 13, 2020 – Global -  USA –
Pandemic surge continues.   Curve is exponential
Moving along with the deployment of vaccine, Pfizer is putting in for their EUA.
There should be 20 million doses of vaccine ready to deploy in December.
Moderna will be doing the initial examination of data within days and likely will
have comparable efficacy data to Pfizer.   Their will have 15 million doses for
deployment in December.   Thus, 20 + 15 = 40 million doses for 15 - 20 million
people in December.   Aim to is get nursing homes (NH) covered quickly.   1.5
million people in NHs + 1.5 million staff = 3 million people (6 million doses)
•Did major photo shoot with People Magazine
Ron Klain called me up.   He said that he wanted to ensure me that I have  friend in the COS to
the POTUS.   He asked for suggested candidates for CDC.   I recommended: Rochelle Walensky,
Ashish Jha, Rich Besser, Carlos Del Rio, Josh Sharfstein (Ron feels that he would be better  for
FDA – I agreed).
POTUS had press conference today with the OWS people (Slaoui and Perna and Azar) –
Trump spouted how well we are doing here in the USA.   After that he had Slaoui talk about the
success of the vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna) which is good news
PRESS:   CBS This Morning;
November 14, 2020 – Global – 53,200,000/1,300,000;    USA –
10,700,000/244,000
Still raging – 184,000 cases yesterday (Friday) and 69,000 hospitalizations;
>1400 deaths).   Every day is a record.   Hospitals soon to run out of ICU beds and
personnel.
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203Crazy situation of Trump supporters including “Proud Boys” marching on DC to
protest that Biden “stole the election”
Did major photo shoot with Bloomberg News in anticipation of being one of the 50
most influential people in 2020.
Did the first Saturday morning (10:00 AM) meeting with Janssen, similar to what
we did for several weeks with Moderna to help them and encourage them to get
good diversity in their clinical trials.  For NIH, it was Francis, Cliff, me, Kim
Taylor from DMID, Gary Gibbons.   For Janssen, it was Paul Stoffels, Johan van
Hoof, Peter Ronco, Mathai Mammen, Najat Khan, Stacy Hargraves.
ENSEMBLE is the Phase 3 trial for the Janssen candidate.
PRESS:
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204Joe Biden and Dr. Fauci praise
the work of Jesuit Refugee
Service
Michael J. O’Loughlin November 12, 2020
November 15, 2020 –
Surge continues.   244,000 deaths (1300 yesterday); 10,900,000 infections,
167,000 cases yesterday.
Big issue now is the logistics of distribution of the vaccine.   Locals are saying that
the USG has not given them enough money (bullions instead of hundreds of
millions) to be able to distribute the vaccine.
Crazy Scott Atlas is out there urging people of Michigan to “rise up” against the
restrictions put on by the Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer to quell the
outbreak.   WH Comms still lets him out despite the fact that Alyssa tells me she
thinks he is destructive.   Clearly someone (POTUS, Meadows) wants him out
there:
Trump coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas urges
Michigan to 'rise up' against new Covid-19
measures
By Paul LeBlanc and Jeremy Diamond , CNN
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205
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206DSMB for Moderna met today!  Wonderful results.   95 events.  5 in the vaccine group and
90 in the placebo group. Point efficacy = 94.5%; P = 10-15 ;  11 severe events – 11 in
placebo, 0 in vaccine.   Effect consistent across all subgroups and ages.  Press
announcement tomorrow
Doing several embargoed interviews this evening.
PRESS:  CNN State of the Union with Jake Tapper
November 16, 2020 – Global – 54,300,000/1,300,000;  USA –
11,000,000/246,000
Continual surge:  138,000 new infections yesterday.   POTUS has no interest at all
in the Pandemic.   He is focusing on blocking Biden from being POTUS.   He is
embarrassing the USA.   However, 72,000,000 voted for him.   Difficult to
understand.  Craziness has overtaken part of our country (1/2).
Jared Kushner did call me up right before the press briefing related to the Moderna
vaccine announcement (see below)
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207
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208*******The administration (POTUS, Pence, Meadows, etc) keep emphasizing that we have
never been as well prepared to respond to this pandemic.   They refer to hospital beds,
ventilators, PPE, etc.   They are missing the fact that the pandemic is raging and they are really
doing NOTHING to stop its spread.   They have essentially given up (see comments above from
Mark Meadows) in stopping it and concentrating on having enough supplies to address the cases
as they come in.   In fact, smaller states (southwest, northwest) are rapidly running out of ICU
beds and personnel.  They are wrong on both accounts.
Freddy Ford (George W. Bush’s Chief of Staff) emails me and mentions that W. wants to receive
vaccine publicly to indicate his support for vaccines, and could I help out.
Sir Elton John and husband David Furnish call me up and want to talk about how we can link the
interest in COVID-19with sustained interested in ending the COVID pandemic.   Great
conversation; they are very “proud of me”.   I suggest linking testing for COVID to getting tested
for HIV and getting people on PrEP.   They loved the idea.
PRESS:   NBC Today Show with Savannah Guthrie; CBS with Jon LaPook;
WTOP Radio;   Press briefing by Francis Collins, me, Stephane Bancel, Matt
Hepburn; Stephen Hoge, John Mascola related to Moderna announcement
November 17, 2020 – Global – 54,800,000/1,300,000;   USA –
11,100,000/246,200
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209The surge continues.   ICU beds in Montana are running out.. Recent (Nov. 13)
NPR interview of ICU nurse in Billings MT:
RIHA: We are currently at a critical level of patients in our ICU. So as you mentioned, we're the largest
hospital operating system in Montana. And under normal operating circumstances, we have a 24-bed
ICU in our hospital. When I left last night at the end of my shift, we currently had 44 ICU patients that
were under the care of our service with a very, very full emergency room and likely more ICU patients
coming in.
In Task Force meeting today, Deb, I (by virtual), Bob sounded the alarm.   Mark
Meadows blurted out and objected to our call for a consistent message about
masks and testing asymptomatics.  He feels that no matter how much you test, you
still will have outbreak. He got tested every day and he claims to have been
infected while wearing a mask – NONSENSE.   He was not wearing a mask before
he got infected.   He has bought into Scott Atlas.   This is disgraceful.  Deb
suggested that we have a doctor White House press conference once per week. I
pointed out that we must have a consistent message from the White House.   I was
not so subtly referring to Scott Atlas saying that masks do not work.
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210PRESS:  NPR Morning Edition; New York Times “Dealbook”
November 18, 2020 – Global – 55,100,000/1,300,000;    USA –
11,300,000/248,000
Still very much out of control.   Trump is absent when it comes to outbreak.   He
recently fired a civil servant Christopher Kreb, cybersecurity official.   This is
having press speculate that he might fire me.
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212Exponential spread:
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213PRESS: BBC World News TV; Elizabeth Rosenthal Kaiser Health Podcast
(NY Times); USA Today Editorial Board Interview; USA Today interview
Adrianna Rodriguez
November 19, 2020 - Global   USA
164,000 cases yesterday; 1900 deaths
Did Miami Mayors call.   New Mayor of Miami-Dade – Daniella Levine Cava,
replaced Mayor Carlos Gimenez who has been elected to Congress.  Mayor Francis
Suarez is Mayor of Miami City.   Real problem is that the Mayors want to do the
correct thing, but the Governor has ordered that bars and restaurants open at full
capacity.  The best that he will give the Mayors is a 2 hour curfew, i.e. close bars at
10:00 PM.  He is a Trumper and a real problem.  Screw people dying; save the
economy.
Major staff shortages in hospitals in Midwest and other areas.   This completely
belies the stunning denial that Mark Meadows, POTUS, even the VP, certainly
Scott Atlas are manifesting.   They believe that the increase in cases is due to
increases in testing.  They just deny that hospitalizations and deaths are increased
greatly.   Amazing that even in regions where the virus is surging and hospitals are
overflowing, the people in the region are calling it “fake news”
OWS (General Perna) briefs VPOTUS on vaccine distribution.   He is promising a
lot.
Did nice podcast fireside chat with The Hastings Center
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215Sharon Stone, Dr. Anthony Fauci to be
Honored During Virtual Research in Action
Awards
Sharon Stone and her good friend Dr. Anthony Fauci are among the honorees at Treatment Action
Group's virtual Research in Action Awards
PRESS: Nexstar TV; White House Press conference (discussed vaccines and
public health measures.   Pence ran it and did not allow questions after the
presentations.  The reporters in the audience (Kaitlan Collins, Jon Karl and
others) went nuts with anger; CNN with Chris Cuomo;
November 20, 2020 – Global – 56,600,000/1,400,000;    USA –
11,700,000/251,700
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216Still surging out of control.   Records being broken daily.   1700 deaths yesterday.   80,000+
people in hospital.  198,500 cases today.  Hospitals started to be strained.  Record
hospitalizations.
Media dominated by COVID and Trump clearly trying to overturn the results of the
election.   Incredibly he is bringing in State legislators to the White House to try and convince
them to cast their electoral votes for him even though the populace voted for Biden and Biden
won Michigan.  The GOP leaders are remaining silent with very few exceptions.   They are all
afraid that TRUMP will target them either as a private citizen or if he runs in 2024.   Shameful
cowards!!   I am so disappointed in Pence whom I really like.
Giuliani is babbling incoherently as the top lawyer trying to overturn the election.   It really
seems that he is mentally decompensating.
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217PRESS:  MSNBC – Chuck Todd and Meet the Press Daily; Univision TV with
Jorge Ramos; Katie Couric TV Website; Fox TV – “Bill Hemmer Reports”;
Wisconsin TV – ABC – WISN-TV, Adrienne Pedersen Anchor
November 21, 2020 (Saturday) – Global – 57,300,000/1,400,000;    USA –
11,800,000/253,600
192,700 cases yesterday.
Continual trend of worse and worse every day.   Records of hospitalizations and
deaths and daily cases continue to surge.   See below.
Trump and cronies (Giuliani et al) losing each of the court and other attempts to
overthrow the election
Had important Webex meeting at 9:00 AM (sunny) with Peter Marks, Cliff Lane,
Francis Collins about the data from convalescent plasma that has been basis of
EUA.   Date are statistically significant, but very unimpressive.   Need to treat 70
patients to benefit 1.
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218Had Zoom with NIH people (Francis Collins, John Mascola, Kim Taylor, Gary
Gibbons, Eliseo Perez-Stable, Cliff Lane) and with the Janssen people (Paul
Stoffels, Mathai Mammen, Stacey Hargraves, Peter Ronco, Macaya Douoguih, et
al) to review the status of the Janssen trial and to encourage getting greater
diversity in the trial.
Got call from Larry Horowitz tonight telling me that Peter Marks told him that
Trump called up Steve Hahn today and told him that Alex Azar said that Steve lost
the POTUS the election by holding up the news about the Pfizer vaccine.   Trump
was cursing Steve on the phone and then hung up.   Steve did not know if he was
going to get fired and told this to Peter who called up Larry.   Still not sure what is
going to happen.
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219November 22, 2020 – Global – 57,900,000/1,400,000;  USA – 2,000,000/255,100
200,000 cases yesterday
See UK below.  Mitigation (closing bars, gyms; restricting indoor dining; confine
dinners and activities to immediate households) works as shown in UK and even
USA during the summer rise and decline:
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220Some states may actually be starting to turn around as they start mitigating:
Got a call from Nancy Messonnier expressing great concern that after the doses get delivered
by Gen. Perna to the local state locations, that there is confusion in how to get the doses
distributed.   She says that the local health departments who have been given this responsibility
either have no idea what they are doing or they need the resources that they do not have.   She
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221says her communications with Redfield are rare and she is distraught.   She has more access to
me than to Redfield.
PRESS:   Face the Nation (CBS) – with Margaret Brennan;
November 23, 2020 – Global – 58,400,000/1,400,000;   USA – 12,200,000/256,000
 Very concerned that the travel over Thanksgiving will exacerbate the current surge.  Some states
that are mitigating (IL, NM) and doing much better than those that are not (IN, SD)
Really good news in that both Moderna and Pfizer on further analysis of ther data are reporting
very good efficacy after first dose and prior to second dose.
AstraZeneca is reporting today 70% efficacy (on average) with ½ dose prime and full dose boost.
Strange that ½ + full did better than full + full
Katie Miller’s daughter Mackenzie born a few days ago.   Went to NICU due to Transient
Tachypnea of the newborn (TTN).   Katie had strangulated hernia that required surgery.   All is
well now.
•Toronto Goes Into 28-Day Lockdown As COVID-19 Cases Surge.  Remember when
we got hit badly early on and Canada did so well people said we did not do it right, but
Canada did.   We could not figure out what “it” was.   Now with the Fall surge, Canada is
getting badly hit as is every place else.
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222PRESS:  RAI Italian TV; La Stampa/Vatican Radio interview with Paolo Mastriolli;
Hcehinger Boston Radio (NPR); Yahoo Finance TV interview; Washington Post Live with
Robert Costa; PBS NewsHour with Judy Woodruff; Zoom with Washingtonian Top
Doctors
November 24, 2020   Global  - 58,700,000/1,400,000 USA – 12,300,000/257,000
Surge continues.   Europe starting to level off since they are shutting down in many countries.
Despite CDC saying not to travel over holidays, millions of people, particularly students are
crowding airports
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223Biden tweeted today that he has not spoken to me but his staff has and I have been “very, very
helpful”.   I had told he press that I had not heard from the Biden team since my conversations
with Ron Klain were supposed to be confidential since over the past several days Ron has
contacted me about my advice for CDC Director and FDA Commissioner.   I recommended
Rochelle Walensky for CDC.   Ron called he and liked her.  Also, Ron told me that there was
push back by some against Josh Sharfstein whom I recommended for FDA. In order not to have
a contradiction with Biden, I have told CNN (Kaitlan Collins, Jim Acosta, etc.) GMA
PRESS: NBC Radio The Takeaway; Healthline Live Stream; MTV Interview; FOX News
Local DC; Yahoo News TV;
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224November 25, 2020 – Global   USA
11:00 AM call with Azar regarding the role of ACIP in the recommendation for the
prioritization of the distribution of vaccine starting in December.  Azar feels (with advice
from Bob Charrow) that ACIP has no statuary authority of being involved in the process.  Azar
wants to act early to without ACIP involvement get vaccine to both HCWs and nursing home
and other vulnerables (aged).  This would require using all of the first supply as the prime (and
not withholding half the doses for the boost), thus allowing us to vaccinate more of the high
priority group and depend on the integrity of the supply chain to supply the booster doses.  His
intent is good, but I point out that this would be a PR disaster since we have been saying all
along that an independent body (ACIP) would be very much involved in these recommendations.
It would be interpreted as sidestepping a established process by political influence.   My
argument turns the tide to get ACIP involved with us from the beginning.   They may agree with
us (which is great) or they may not whereby we can say we included them in the process, but we
do not accept their recommendation
Ron Klain texted me last night after midnight.   I was asleep.   He sent me video of Joe and
Jill giving Thanksgiving message to be careful over Thanksgiving.  I will speak with Ron Today.
Ron just texted me and said that they decided on  Rochelle Walensky for CDC director on my
recommendation!!
PRESS:  Good Morning America (ABC) with George Stephanopoulos; C-SPAN
Washington Journal; WINS Radio (NYC); WGN TV (Chicago); Byron Allen and GRIO,
an African-American online TV interview;  Huffington Post (Jeff Young) – writing a piece
on “A Day in the Life of Dr. Fauci”; McClatchy (Mike Wilner) print interview on vaccines;
Kaiser News Interview (Lauren Weber); Interview with Scientific American (Charles
Schmidt);
November. 26, 2020 (Thanksgiving) Global – 59,800,000/1,400,000; 12,700,000/261,300
USA
Surge continues   Trump not addressing the outbreak at all Consumed with blasting sway at
people and pardoning people like Gen. Flynn.   Georgia Senate re-run about to occur to
determine control of the Senate.
Went on walk with Will and Joli to Mall and was “mobbed” by well-wishers who wanted photos
with me.   Went to the steps of Lincoln Memorial and read the speech of Lincoln on the opposite
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225wall of the Gettysburg Address.   Strikingly referable to today:   “Men who worship the same
God can be so far apart on fundamental issues….”
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226PRESS:
U.S. News
Nov. 25, 2020 / 8:44 PM
Fauci, Harris top 'Time' 2020 Person of the
Year nominees
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227November 27, 2020 – Global – 60, 300,000/1,400,000; USA – 12,800,000/263,000
Now concerned about the post-Thanksgiving surge
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228Record number of hospitalizations at >80,000
November 28, 2020 – Global – 61,300,000/1,400,000;  USA – 13,000,000/264,000
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229Reporting of cases will be inaccurate for the next couple of days due to Holiday.   However, we
can expect a post-Thanksgiving surge.
Did filming with Janet Tobias and John Hoffmann for the NatGeo documentary.   Went to the
old RFK Stadium/Armory complex to view and film the 250,000 white flags put up by artist
Susan    in memory of those who died from COBID-19.   Very reminiscent of the HIV/AIDS
Quilt project.   The crew filmed Chris and I walking through the acres of small white flags.
Also filmed us from above with a drone.
Trump bringing his argument before the Supreme Court.   He has lost every court case (>30)
except for one.   The Supreme court issue relates to a lower court rejecting his claim that the
Pennsylvania election was rigged.   He and his lawyers (led by Rudy Giuliani) are an extreme
embarrassment to the GOP and to the country.   The rest of the world is looking at what is going
on here incredulously.   We look like a Banana Republic.   I never would have imagined in my
wildest dreams that our democracy would be so shook.   It is still amazing how the ZGOP
leaders do not abandon Trump.   They are just afraid of him and what he can do after he leaves
the Presidency to their political careers – Profiles in Cowardice.
Received Deo et Patriae Award from Regis High School and President George W. Bush sent a
letter of congratulations:
Letter from
President George W
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230Got call from Ron Klain tonight at 5:15 PM.  He wanted to fill me in on recent appointments
(not announced yet) to make sure that I am OK with them:  Josh Sharfstein (FDA), Vivek
Murthy (Surgeon General), Rochelle Walensky (CDC), Jeff Zients (COVID-19 Czar), Gina
Raimondo (Secretary of HHS).   Ron said that Biden wanted to call me soon but he did not want
to compromise me with the Trump people.   They will clear with Meadows that the transition
team can start getting in place and then Biden will call me.
Got call last night from Mark Ghaly (Deputy Director for Community Health for the LA
County Dept of Health Services).  He has called me several times for advice.  Frantic call
saying that they are surging in LA County and very soon hospital beds will be overrun.   He
wants to do a 3 weeks shutdown of the city to “stop the surge” and wants my support since there
is a large pushback to locking down.   I agreed to support him.
November 29, 2020 – Global – 61,900,000/1,400,000;    USA –
13,100,000/266,000
Now at end of Thanksgiving weekend.   Expect further surges (Birx’s daily report):
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231Photos below of Fauci making rounds with Clinical Center inpatient and Clinic Staff – from
October 2020
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232
Fauci makeing
rounds  with Clinica
PRESS: NBC Meet the Press with Chuck Todd; ABC This Week with Martha
Raddatz
November 30, 2020 – Global – 62,400,000/1,500,000;     USA – 13,300,000/266,100
We will see in the next few weeks whether the travel associated with Thanksgiving leads to a
surge upon a surge.  95,000 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 – new record for
this outbreak.
Biden putting together his team.  Very diversified with women and people of color.   Trump
still flailing about challenging without any hint of evidence that various states were won by him.
He still has his Greek Chorus of people backing him although little by little they are being less
vocal and explicit about backing him.   The GOP is in a crisis in that many have lost credibility
by not explicitly condemning Trump.   They are all afraid since he does have almost ½ the
country with him.   He will definitely run in 2024 and they are afraid that they will lose his
support if they come out against him.  Terrible situation for democracy.
Got call from Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) praising me for what I have been doing and asking for my
backing for him to keep stringent public health measures (short of lock down).   He is getting
pushback from bars and restaurants and even from hard core people who do not want to wear
masks.   He said that I am so credible and respected that he would like to quote what I have said
as backup for himself.   He liked my statement on Sunday shows of “Close the bars; open the
schools”.  He is very frustrated with people not wearing masks and told me he would like to just
say:  “Wear a fucking mask!”
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234Sen. Rand Paul continues to act like an idiot:
Rand Paul says Fauci owes
parents and students an
apology over pandemic
measures
BY DOMINICK MASTRANGELO - 11/30/20 12:01 PM EST 488
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) scolded Dr. Anthony Fauci in a tweet on Sunday, suggesting
the nation's leading infectious disease expert apologize for his warnings about the
danger coronavirus poses to school-aged children.
"Dr. Fauci owes [Rand Paul] an apology," one of Paul's Twitter followers said.
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235Paul responded: "No, he owes one to every single parent and school-age child in
America. I told him this multiple times this summer."
Fauci and Paul have clashed several times since the pandemic began, with the
Kentucky Republican accusing Fauci of fear-mongering rhetoric and what he says is
incorrect praise of so-called lockdown measures implemented to stem the spread of
the virus.
“Dr. Fauci, every day we seem to hear from you things we can’t do. But when you’re
asked, ‘Can we go back to school?’ I don’t hear much certitude at all. ‘Well, maybe.’
‘It depends.’ Guess what? It’s rare for kids to transmit this. I don’t hear that coming
from you. All I hear is, ‘We can’t do this, we can’t do that, we can’t play baseball,’”
Paul said while demanding schools reopen during a Senate hearing in late June. “It’s
important to realize that if society meekly submits to an expert and that expert is
wrong, a great deal of harm may occur when we allow one man’s policy or one group
of small men and women to be foisted on an entire nation."
Fauci responded to Paul at the hearing, saying he feels "very strongly we need to do
whatever we can to get the children back to school."
During the early days of the pandemic, Fauci and other public health officials urged
local school districts to consider all factors before deciding if it was safe to have
children and teachers return to classrooms.
On Sunday, Fauci clarified his position on school closures amid a nationwide spike in
coronavirus cases this fall.
"The default position should be to try as best as possible, within reason, to keep the
children in school, to get them back to school," Fauci said on ABC's "This Week." "If
you look at the data, the spread among children and from children is not very big at
all, not like one would have suspected. So let's try to get the kids back. But let's try to
mitigate the things that maintain and push the kind of community spread we are
trying to avoid. And those are the things you know well. The bars, the restaurants ...
those are the things that drive the community spread. Not the schools."
•Did weekly Governor’s call today led by VP Pence.
•Moderna applied to FDA for an EUA for their mRNA vaccine. Their final data were
very impressive.   94% efficacy and 30 severe outcomes, all in placebo, none in vaccine.
Pfizer did this submission last week (Nov. 20)
•Fireside chat with American Society of Hematology
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236•Did a nice 60 minute Facebook Live with Mark Zuckerberg
PRESS:  WUSA TV interview (Gabe Cohen); WTOP Radio; Yahoo News and Sports;
iheart Radio; Cheddar TV; WedMD Magazine interview (I will be one of their public
health “heroes”; Facebook Live with Mark Zuckerberg; BBC World News Radio;
December 1, 2020 – Global – 62,700,000/1,500,000;  USA – 13,400,000/267,300
Many GOP (such as Roy Blount) still supporting Trump who is becoming more and more
unhinged.   He is losing every court case that he appeals to overthrow the vote in a number of
states.   He rales that it is all a stolen election and that he won by a landslide.   Very
embarrassing.   Blount refuses to call Biden the President -Elect.
Scott Atlas resigns!    I imagine that is because everything that is happening now with the surges
has finally proven him to be incorrect on virtually everything that he has said.   The one area
where he was correct was in saying that school children are not the drivers of the outbreak.
However, he was dead wrong in saying that mitigation does nothing and that when states peak
and come down, it is because they have reached herd immunity.   Yet, now we are seeing states
and cities that peaked high months ago and now are peaking even higher.   So much for heard
immunity.
Rand Paul still coming after me saying that I should shut everything down.   The press is
contradicting him by showing quotes from me to the contrary.   What a jerk!   I am staying above
the fray.
Alex Azar is becoming more sycophantic towards Trump as we get to the end of the
administration.   See below:
Azar Touts Swift Progress On COVID-19 Vaccine Development.
Fox News (11/30, Nelson, 27.59M) reports that on Monday, HHS Secretary Alex Azar said progress
on the COVID-19 has been unprecedented. He told Fox News, “Think about this: 10 months into this
pandemic hitting our shores, thanks to what President Trump has done, we believe we’re going to
have people getting vaccinated, millions of people, before Christmas this year. It’s just unheard of in
the history of public health, this accomplishment.” He added that “the vaccine will be ‘shipped’ within
24 hours of FDA approval and then it would be up to ‘nursing homes, hospitals, and pharmacies to
get that dispensed.’”
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237California Governor: State At “Tipping Point” Of Pandemic.
Reuters (11/30, Whitcomb, Caspani) reports California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) “said on Monday the
state was at a ‘tipping point’ in the COVID-19 pandemic that would soon overwhelm hospitals as
political leaders nationwide turn to increasingly aggressive measures to hold back the latest
•Had important call with Gov Cuomo who called me up.   He was explaining to me why he
had an independent panel look at the COVID-19 vaccines.   He said that the skepticism
about the FDA already existed (i.e. their doing an EUA for Hydroxychloroquine) and he was
trying to ameliorate it.   He also was concerned about managing expectations about how
quickly the vaccines will make a big and broad difference.  He and I agree that the difference
will not be until mid to late summer.   He told me about his conversations with Trump and
how Trump wants to mend the fences with Cuomo despite the fact that he has been trashing
him.  He wants to change his residence back to NYC saying that it would be good for NYC.
Cuomo pushed back and told him that he did not agree that it would be good for NYC.  Also,
Trump apologized for calling Chris Cuomo “Fredo”. Cuomo believes that Trump is a
psychopath and an evil man who just wants to manipulate for his future, which he knows is
bleak.    Cuomo also expressed disdain for Azar saying that he is a sycophant  to Trump and
does not understand that black and brown people will not get fair access to vaccines with the
paltry amount of money that the USG is giving to the states for the implementation of the
vaccine distribution.   USG gave $200 million to NY, when they really need $1 billion.
Cuomo told me the best thing that could happen for my legacy would be for Trump to fire me
and then have Biden re-hire me.
•Had call with Rob Manfred, Commissioner of MLB – He needed advice about the
timing of Spring Training (February for pitchers) vis-à-vis the roll out of vaccines and
when there would be enough people vaccinated so that he can both get his players
vaccinated and have a degree of herd immunity present so that he can have spectators in
the stands.   I told him that by April there could be massive vaccinations IF people uptake
the vaccine.   We could have most people vaccinated by early summer which means they
can start with half full stadiums and then by the World Series they could conceivably
have packed stadiums. He might delay start of Spring Training from February to March.
Also, he wants to offer stadiums and parking lots for massive vaccination programs.   I
told him that would be a CDC/local public health department issue.
•Had Miami Mayors call. – The mayor of Miami-Dade County – Daniella Levine Cava
now has COVID-19.   Former Mayor Jimenez has COVID-19.  Still remaining issue that
Governor DeSantis is blocking the mayors attempts to mitigate.   For example, he will
not allow closing the bars and indoor restaurants.
•Had call with Gary Bettman (NHL) about the coming hockey season
•Task Force call – The VP still extracts “happy talk” out of a very sober report from Birx
about the surge and the fact that we are perilously close to having our health care system
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238over-run by the surge upon the surge.   He and the Greek Chorus of the TF just cannot
accept that we are in serious trouble.   Very frustrating
Some states starting to plateau while others continue to surge.   See below:
Danger of hospitals being overrun and lack of adequate staffing (see graphs below):
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239•Received Lifetime Achievement Award together with Henrietta Fore (Director of
UNICEF) and David Beasley at elegant “virtual” gala.   Praised by Barbara Bush in an
interview and several celebrities
•Heated discussion at TF meeting regarding the NIH Guidelines not being specific enough
in its recommendations for mAb and CP.   Typical Deb Birx wanting to push therapies
more than the data justify.   In the discussion, Pence was convinced by Deb and others
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240(with no medical background) chimed in that saying “no evidence for or against the use
of …….”   Had long conversations with Cliff tonight and he is very reluctant to change
the wording.   VP was insistent that we indicate more strongly that the drugs work since
Deb says that the clinicians are not using the drugs since they do not see a strong
indication in the guidelines that the drugs work.  Trying to work with Cliff who is
adamant
PRESS:  Did Press Conference with Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO); WNBC NY TV;
December 2, 2020 – Global – 63,400,000/1,500,000;   USA – 13,600,000/270,000
Situation remains tenuous.   Note from Deb Birx associated with her daily slide set:
The situation we find ourselves is deteriorating beyond words.  Please help me convey to senior leaders
that is the worse combination of factors that we have seen since the beginning of the pandemic.
Combining the Spring and Summer surge into a winter surge is what is deeply concerning.  Despite my
warnings there are OVP staff that undermine this message everyday and have greater access to the VP. I
know its hard to see it coming, I know its hard to fathom, but it is coming even independent of the
Thanksgiving potential due to the movement into populous states and nearly 50% of the country still
believes this is being over blown, that it’s a hoax, that masks don’t work and I think the most damaging
there is a set curve independent of mitigation – ie it doesn’t matter what you do it will look the same.
Yes there is an epidemic curve to both mitigated and unmitigated surges BUT the peak is higher and the
duration of the surge is 2X longer without mitigation. Yes when hospitals get overwhelmed people do
take more precautions and flatten the curve but that results in nearly 2X the fatalities as a mitigated
response.  Inadequately mitigated is nearly 2X the area under the curve as mitigated – 2X the
hospitalizations and potentially 2X the deaths.  Finally unlike the spring the asymptomatic group under
35 will not mitigate in the same way and will continue to drive infections and that is why more
precautions must be implemented now – both state level mitigation policies and personal mitigation
efforts. Deb
2600+ Deaths today.   Worse since the NYC surge in early Spring
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241•Call from Mark Meadows saying that it was OK to do press conference with Gov.
Cuomo.   Also, he really wanted a reality check on the fact that the MHRA of the UK has
given their equivalent of an EUA to the Pfizer vaccine.  He wanted to know if our FDA
was dragging their feet.   I totally supported the FDA, Peter Marks, and Steve Hahn and
said that the UK were “hot-dogging” it and that even the EMA were blasting the UK for
hot dogging.   It seemed that Mark was on the brink of firing Hahn.   Hope I blocked that
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242•Got call from Jeff Zients in preparation of my briefing the Biden “landing team”
tomorrow.   Jeff wanted to alert me that Biden will be calling me right after the briefing.
•Received the Eleanor Roosevelt Prize for Global Human Rights Advancement from the
American Bar Association Center for Human Rights
•PEOPLE Magazine names me 2020 Person of the Year together with George
Clooney, Selena Gomez and Regina King
PRESS:   CNN: Elton John honors Anthony Fauci on World AIDS Day;  CNN Heroes with
Anderson Cooper; KTVQ TV – Billings, MT; ABC News PRIME (Online); Fox TV News;
Frank Bruni writes in the NY Times: Anthony Fauci is the steely superhero of my deep state, and
he’s flanked and fortified by all the government health officials who also pushed back against the
quackery of Scott Atlas, the Trump-flattering pandemic adviser who resigned on Monday
December 3, 2020 -  Global – 64,000,000/1,500,000;   USA – 13,800,000/273,000
Records being broken:  3000 deaths yesterday; >100,000 hospitalizations; >200,000 new
infections.
With gauntlet of
Today I met with President elect Biden’s landing team.  It was a good meeting that was led
by Jeff Zientz,  Vivek Murthy, and included David Kessler, John Auerbach, Tom Inglesby,
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243among others.  We went on to discuss the challenges associated with the rollout of the
vaccination campaign.  In addition, I gave them my advice on what the most effective
communication strategy would be for the upcoming administration.  In addition, they wanted
might take on what the challenges with be in the coming months of January, February, march,
and beyond.  It was an excellent conversation in which they all expressed their gratitude and
respect for me for the work that I have been doing over the past several months.  At exactly 3:00
PM, 1 hour as to the beginning of the meeting there was a prearranged call with President elect
Joe Biden together with chief of staff Ron Klain.  President-Elect Biden was very glad to chat
with me and immediately stated that he wanted me to continue in my position as director,
NIAID.  In addition, he wanted me to be his chief medical adviser.  Then, Ron and President
elect Biden asked me a series of questions concerning some of the decisions that they would
likely have to make in the coming months.
Mayor Bill De Blasio called me up  asking for advice about the surges that are occurring in
NYC and how much of a lock down he should implement. He wanted to keep things mostly open
until after the holidays and then shut down.  I told him that this was a big mistake since by that
time, the damage will have been done and he will have precipitated a major surge.   I urged him
to close the bars and restaurants and subsidize the establishments so that they do not go under.
If he does that and discourages private, large gatherings, he could get away with keeping the
shopping areas open.
I apologize to the UK on BBC radio for implying that their process of the approval of the
vaccine was rushed and sloppy
PRESS:  CBS News “The Takeout” with Major Garrett;  Sky News UK TV; MSNBC with
Andrea Mitchell;  New York Times interview with Tara Pope Parker; KQED  NPR Radio,
San Francisco; BBC World News; New Zealand Herald (Dick Brass) print media;
Bloomberg:
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244December 4, 2020 – Global – 64,500,000/1,500,000  USA – 14,000,000/276,000
Did photo shoot and interview with Alice Park of TIME Magazine.
•I called up Rosa De Lauro to congratulate her on being chosen by Nancy Pelosi as Chair
of the Appropriations Full Committee.   She had tears in he eyes thanking me nd saying
how excited she was that Biden has announced that I would be his Chief Medical
Advisor.
•Spoke with Don Fehr of the NHL Players Association about the likelihood of the NFL
having a season and what my projection for 2021 was.
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246More records broken – 200,000 cases; 2885 deaths; >100,000 hospitalization.   Hospitals are
starting to get over-run.   California starting lock-downs to avoid hospital crisis (see above
figure)
PRESS:   NBC Today Show with Savannah Guthrie;  Multiple press stories about Biden
speaking with me, asking me to stay on as NIAID Director and offering me the title of Chief
Medical Advisor; Greta Van Susteren “Full Court Press” TV (VOA); “Today with Kaye”
Baltimore Radio Show;  CNN Town Hall with Anderson Cooper and Sanjay Gupta;
Biden said he asked Fauci to stay on and be a
chief medical adviser in his administration
By Jim Acosta, Jim Sciutto and Kate Sullivan , CNN
December 5, 2020 –  Global – 65,000,000/1,500,000; USA – 14,300,000/278,000
Surge continues with more records broken.   California locking down because they are at 15% or
less of beds available and thousands of cases of coming in for hospitalizations.
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247Trump still insisting that the election was “rigged” and that he won by a landslide.   More than
30 court cases have been thrown out as frivolous.
Alyssa Farah resigns.   Good for her.   One of the few good people in the administration.  This
might mean that I am not allowed out in the media any more since she has always advocated for
me.
December 6, 2020 (Sunday) – Global – 65,900,000/1,500,000   USA – 14,500,000/280,000
Had important Zoom call today (11:00 AM) with Jeff Zients and Jake Sullivan – Jeff and
Jake are going to make some policy announcements for the Biden tam next week (Tuesday0 and
they wanted to make sure that it was cleared by me.   They had 3 issues: 1) the 100 days of mask
wearing.   I advised that they say “at least 100 days” or give some indication that it might be
longer since when they get to 100 days, we may need to extend; 2) they want to say that they will
distribute100milindoses of vaccine in teh1st 100 days of the Biden administration.   I warned that
this might actually be an underestimate.   They first need to check that we will actually have a
supply (check with Perna, but also make sure that we do not seem that this is undershooting.
Since we are now saying that we will have 40 million doses by the end of December and even
more by the end of January, then 100 million by the first 100 days of the Biden administration is
far too little; 3) Schools – I suggested that they always lead with saying that the default position
is to open and keep open the schools.
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248They also want to announce on Tuesday the important role that I will have to be the Chief
medical Advisor for the Administration.   They will send me the wording to make sure that I am
OK with it.
Gov. Cuomo called me today (1:30 PM) – He wanted to touch bases with me in anticipation for
the fact that I will be joining him tomorrow on a press conference for the state of MY.   He
wanted to brief me on what he was going to say.   He and I have a growing and strong
relationship.
Received a call (3:00 PM) from Olivia Dalton from the Biden Transition team asking me to
participate in an event (I asked to do it virtually) in Wilmington where Biden will announce his
“health team” including me.   We discussed my virtual remarks and other issues.

Deb Birx on MTP pleading (as I have been doing) with the public to abide by public health
mitigation methods.
Example of state by state increases in deaths and cases:
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250December 7, 2020 – Global – 66,400,000/1,500,000;   USA – 14,600,000/281,3000
Bracing for post-Thanksgiving surge!
Deb’s Daily Report:
Data and reporting has stabilized and we are back on the same accelerating curve as before the delayed
reporting and substantial declines in testing over the past 10 days.  This week we expect to see the
beginning of the post Thanksgiving surge as this would be when the silent spread starts to impact the
more vulnerable Americans.  We now have only 2 states (HI, VT) and DC in the green zone, 12 in the
yellow and orange zone and 36 in the red zone.  We are now seeing significant resurgence in all states
except VT and HI and rapidly increasing cases across America that will lead to escalating hospitalizations
the end of this week into next week and then fatalities. This is the worse situation we have faced and
although vaccinations will help towards the end of Jan the next 7 weeks will be overwhelming if we
don’t work with states to increase their mitigation and provide the highest level of Administration
support to the behavioral changes needed by every American. Deb
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251See below for dire situation in NYC and Los Angeles
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252At Task Force meeting on prior agreement between Deb and I, Deb says that the country is in
dire straits and we need to give the message from above that this is serious and we must double
down on mitigating.   I jump in and say that we must be out there warning the people that if they
do not mitigate, the hospitals will be over-run.   The elephant in the room is that the POTUS is
ignoring this and the message must come from him since the people who are not paying attention
and who will not wear masks or not travel or not congregate are his people.   The VP after the
discussion got going for the first time ever got defensive and even hurt that we (mostly Deb)
were implying that the administration was not taking the pandemic seriously.   The issue is that
maybe we are taking it seriously, but the POTUS and his people certainly are not.   That is the
lesion.   The POTUS is undermining everything that we are trying to do.   Deep down the VP has
to realize this and still he fiercely defends the POTUS.  Tragic!
PRESS: CNN New Day with John Berman; Press conference with Gov. Cuomo (Boradcast
from Albany, NY; Fireside chat with Norah O’Donnell (CBS) at the Milken Institute
Future of Health Summit; Interview with Katy Kay for the Bloomberg American Health
Summit; taping for ABC Special on Vaccines
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253December 8, 2020 -    Global 66,700,000/1,500,000;   USA – 14,800,000/283,000
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254Harvey Alter to receive Nobel Prize in Physiology or medicine to be presented to hi at NIH
(Natcher) by the Swedish Ambassador to the USA.   I am invited and will use this as an excuse
not to attend the “Vaccine Summit” at the White House today.  Trump will use it as a PR stunt to
claim credit for the vaccines.   Pfizer (Bourla) and Moderna (Bancel) have pulled out of
attending.
Biden announced his medical team today in Wilmington, DE.   I was announced as his “Chief
Medical Advisor”.   I have made a video of my message to the group since I cannot attend (see
above).
•Had call with Joan Baez who wanted information about the effectiveness of masks in
protecting you from acquisition of infection.   Also, she is worried about her son and
daughter-in-law who want to travel to South America.   She wants to be able to tell them
that I said that it was ill-advised.
•Call with Ellen Sigal and then Larry Horowitz about FDA Commissioner.   Lots of
rumors and the usual anxiety about candidates.   Josh Sharfstein is being considered but
many people are pushing back.   Kessler is being considered, but most everyone thinks
that this is a bad idea.  Janet Woodcock is emerging as a top choice.   I like that.
•Much concern that we did not contract with Pfizer for enough vaccine; we just did not
accept their offer to provide more.  Now it seems that this was a big mistake.   Press are
all over this.
•Nancy Messonnier called.    She is concerned that Gen. Perna is making decisions
without proper knowledge and/or consultation with CDC.  She has had long-standing
problem with him.
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255•Katie and Stephen Miller called me to thank me for the baby gift I sent them for
daughter Mackenzie.  We had a nice discussion about life after Trump.
•I was awarded “Sicilian of the Year” by the Magazine I Love Sicilia
PRESS:  KTWV Los Angeles Radio; BBC “Hard Talk”, TV and Radio; Wall Street Journal
CEO Council;
December 9, 2020 – Global – 67,800,000/1,600,000;   USA – 15,000,000/285,000
Deaths reached record of 3000 today!
Just waiting to realize the full brunt of the Thanksgiving holiday.   Trump still totally pre-
occupied with trying to overthrow the election.   Biden carefully putting his team together
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256PRESS:  Interview with Ed Yong of The Atlantic; CNN discussion of 1918 Influenza wuth
Anderson Cooper (to be shown in a week); Fireside Chat with Sanjay Gupta for the
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health “When Public Health Means Business”
December 10, 2020 – Global -68,200,000/1,500,000;   USA – 15,300,000/289,000
217,000 cases today!
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257I zoomed with the Novovax site investigators encouraging them in their trial and stressing the
importance of recruiting minorities into the trial.
The FDA’s advisory committee VRBPAC meets today for Pfizer product.   They recommend
approving the EUA
Received the Ripple of Hope Award from the RFK Foundation.   Wonderful virtual ceremony
with co-awardees:  Colin Kaepernick, Dolores Huerta (Activist), Dan Schulman (CEO PayPal),
Dan Springer(CEO, Docusign).   Very warm and moving tributes.
I am chosen as Time Magazine “Guardian of the Year”
PRESS:  CBC Canadian Radio; CNN with Chris Cuomo;
December 11, 2020 Global    USA
Numbers continue to be stunning with >200,000 news cases each day; >3000 deaths per day;
289,000 total deaths and 15,3000,000 cases
•Received a call from Ethel and Kerry Kennedy explicitly inviting up to Hyannisport
for 4th of July weekend.   They were so nice over the phone.   They said that they loved
and admired me and were so please that the Kennedy family could honor me.
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258PRESS:   NY 12 TV (NY, CT, NJ); JAMA Livestream with Howard Bauchner; MSNBC
with Ari Melber;
December 12, 2020 – Global – 69,500,000/1,600,000; USA – 15,700,000/295,000.
FDA has approved an EUA for the Pfizer mRNA vaccine for people 16 years and older!!
USG authorized an additional 100 million doses of Moderna mRNA (in addition to the original
100 million that we contracted for.
Although some states that are mitigating are showing stabilization, several others are showing
the impact of the Thanksgiving holiday.
•Had Zoom call with Jeff Zientz and Natalie Quillian  about what the Biden team
should be doing as they hit the ground on January 21.   I mentioned: 1) the importance of
a clear and consistent message from above; 2) the importance of testing (diagnostics) for
asymptomatic people for the purposes of surveillance and screening such as in schools
(mentioned my conversation with Raj Shah and the Rockefeller Foundation people) about
testing school teachers 2x per week and K-12 children 1x per week.   Also early testing is
key for early treatment; 3) Treatment – importance of early treatments with either direct
anti-virals or perfect the mAb and hyper immune-Ig; 4)   Make sure that vaccines are
smoothly and equitably distributed.
There has been much play in the media over the past few weeks about what they are calling the
“Fauci effect” whereby the medical school admission have gone up about 50% over the past
year due in large part to students realizing what I have been doing and able to accomplish as a
physician and this is inspiring them to go to medical school.   See story from NPR below:
'Fauci Effect' Drives Record Number Of
Medical School Applications
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260PRESS:
TWEET FROM BIDEN -
I've seen him take on HIV/AIDS, H1N1, Ebola, Zika, COVID-
19, and every infectious disease in between, over his nearly
forty years of service to our country. Trusted. A truth teller. A
patriot." — President-elect Biden on Dr. Anthony Fauci
I was portrayed on Saturday Night Live by Kate McKinnon.  A spoof with me and Deb
Birx.  They slammed Deb
December 13, 2020 (Sunday)- Global – 70,200,000/1,600,000   USA – 16,000,000/298,000
Vaccine dose from Pfizer now being shipped to various locations.    Cases continue to explode
throughout the country.
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261Statement from Birx below:
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262PRESS:
CNN HEROES – INTERVIEW WITH ANDERSON COOPER
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263December 14, 2020 -  Global   USA - 16
Vaccine doses are being shipped as I write this.   Vaccinations will start today.   Discussions
ongoing whether to vaccinate the White House staff.   Also Jeff Zientz wants to speak with me
about when the President-elect and VP-elect should be vaccinated.
•Bitter-Sweet day – vaccinations start but we reach landmark of 300,000 Americans
have died of COVID-19
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264•Call from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WVA) asking whether I recommend that he and others
get vaccinated.  Also, wanted to know which was better Moderna or Pfizer.   I]assured
him that they were equal.
•Received virtually the 2020 John Maddox Prize for Standing Up for Science from Nature
magazine
PRESS:  BILD German Online TV interview; MSNBC with Hallie Jackson; Bloomberg
Law interview with Jeanne Bauman; BBC Newsnight TV interview;
December 15, 2020 - Global – 71,400,000/1,600,000; USA – 16,300,000/300,000
Brian Morgenstern is the new White House media person who seems to have taken over from
Alyssa Farah.   He has been OK with getting me out there, but there was a recent issue where Jon
Karl (ABC) has been asking for me a lot and not getting approved.   Jon is rather pissed.
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265Jared Kushner called to congratulate and thank me for our efforts to develop safe and effective
vaccines for COVID-19.
PRESS:  ABC - Good Morning America with George Stephanopoulos; NPR “Morning
Edition” with Rachel Martin; VOX (Online TV) – “Today Explained” with Sean
Rameswaram;
Nature’s 10: ten people who helped shape
science in 2020
•Anthony Fauci: Science’s defender
A storied US doctor became his nation’s conscience on COVID-19 even as detractors threatened
his life.
By Heidi Ledford
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266Credit: Al Drago/Getty
In his more than 40-year career as an infectious-disease researcher, Anthony Fauci has been
hailed as a hero and damned as a murderer. His most dedicated fans have created baseball
cards and bobble-head dolls in his likeness, whereas others have issued death threats and
harassed his children.
As head of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in Bethesda,
Maryland, Fauci has guided six presidents and an anxious nation through fears of bioweapon
attacks and outbreaks of HIV, Ebola and Zika. Now, his role advising the government and
communicating to the public during the coronavirus pandemic has made him the nation’s
doctor. He has offered guidance on the US response to the outbreak, often in conflict with the
wishes of President Donald Trump , and he has made time to treat individuals with COVID-19 and
HIV in the clinic. “Seeing the patient really gives you a different feel for what the disease is,”
says Fauci, who works 18 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The scale of the COVID-19 pandemic — and the politicization of the public-health response to it
— has forced Fauci to go far beyond anything he’s done before, says epidemiologist Michael
Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of
Minnesota in Minneapolis. “He has been a very key part of trying to help the public understand
what the science means and what we can do about it — and that includes, of course, our
elected leaders,” says Osterholm.
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267Those efforts were met with resistance, but Fauci is no stranger to friction.
At the height of the AIDS epidemic, in 1988, playwright Larry Kramer called Fauci a “murderer”
and an “incompetent idiot” on the cover of the San Francisco Examiner magazine. Kramer and
other AIDS activists felt that the NIAID’s clinical trials for HIV drugs were moving at a glacial pace
while thousands of people were dying. When a group gathered outside his office to protest,
Fauci invited some in for a chat. Over time, he built a relationship with them that would lead to
changes in the way people with AIDS got access to experimental drugs. It was a revolutionary
approach at a time when people with a disease had little say in the science aimed at treating
them. “That was a tough period,” he says. “There were many scientists who thought that I was
caving in”.
Warm but blunt, with a pronounced Brooklyn accent, he has often worked well with political
leaders. Former US president George H. W. Bush called him a hero for his work on AIDS , and
Fauci worked with his son, former president George W. Bush, to design the President’s
Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a global programme to provide treatment for people
with HIV. But this year, his staid and steady advocacy for public-health measures to slow the
spread of COVID-19 earned him stiff criticisms from President Donald Trump and others who
were eager to play down the severity of the pandemic and get the US economy restarted.
Trump has suggested that he might fire the scientist, and a stream of vitriol has poured from
some of the president’s followers. Steve Bannon, a former Trump adviser, said that he would
like to see Fauci’s head on a pike outside the White House. Fauci now has federal guards
overseeing his security.
The threats made him “more pissed off than afraid”, he says. “I’m out there trying to give a
public-health message to save people’s lives.”
But some researchers were also frustrated with Fauci’s public performance. He often stood next
to Trump during press briefings as the president repeatedly misrepresented the severity of the
pandemic. Although Fauci sometimes contradicted Trump, he did not directly confront the
president.
Such briefings stopped in April. Fauci has since become more outspoken, says Mark Harrington,
executive director of Treatment Action Group, a New York City think tank that focuses on the
treatment and prevention of AIDS, tuberculosis and hepatitis C virus. “He’s been speaking truth
to power for the last few months in a way that none of the other people in the task force or
federal government have been doing,” Harrington says. Fauci, who turns 80 in December, has
no plans to retire soon. He has agreed to stay on at the NIAID and to serve as president-elect Joe
Biden’s chief medical adviser. Osterholm says he expects Fauci to continue to have an active role
in front of the cameras.
But Harrington is looking forward to the day when Fauci can focus his attention again on other
pressing concerns, such as HIV and hepatitis C. “He needs to be able to do his day job,” he says.
“It’s a big job.”
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268December 16, 2020 – Global – 72,000,000/1,600,000;  USA – 16,500,000/303,000
Surge continue in some areas and leveling in others.   On phone last night with the David
Barr group.   Chicago (Alison) doing better, but LA (Sharon) doing worse.   Bitter sweet
situation as vaccines rolling out (Moderna coming within the next couple days) while
records being broken with deaths and hospitalizations:
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269PRESS:  CBS This Morning with Gayle King; Interview with Rodney Edwards of
Irish Independent Sunday print paper;  CNBC “Healthy Events” with Meg Tirrell
December 17, 2020 – Global – 72,900,000/1,600,000;   USA – 16,800,000/306,000
The surge continues.  Some states improving; others getting worse (see below for CA,
TX, among others)
3656 deaths yesterday – another record!!
Red flag in CA, TX, PA, FL, TN as their absolute number of cases and rate of rise of cases is deeply
concerning.  If these populous states have the same depth and breadth of the surge experienced in the
Northern Plains hospitalizations and fatalities will dramatically increase over the next 2 weeks.  Deb

•Had good conversation with Christopher Whitty (Chief Medical Officer of the
UK) and Sir Patrick Vallance (Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government)
regarding comparing notes between UK experience and USA experience.  Of
note, the UK is seeing more than just the two instances of anaphylactic reactions
to the mRNA vaccine of Pfizer
•VRBPAC approves the Moderna product.   Waiting for FDA to officialy issue the
EUA.  Likely will start vaccinating with Moderna in a few days
PRESS:  WUSA TV with Gabe Cohen; FOX TV with Bill Hemmer;  Alan Alda
Fireside Online Chat – “Soldiers of Science”
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270December 18, 2020 – Global – 73,300,000/1,700,000;   USA – 17,000,000/310,000
Moderna’s mRNA vaccine gets EUA from FDA.   Likely start vaccinating within a
few days (likely Monday, 21 December)
Just found out that NIH will finally get doses of vaccine from Moderna (see above)
which means I will likely get vaccinated on Tuesday, 22 December.   I am insisting
that I receive vaccine ONLY if Clinical Center ICU people ALSO receive it at the
same time as I do,
•Cases continue to surge.
                     Deb’s  comments: Continued deterioration in CA, AZ, NV,TX, FL, PA, OH, NJ, NY and will
need staffing support in most of these states except FL and TX – most concerning is CA and NV for ICUs
and hospital staffing.  States are now using their vents that are in their state stockpiles which is the first
we have seen this occur since summer. There is significant diversity in approach to vaccination – many
states approach are self defined co-morbidities which could lead to long lines if its not a combination of
age plus – ie first group essential worker over 50 and general population over 65 combination of risk of
exposure and risk of severe disease.  Mortality from the states that have been improving is still very high
daily. Deb

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271Did ceremonial vaccination with the Pfizer Product of VP Pence, Karen Pence and
Jerome Adams in EEOB-350 at 8:03 AM.   I gave remarks at the ceremony talking about
the challenges ahead, the bitter-sweet nature of the situation with Bitter (record number
of cases) and Sweet (Vaccines here).   Also light at the end of the tunnel
PRESS:  NBC Today with Savannah Guthrie;  on CNN for live coverage of the
White House vaccination of the VP; Taped CNN Sesame Street with Sanjay Gupta
and Erika Hill; WCBS Radio NYC; Stanford Fireside Chat with Alan Alda;
Fireside chat with Andy Slavitt; Fireside Chat with the California State University
systems; CNN Town Hall (done together with Jerome Adams) with Don lemon and
Sanjay Gupta
December 19, 2020 – Global    USA
Deb’s daily comment:
Coasts and Sunbelt continue to deteriorate.  AZ, MS, FL, GA are not mitigating to the level of summer
mitigation policies. There is deep confusion out there about vaccine volumes and clarity on the 1b and 2
categories to most efficiently vaccinate and potential to use the current supply to save lives over the
next 30 days.  The word is the ACIP was supplied modeling in October that showed no impact of
vaccination on lives saved but it was modelled without taking into account a surge of cases and
hospitalizations.  IF this is true this needs to be addressed and remodeled and that new data supplied to
the ACIP. Deb
Another record broken:
Covid-19 Live Updates: U.S. Sets Daily Record
With Over 250,000 Cases
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272December 20, 2020 – (SUNDAY) – Global – 75,100,000/1,700,000;  USA –
17,600,000/315,300
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273See Deb’s notes below:
1.The Northern Plains, Upper Mid-West, Rocky Mountain States and
Heartland continue to improve decreasing test positivity, cases,
hospitalizations. Strong vigilance messaging should continue to
ensure decline through the upcoming Holiday season.
2.The Coasts (80% of America's population) are now driving the
increasing cases, hospitalizations and soon deaths. The rate of rise
is deeply concerning as it is similar to the Northern Plain States.
            New strain of virus – B.1.1.1.7 arising in UK with concern that it is spreading much
faster that other strains. Some EU countries are banning flights from UK.   Probably an over-
reaction since there is no evidence that the strain is more virulent or that it escapes vaccine-
induced immunity.   We (VRC/NIAID) will start examining for these issues.
PRESS:   Despite the approval of Moderna vaccine a few days ago, I was not
allowed on any Sunday TV shows.   FOX and MTP wanted me.   Need to emphasize
the dysfunction of the White House Comms group, particularly Roma Daravi.   It
seems that she has a thing with me.
Washington Post (Yasmeen Abutaleb et al):
The inside story of how Trump’s denial,
mismanagement and magical thinking led to
the pandemic’s dark winter
December 21, 2020  Global  USA
Much concern and discussion about the mutant virus (see above) that is in UK and South Africa.
I will be speaking with the Biden people about this today.
1.The Northern Plains, Upper Mid-West, Rocky
Mountain States and Heartland continue to
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274improve decreasing test positivity, cases,
hospitalizations. Strong vigilance messaging
should continue to ensure decline through the
upcoming Holiday season.
2.The Coasts (80% of the population) are now
driving the increasing cases, hospitalizations
and soon deaths. The rate of rise is
concerning, however due to aggressive
mitigation there is a more rapid stabilization
of cases then we saw in the Fall with the
center of the country which should lead to an
earlier peak if the Holiday Season surge can
be blunted.
                 Had Zoom call with Biden.   Also, present were Ron Klain, Jeff Zientz, Rochelle
Walensky; Natalie Quillian; Vivek Murthy.   Discussion centered around: 1) state of the outbreak
(me); 2) Mutants from UK (me); 3) vaccine rollout (Vivek).   I strongly recommended not
banning travel from UK.  Ron Klain and Biden were not so sure.   Ron suggested that we might
have a 10 day ban over the holidays.   I pushed back and said that this would not help since the
virus would come from other places.   I suggested that we very explicitly state that we are
watching this very carefully and are all over it.   The potential effects of the mutation is : 1)
increased transmissibility; 2) increased virulence; 3) evasion of protection from vaccine (and to
some extent from mAb).   All of these are testable.   Bottom line – do not do anything
precipitous, but watch it closely
PRESS:   BBC Interview with Jeremy Farrar to be aired on December 28, 2020;SiriusXM
Sports – Mad Dog with Chris Russo; Telemundo TV with Randy Serrano; Fivethirtyeight
ABC Podcast with Anna Rothschild; PBS NewsHour with Judy Woodruff;
December 22, 2020 – Global -76,300,000/1,700,000;  USA – 18,000,000/319,000
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275Hospitalization at 118,000 – record for the pandemic.   East and West coasts now surging.
PRESS:  Good Morning America (ABC) with CeciliaVega;  BBC World News TV; Briefed
New York Daily News editorial board; CBC TV (Canada) News Show – “The National”;
Fox News with John Roberts; Politico Instagram Live with Sarah Owermohle; CNN The
Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
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276Slate ranked me the #1 most influential 80 year old and older person:

The Most Influential 80-Plus-Year-Olds in
America
Here are the top 20.
By Molly Olmstead
December 23, 2020 – Global – 76,900,000; 1,700,000;   USA – 18,200,000/321,700
Mayer Bowser of DC declared December 24, 2020 “Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Day in Washington,
DC:
“Dr. Fauci has been a hero to our nation during this incredibly difficult year, working tirelessly to save
lives and guide our nation’s response to and recovery from the pandemic,” said Mayor Bowser. “We
are incredibly proud to count him among the many DC residents who are sacrificing so much to keep
our communities healthy and safe. I issue this honor on behalf of all Washingtonians in gratitude and
recognition of Dr. Fauci’s service to our nation and our city.”
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277“Surprise” tribute to me from the 1st responders at NIH and Montgomery County:
 https://drive.google.com/file/d/10Vi4mozXkpCjolo9phs0XoWpwoxSJ_oj/view?usp=sharing
A group of activists from “the old days” surprised me with a surprise birthday party on Zoom in
my office at 4:30 PM.   Organized by Peter Staley and Janet Tobias.   On the Zoom were: Gregg
Gonsalves, Peter Staley, David Barr, Mark Harrington, Jim Eigo, James Kellerstein, Peggy
Hamburg, Judy Auerbach, Wafaa El Sadr, Matthew Rose, Moises Agosto
Had Zoom call last night with Vivek Murthy, Rochelle Walensky and David Kessler.   Vivek
wanted to discuss in more detail what our advice would be to Biden regarding the mutant virus in
the UK.   We discussed options of 1) shutting down travel from UK; 2) requiring pre-boarding
testing from UK flights or even all flights from EU and South Africa or even all foreign flights;
3) also discussed post-landing strategy such as giving people BINAX tests to take home and test
themselves after they arrive.   Seems we will recommend at least pre-boarding testing, probably
from all of EU and RSA.
Surge continues in some areas and decreases in others.   Deb’s notes:
There is a growing evidence showing aggressive public mitigation and clear messaging together does
flattening the curve.  When one compares TN to OH, NC, WVA, KY – surrounding states.  TN
fatalities/pop is 30-40% higher as states with more aggressive mitigation as it decreases the area under
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278the curve – decreasing hospitalization and deaths per populations.  When all is done excess mortality
will be greater in states with less mitigation when normalized for population age and other
multivariants.  Deb
1.The Coasts (80% of the population) are now
driving the increasing cases, hospitalizations
and soon deaths.
The East and West Coast, Sunbelt, IN, OH,  KY, TN,
WVA surging cases will drive cases and
hospitalizations over the next week stressing their
hospital systems and and inpatient care
The Vaccine Before Christmas
By Kevin A. Wilson (with apologies to Clement Clarke
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279Moore)
‘Twas some days before Christmas—how many I’m not
sure
(The days ran together; everything was a blur).
All the houses were locked down from COVID-19,
With everyone wishing for the promised vaccine.
The children were nestled and sleeping just fine.
They were all tuckered out from their classes online.
And mamma in her kerchief and I in my cap
Had just sanitized our hands and hung up our masks.
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280The year had been hard. We were due a vacation.
But the thing wanted most? Emergency use authorization.
Then out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I assumed it was another 2020 disaster.
I ran to the window and put on my mask,
But what would I see? I was too scared to ask.
The neighbors were quiet and socially distant,
Awaiting the time they’d be COVID resistant.
But despite travel bans, there then did appear
A miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer.
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281But this wasn’t Santa. His gut wasn’t paunchy.
It was the trusted presence of Anthony Fauci.
More rapid than eagles, at warp speed they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name:
“Now Pfizer! Now Sanofi! Now Johnson & Johnson!
“On Moderna! On BioNTech! On Adaptive and Amgen!
To the top of the porch! To the top of the wall!
Now vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate all!”
As a virus expelled by a cough or a sneeze
When it meets plexiglass rises up on the breeze;
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282So up to the house-top the pharma all flew,
With the sleigh full of hope, and Dr. Fauci, too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney Fauci came with a bound.
He was dressed in a suit, as was always his way,
And his neatly cut hair was a smart silver-grey.
A chart in one hand, a syringe in the other,
And a medical bag—a gift from his mother.
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283The wisdom in his eyes and the knowledge in his head
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
With his reassuring smile covered up with a mask,
His no-nonsense style led him straight to the task.
He sprung to my side as I rolled up my sleeve,
And he stuck in the vaccine as quick as you please.
He flew to the bedroom, gave mamma a shot,
Then vaxxed both our kids without waking them up.
Inoculations complete, he returned to the chimney,
And gave me a pamphlet about what he put in me.
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284Then raising his finger but not touching his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.
“C’mon, team!” he said. “We’ve a great opportunity.
If we vaccinate more we can reach herd immunity!”
Then he yelled back to me, as the sleigh quickly rose,
"I’ll be back in a fortnight for the follow-up dose."
PRESS:  WNYW Local NYC TV with Rosanna Scotto – great interview.  The entire TV
crew sang Happy Birthday to me on the air; Bloomberg TV – “Balance of Power” with
David Westin; CBSN- Online TV; ITV (UK) news interview with Tom

Summary:
Sen. Rand Paul's 24 July 2026 release of Anthony Fauci's personal diary entries (December 2019 - December 2022), obtained through the HSGAC oversight process and presented alongside his contemporaneous public statements. Released ahead of Fauci's subpoenaed testimony before HSGAC on 29 July 2026.

Excerpt: POTUS  loves this and is tweeting that Fauci and Birx shut down the country for only 9000  deaths.   What an idiot!!  Released by Chairman Rand Paul 61See below:   Cases/day are not dramatically falling.   Looks like they may be  plateauing again Got called down to White House to do the Governors’s call. Released by Chairman Rand Paul 62PRESS: Washington Post Article indicating that Scott Atlas is pushing for a  “herd immunity” approach to the outbreak and said he was the “anti-Fauci”  in the White House. New York Times article will come put today with same  story. September 1, 2020 – Global 25,300,000/848,000; USA – 6,000,000/184,000 Did the usual weekly Miami Mayor’s call with Deb and Redfield.   Mayor Suarez  and Major Jimenez Released by Chairman Rand Paul 63Another inappropriate…