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

Moderna and Pfizer boost. There is a tension between her/CDC
and Peter Marks and Larry Horowitz (FDA) regarding whether or not the younger children
should all get the bivalent boost or have them finish their primary regimens with the ancestral
strain vaccine. Peter and Larry had both called me up previously (couple of nights ago) making it
look like the CDC was holding back on wanting to give the most updated boost to the children.
Yet, when Rochelle explained this to me this morning it became clear that it is a much more
complicated situation than Peter and Larry described to me by phone a couple of nights ago.
Ultimately, in January all children of all ages will get a unified vaccine either for the primary
series or the boost and that will be the bivalent BA.4/5. Rochelle explained that to insert that
bivalent boost into the already complicated regimen for the small fraction of children who have
started on their primary series would create an enormous amount of confusion for pediatricians. I
tend to side now with Rochelle even though when Peter and Larry explained that in the
simplified form it seemed that they were making sense. However, according to Rochelle's
explanation I believe she is correct. We will all sort this out on a zoom call with HHS tomorrow
(Sunday) evening.
Ebola still smoldering in Uganda:
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Richard Ben-Veniste called me today offering pro bono help with my defense during the
GOP Hearings.
Nov. 20, 2022
Of note, all of the Omicron sublineages that we are currently dealing with are offshoots or
sublineages of BA.2 (see below):
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Had a Sunday evening Zoom call regard the situation of boosts for children 5-6 years and
younger (see above).  It involved: me, Rochelle, Robbie Goldstein, Peter Marks, Rob Califf,
Dawn O’Connell, Vivek Murthy, Larry Tabak, among others.   We all agreed that this was a
close call and both sides have a good point.   The important issues is that this involved only
about 5% of the eligible children since the other 95% have not yet received their primary
vaccination and those are truly the vulnerable ones if we get a winter surge.   At the end of
January, 2023, the VRPAC will meet to recommend that going forward all vaccinations (primary
series and boosters) will be the BA.4/5 bivalent and so this will be a moot point.   The question
still remains unsettled as to give the children the best boost now even though it logistically will
be difficult for the pediatricians since they will have multiple (11) different products in their
offices from Moderna + Pfizer) or wait until we have a uniform boost for everyone at the end of
January.   No firm decision was made.   FDA will try to push the date for VRPAC closer to close
the gap.  More to come
PRESS;   Taped a segment with Margaret Brennan – CBS “Face the Nation” for next
Sunday – somewhat of an exit interview
Nov. 21, 2022
Presentation by the Shionogi (Takeki Uehara) Phase 3 data.  The drug is an anti-viral
similar to Paxlovid.   The data were not particularly impressive since the study was done on
people with very few symptoms and all the drug did was diminished by 24 to at the most 48
hours the duration of the symptoms. The study was not designed to determine whether or not the
drug prevents the need for hospitalization than people with a high risk of severe outcome. All in
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all I was not impressed with the data because they were looking at the wrong population of
patients.
PRESS:Pocast for LGBTQ+ community with Avi Ravinath; NFID Podcast with Bill
Shaffner and Marla Dalton; Interview with “Popular Science”;  Sheryl Gay Stolberg (NY
Times) came to my house tonight to do an exit interview with photgrapher
Nov. 22, 2022
I addressed the UK Parliament today on lessons learned from the COVID pandemic. It was
followed by a very productive and insightful question period from the members of
parliament
Lawsuit by officials from Louisiana and Missouri have ruled that several government
officials including me, Jen Psaki, Vivek Murthy among others must undergo a deposition
since we are charged with trying to influence his social media to suppress the free speech of
a number of people including those involved with the Great Barrington Declaration. It is a
colossal waste of time since there is absolutely nothing there and the prep for the deposition
would be about 8 hours over three days and the deposition itself which I will do tomorrow will
be 7 full hours on the clock. This is total harassment. We tried to get the deposition stopped, but
a Louisiana judge ordered that we have to do it. Just yesterday another judge overturned the first
judge and the beck murthy does not have to be deposed, but I still have to be.
***Extraordinary press briefing in the White House Press Room today.  Today was an
historic day for me  in that the White House comms team led by Karine Jean-Pierre and
Kevin Munoz arranged for me to be part of the press briefing from the White House
briefing room podium. it turned out to be a celebration of my nearly 40 years getting
briefings at the White House. The moving part about it was that both Karine and Kevin
were brought to tears when they said goodbye to me after the briefing.   In addition, all of
the press room personnel wanted selfies with me before I left.   In addition, the briefing
room was packed with media people who are there to hear the latest update on COVID but
they directed most of their questions to me related to my retirement, my legacy, and other
things that had direct relation to me. It was a very moving and historic time for me.
Fauci to brief reporters for last time before
leaving government after 50 years
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Republicans promise to investigate the nation's top infectious disease expert.
Fauci bids farewell with a final plea:
Get vaccinated
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Wash Post:
Fauci urges updated coronavirus shots in ‘final
message’ from White House
By Eugene Scott
Profound effect of Vaccines:
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PRESS: White House Press briefing from White House Briefing room.   Major coverage of
my “final” appearance in the WH press room today and over the next 2 days
Nov. 23, 2022
I had my 7 hour (on the clock) deposition by lawyers for the Missouri Vs Biden plaintiffs. It
showed up as spectators as the plaintiff’s lawyer John Sauer questioned me for seven
hours. I had been well prepared for the previous few days by the DoJ lawyers including Adam
Kirschner and Josh Gardner as well as Amanda Chuzi Anant Humar, Brian Netter and HHS
council Chris Hammond.  Although this was supposed to be on the topic of the Biden
administration including me interfering with free speech by influencing the social media
platforms to not allow opinions differing from our own to be put on social media, very many of
the questions were directed at things unrelated to that including the origins of COVID, the
Wuhan grant, Peter Daszak, my position on masking, and a variety of other issues that the
Congress has been concerned about. I must say I did extraordinarily well and the DOJ lawyers
said that that was one of the best performances and the deposition that they have ever seen.
Nov. 24, 2022 (Thanksgiving)
On “The View”:  Alyssa Farah Griffin: GOP Made Fauci
Boogeyman Because They Misunderstood His Role
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Nov. 25, 2022
I am receiving so many wonderful warm and affectionate notes from people on the occasion
of my stepping down. One among many typical notes came from Beth Cameron of the
NSC. Beth texted the following note to me late last night associated with the prior note
wishing me a happy Thanksgiving:  “Be well.  And thank you so very much. I very much hope
to continue to learn from you in your future roles, and I also hope you are able to get a little bit
of time to rest (though that may not be in your DNA!) All the very best.  I stand in awe of not
just what you have done but how you have done it and with the humanity with which you have
done it.”
BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 still creeping up.   Noe appearance of XBB:
Nov. 27, 2022  (Sunday)
I received a call yesterday from Dori Solcido and a similar call last night from Ashish Jha
telling me that Ron Klain was upset mostly at Ashish for indicating in interviews that we
could expect a mild winter. Ron was concerned that we should not be in the business of
predicting lack of severity of COVID for this winter because if we have a bad winter with
COVID then confidence in the government would diminish. Ron has a point there, but I'm not
sure exactly what Ashish said. According to Dori, the New York Times  made it look like Ashish
was saying that we don't need to worry very much over the coming winter. I know as a fact that
that is not what he said but he is a bit in the doghouse now with Ron because of that. This just
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goes to show you that no matter what administration you're in there is a great deal of sensitivity
about messaging.
Sunday shows went very well.  Chuck, Margaret and Jonathan were very kind to me.
Flurry of activity in the press following my apearances.
The Hill (Commenting on my “Face the Nation” appearance): Fauci says ‘we
need to keep the politics out of’ investigating
COVID origins
The Hill (Commenting on my “Meet the Press” appearance): Fauci pushes
back on Pence remarks: ‘I don’t align myself
with anybody’
Politico (Commenting on my “Face the Nation” appearance): Fauci on Covid lab
leak theory: ‘I have a completely open mind’
PRESS:  NBC “Meet the Press” with Chuck Todd (Exit interview); CBS “Face the Nation”
with Margaret Brennan (Extensive Exit Interview); MSNBC “The Sunday Show” with
Jonathan Capehart
Nov. 28, 2022
Met with in 31/7A-18 Ambassador Pamela Hamamoto who is US Negotiator for the
Pandemic Accord.   We (Cliff, Gray Handley and I) brought up some of the landmines that
might arise in such an accord regarding conditions placed on receiving reagents.   Also, we
brought up the recurring issue of the problem with WHO feeling that they should be directing the
research associated with outbreaks – long history here (see Cliff’s experience with Anna Maria
Restropo.
Ebola cases in Uganda stabilizing:
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Had a Fireside Chat podcast with Mitchell Warren of AVAC.   A lot of sentimental good-
byes these days as I prepare to step down.
Did a Fireside Chat  with Holy Cross students at the Les Aspen Center in DC.   They are here
as part of a semester long program bringing students to DC  to be exposed to government.
PRESS:  CNN with Jake Tapper
Nov. 29, 2022
Marty Hirsch and David Hooper from Mass General did a very nice thing and Thanked me
via Journal of Infectious Diseases and put my photo on the cover:
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I had an enjoyable “fireside chat” at the White House Jackson St facility in which I had
lunch with the White House Fellows. I enjoy this very much and have done this several times
over the past few years. They are an outstanding group of about a dozen individuals from various
walks of life many of which have served in the military including in the special forces; practicing
physicians; lawyers, among others. I enjoy speaking with them because they are the cream of the
crop and give me hope for our nation particularly in the context of the incredible divisiveness
and disregard for the truth and integrity that we are seeing now in our nation.
It is surprising that Breitbart wrote a very sympathetic article about my retirement:
Breitbart: Fauci ends 50 years in government marked by response to AIDS, COVID-19
PRESS:   PBS podcast with Walter IsaacsonDr. Anthony Fauci has been at the helm of the
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since the 1980s, guiding the United States
through AIDS, SARS, H1N1, and of course COVID-19. Prior to his retirement, Dr. Fauci joins
Walter Isaacson to reflect on a storied career.
https://www.pbs.org/video/dr-fauci-his-retirement-universal-covid-19-
vaccine-3cvqjq/
 ; Extensive exit interview at my home with Jen Ashton of ABC and Eric Strauss;
Nov. 30, 2022
Disaster!!!  Chris felt ill last night and decided to sleep in Jenny’s room.   She felt worse
this AM and tested positive for COVID.  I have started her on Paxlovid. I'm sure she will do
fine, but this has completely destroyed one of the most intensive social commitments that we
have over the next few days. I have decided that even though I have now tested negative multiple
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times that I really cannot go to the state dinner tomorrow (Dec. 1) at the White House since it
would be unconscionable for me to be secreting virus while being asymptomatic and antigen
negative and endanger the president of the United states. In addition, I will have to modify my
visit tonight to the home of the Italian ambassador (Mariangela Zappia) who invited people from
all over the country including California to come to the ambassador’s home for a celebratory
dinner in my honor. I went there tonight and did a fireside chat with a mask on with a well
known Italian author Antonio Monda, and then left before the dinner since I did not want to take
my mask off. I will also have to Mr planned dinner with Bob Seder and Jeff Zients and families
on Saturday.
PRESS: Wall Street Journal podcast with Kate Lindbaugh; Univision TV with Jorge
Ramos; Bloomberg interview (Exit)
Dec. 1, 2022
Had a really nice Town Hall meeting with FDA led by Rob Califf asking me questions.
PRESS:  MedPage interview about my NEJM piece; L’Espresso Italian Magazine Exit
Interview; Washington Post Live with Yasmeen Abutaleb; WUSA TV (Local)
Dec. 2, 2022
I am really being somewhat embarrassed by the amount of honors that are be given to me
and kudos my way. For example, today we went to the Hay-Adams hotel for a ceremony
commemorating PEPFAR and world aids day. The ceremony involved multiple speeches
including a speech by secretary of state Tony Blinken in which he effusely praised me for
my role as an architect of pepfar as well as for decades of my contribution to HIV aids
research and research in general. In addition, we had a fireside chat led by Sandy
Thurman between John Kkengasong and myself. The entire ceremony at the hay Adams
included multiple crazy by several people on me. As I said it was somewhat embarrassing
since I do not like that kind of attention.
Story in Today’s SF Chronicle celebrating World AIDS Day:
“When the history of AIDS in 1989 is written, the transformation of Anthony Fauci may well emerge as
one of the most dramatic — and consequential — of human interest stories,” Shilts wrote for The
Chronicle that year.
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Fauci, who had been the subject of protests in the 1980s, became friends and allies with activists from
ACT UP and other organizations —breaking ranks with the FDA and encouraging federal officials to
speed up testing and approval for drugs that treat life-threatening diseases.
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Infections creeping up in certain parts of the country and throughout the world. BQ.1.1 and BQ.1
continue to take over in the USA:
Dec. 3, 2022
Thank goodness, I am still COVID negative.   Chris doing well on Paxlovid.
Data remain overwhelming showing the advantage of vaccinated/up to date versus
unvaccinated:
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Right around World AIDS Day, the data on the results of PEPFAR are striking (see the
event at the Hay-Adams with Sec. Blinken and John Nkengasong above):
Chris wrote an editorial about me in the American Journal of Nursing:
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Guest Editorial
A Tribute to Dr. Fauci
Grady, Christine PhD, MSN
Dec. 4, 2022
Wonderful afternoon at the White House and evening at the Kennedy Center. Actor
George Clooney, singer-songwriter Amy Grant, singer Gladys Knight, composer Tania
León and rock group U2  were celebrated as the Kenney Center Awards. I was the guest of
secretary Becerra at a White House reception with the President that occurred at 3:30 PM before
we all motorcaded to the Kennedy Center for the ceremonies of the awards. It was a star-studded
evening and I had pleasant conversations with people some of whom I had met before such as
Julia Roberts, Sean Penn, Matt Damon, Mike Ferrone, among many others. It was a spectacular
event mixing entertainment with honoring the honorees. The situation was somewhat unusual as
I was completely swamped with people yelling my name and applauding it as I left the vehicle in
front of the Kennedy Center and walked that long red carpet walk to the theater. There must have
been hundreds of people lined up behind a rope down area and I was amazed how this
recognition of me has reached such a height. I am certainly not getting a big head about it but it
is rather weird and a little bit unnerving. Joked with Hunter Biden as we shook and hands and
hugged.   He said if someone snapped a photo and put it on line, the internet “would explode”
given we are both being attacked by the far right GOP
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Dec. 5, 2022
Forbes wrote a very complimentary article about my leadership:
What Dr. Anthony Fauci Teaches Us
About Leadership In A Crisis
Edward Segal
Senior Contributor
I cover crisis-related news, issues and topics.
PRESS:   CNN “Who’s Talking” with Chris Wallace; Health Alliance Network podcast
with Ambrose Lane, Jr.;  Interview with George Stephanopoulos regarding a book he is
writing on “The Situation Room”
Dec. 6, 2022
A very touching tribute and “good-bye” to me by the AAI Council.   I regularly for 38 years
on an annual basis address the council here in Bethesda, they gave me a very warm last meeting
with a prolonged standing ovation as I walked into the room.
Terrific evening at Jeff Zients’s home.   He had a reception on the occasion of making
available online the tapes of conversations between Richard Stengel (Editor of Time Magazine)
and Nelson Mandela.   Mandela attended Jeff and Mary’s wedding as did Richard.   Had nice
conversation with Merrick Garland and I encouraged him that we have faith in his judgment
and integrity to do the right thing regarding the issues with Trump.   Also, finally saw in person
Katy Kay who has interviewed me multiple times virtually over the years for the BBC
PRESS:  BBC New “American Politics” TV; IDSA Podcast with Carlos Del Rio; NBC
“Nightly News” exit interview with Lester Holt;  Interview with Medline Plus magazine;
WTOP Exit interview Podcast; ABC Australian TV “7:30”; KNXV TV (ABC, Scripps,
Phoenix)
Dec. 7, 2022
I stood for many dozens of photographs of 1-on-1 with members of NIAID who wanted to
say good-bye.   Very moving.
Dec. 8, 2022
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We had our 9th annual meeting today with Bill Gates in the context of the NIH-Gates
Foundation collaboration on multiple projects. In the course of the meeting they showed to
my surprise film clips of Bill Clinton, Tedros, and Slim and Quarraisha Karim thanking me
for my many years of service. I should comment here on the really close relationship that I've
developed over the years with Bill Gates and the mutual respect we have for each other. We
also joined by the common issue of the conspiratorial theorists out there who think that Bill and I
are doing strange things like putting chips in the vaccines that we're trying to get them to receive.
It's the source of fun jokes between Bill and me.
Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) called me today to wish me well and to tell me how much he
has enjoyed over the years working with me.   He congratulated me for my “extraordinary
service to our nation over decades”.
Four astronauts visited the Clinical Center today and the Children’s Inn.   The said that the one
“must thing” that they wanted was to meet me and so I went over to the Medical Board meeting
on the 4th Floor and met with and took photos with them:  Thomas H. Marshburn, Kayla Barron,
Matthias Maurer, Mark T. Vande Hei
Just met with the German Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach who has become somewhat
of a friend in that every time he is in DC he wants to come and see me.   He values my advice
and says that I am a “rock star” in Germany.   Also, at the meeting was German Ambassador to
USA Emily Haber.
PRESS: CBC News Canada (TV); Washington Post Exit Interview with Blair Guild;
Dec. 9, 2022
Cases and hospitalization are increasing as expected following Thanksgiving and into the
colder weeks:
Washington Post: HEALTH
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Fauci slams ‘lowlife’ trolls harassing his wife,
children over covid
By Adela Suliman
Very nice and warm reception in my honor given by the IDSA and ASM at the ASM
headquarters on 17th and N St., NW.  Rosa DeLauro came and gave a very nice tribute to
me.   People are really showing a lot of love to me that is very humbling.
PRESS:  NYC Fox TV “Good Day” with Rosanna Scotto; Press Interview with Japanese
newspaper Asahi Shimbun;
Washington Post: HEALTH
Fauci slams ‘lowlife’ trolls harassing his wife,
children over covid
By Adela Suliman
I participated with First Lady Jill Biden and with Ashish Jha at the White House to do a
PSA for AARP encouraging elderly people to get vaccinated. Jill was very kind in the
introduction she announced that this was the last time that I would be on this stage with her and
she will miss me greatly. When she left the event she gave me a big hug and said she loved me
and would miss me. I said back at you
Cute cartoon:
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PRESS:  NYC Fox TV “Good Day” with Rosanna Scotto; Press Interview with Japanese
newspaper Asahi Shimbun; PBS NewsHour with Judy Woodruff (Exit Interview);
Dec. 10, 2022
Publication of my essay in the NY Times:
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The photographer for the NY Times essay Wolfgang Tillmans wrote a short piece in
association with my essay:
Dec. 11, 2022
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All of a sudden, Elon Musk has started to viciously attack me with tweets on Twitter:
Many people are coming to my defense on tweets and some like Marjorie Taylor Green are
approving of his tweets although Mark Kelly (astronaut) tweeted that I funded GOF
research that killed millions of people:
Elon Musk targets Dr. Anthony Fauci in viral
tweet, drawing backlash - CBS News
CBS News
"My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci," the Twitter CEO wrote on
Sunday.
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Many people in the press and outside are asking about and concerned about the attacks on
me by Elon Musk.
Look at this tweet.   What bullshit!
White House Says Elon Musk's Tweets Attacking Fauci 'Disgusting' - Bloomberg
Bloomberg.com
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PRESS:  Interview with Nature (Max Kazlov) for future publication; Sirius XM Radio “Dr.
Radio” with Marc Siegel;  “Axe Files” podcast with David Axelrod; MSNBC with Andrea
Mitchell
Dec. 13, 2022
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Press still active about the Musk attack on me.   Sargent at the Post say libeal ourage does
not help counter Musk since it merely shows that he is having an effect.   Sargent suggests
we ignore him:
Musk’s ugly attack on Fauci shows how right-
wing info warfare works
By Greg Sargent
I went to Boston to receive the Edward M Kennedy award for Inspired Leadership at the
Edward M Kennedy institute for the United states Senate. It was a really nice affair and I was
showered with affection and admiration. A person who is a Broadway actor/singer (Alan H.
Green) Sing a beautiful song from Les Miserables and dedicated to me and as he was mentioning
the dedication he emotionally choked us.   Very moving.   I was introduced and had a Fireside
Chat with Kristen Welker of NBC.   Joe Kennedy and Patrick Kennedy were wonderful with me.
PRESS:  MSNBC “Morning Joe”;
Dec. 14, 2022
Trying to work out my protection post Jan. 1.   Still up in the air.
PRESS:  CNN with Kate Bolduan; CBS Exit Interview with Jon laPook; LA Tims
interview with Melissa Healy;
Dec. 15, 2022
PBS team in for final filming for the Documentary.   They are filming me taking down my
photographs from the walls
PRESS:  Urban Faith TV with MAINA Mwaura;  NPR – Scott Simon (Exit Interview);
Japan Nippon TV with Sho Watanabe; LA Times Podcast; Podcast with Alice Park (Time
Magazine);
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Dec. 16, 2022
Momentous Day!!!  Today we had the ceremony for my “stepping down” at NIH.   I chose
a simple ceremony with 3 minute speeches by Larry Tabak, Francis Collins, John Gallin,
Cliff Lane and Christine.   This was followed by a 15 minute Q and A with John Burklow
and a concluding speech by me.   I thought that I would get through the entire speech
without choking up but when I got to the point about Christine, I choked up  for about 15
seconds.   The ceremony was exactly like I wanted it – no bells and whistles.
PRESS:   Exit interview with the Guardian with David Smith; Exit Interview with AP with
Lauran Neergaard; Firesude Chat with Massey Center; infectious Diseases ews interview;
Dec. 17, 2022
It is clear (I have not been reporting it every day) that the far, extreme right and Qanon
literally hate me and De Santis is starting to play into this with his growin campaign for
presidency.   From the New York Times:  Although “vaccine paranoia and Fauci hatred are still
niche positions in the electorate at large,” if anyone “imagines that replacing Trump with DeSantis as
the G.O.P.’s leader would signal a party on its way to becoming sane again is in for a rude shock.”
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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: Moderna and Pfizer boost. There is a tension between her/CDC  and Peter Marks and Larry Horowitz (FDA) regarding whether or not the younger children  should all get the bivalent boost or have them finish their primary regimens with the ancestral  strain vaccine. Peter and Larry had both called me up previously (couple of nights ago) making it  look like the CDC was holding back on wanting to give the most updated boost to the children.  Yet, when Rochelle explained this to me this morning it became clear that it is a much more  complicated situation than Peter and Larry described to me by phone a couple of nights ago.  Ultimately, in January all children of all ages will get a unified vaccine either for the primary  series or the boost and that will be the bivalent BA.4/5. Rochelle…


HSGAC Release — Fauci Email, 2 Feb 2020 ("science and narrative" / deletion request)

From: "Fauci, Anthony (NIH/NIAID) [E]"
To:"Collins, Francis (NIH/OD) [E]"
Subject: FW: 2019nC-V
Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2020 14:15:16 -0500
Importance: Normal
I agree with you.   Mik
e and Bernhard ar e good people but they really slow things down, particularly Mike Ryan
whose main concern is not offending anyone.
  Please delet e this e-mail after you read it.
Fr o m: Collins, Francis (NIH/OD) [E]
Sen t: Sunday, February 2, 2020 1:45 PM
T o : Jeremy Farrar
Cc: Fauci, Anthony (NIH/NIAID) [E] ; Tabak, Lawrence (NIH/OD) [E]
Su b ject:  Re: 2019nC-V
Sounds mostly encouraging though I don’t understand the choice of working through Mike and Bernhard and
not just going straight to Tedros.  But tha
t’ s fine as long as these next steps are initiated very quickly!
FC
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 2, 2020, at 12:48 PM, Jeremy Farrar  wrote:
Mike
 and Bernhard
Thank you for phoning – very helpful, copying in Francis and Tony as well as Tedros.
Fully agree with your summary.
Best is if this is addressed under the umbrella of WHO
Has to be framed as ‘To understand the source and evolution of the 2019n-CoV”
Within that  a number of issues to be addressed including – Environmental and animal sampling, human
viral g
enome sequencing and analysis, and more
Quickest is via a Working Group within an established structure rather than set something new up
Multiple options for this within WHO
Mike and Bernhard will work out best approach
Appreciate the urgency and importance of this issue in midst of a very troubling epidemic
Gathering interest evident in the science literature and in mainstream and social media to the question of the
origin of this virus
Critical that responsible, respected scientists and agencies get ahead of the science and the narrative of this and
are not reacting to reports which could be very damaging.
I am sure I speak for Francis and Tony when I say we are here and ready to play any constructive role in this
Do think this is an urgent matter to address (among many we appreciate)
Fully agree to your comments on the GCM.
Hope that is a reasonable summary
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Summary:
Email among Anthony Fauci, Jeremy Farrar and Francis Collins (2 February 2020) discussing management of 'the science and narrative' around COVID-19 origins, with a request that the message be deleted. Released by HSGAC Chairman Rand Paul, September 2025.

Excerpt: From: "Fauci, Anthony (NIH/NIAID) [E]"  To:"Collins, Francis (NIH/OD) [E]"  Subject: FW: 2019nC-V Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2020 14:15:16 -0500 Importance: Normal I agree with you.   Mik e and Bernhard ar e good people but they really slow things down, particularly Mike Ryan whose main concern is not offending anyone.     Please delet e this e-mail after you read it. Fr o m: Collins, Francis (NIH/OD) [E]  Sen t: Sunday, February 2, 2020 1:45 PM T o : Jeremy Farrar  Cc: Fauci, Anthony (NIH/NIAID) [E] ; Tabak, Lawrence (NIH/OD) [E]  Su b ject:  Re: 2019nC-V Sounds mostly encouraging though I don’t understand the choice of working through Mike and Bernhard and not just going straight to Tedros.  But tha t’ s fine as long as these next steps are initiated very quickly! FC Sent from my iPhone On Feb…


HSGAC Release — Fauci Email, 20 Jul 2020 (Sen. Paul remarks / deletion request)

From: "Fauci, Anthony (NIH/NIAID) [E]"
To:"Greg Folkers "
Subject: FW: rand paul tweet // Not really fair to compare states with countries, but NY death rate is
hugh
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 20:27:00 -0400
Importance: Normal
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Greg:
    As usual he s full of s..t.   Mark Meadows curiously had t o same response and was upset when I said that NY
got things right by finally getting the numbers down and successfully began opening up.    I will past e in a note I
sent to Mark:
I am sorry, Mark.   I do not think you are missing anything and I understand what you are saying, but I guess we
are just looking at this from different perspectives.   NY certainly made mistakes, but we learned a lot from the
difficult experience that they went through that hopefully benefitted cities and states that subsequently got hit.
I am just talking about the fact that they got the numbers down and now they seem to be opening safely and
successfully.   Also, please forgive me because I am not trying to be contrary, but let us look at the numbers.   The
NY Metropolitan area has a population of 20.3 million.   With 32,000 deaths,   the death rate at the population
level is 0.0016.    Miami Dade county has a population of 2,717,000.   With 5000 deaths, the death rate at the
population level is 0.0018, and they are not out of it yet.   And so on a population level Florida may ultimately
turn out not to be too different from NY .
I do not want t
o engage any more with this nonsense.   An so, please delet e this e-mail after you read it/
Thanks,
ASF
Fr o m:
 Folkers, Greg (NIH/NIAID) [E]
Sen t: Monday, July 20, 2020 2:33 PM
T o : NIAID OD AM ; Haskins, Melinda (NIH/NIAID) [E] ; Selgrade,
Sara (NIH/NIAID) [E] ; Crawford, Chase (NIH/NIAID) [E]
Su b ject:  rand paul tweet // Not really fair to compare states with countries, but NY death rate is hugh
HSGAC_NIH_18140

HSGAC_NIH_18141

Summary:
Email (20 July 2020) containing dismissive remarks about Senator Rand Paul and another deletion request. Released by HSGAC Chairman Rand Paul, September 2025.

Excerpt: From: "Fauci, Anthony (NIH/NIAID) [E]"  To:"Greg Folkers "  Subject: FW: rand paul tweet // Not really fair to compare states with countries, but NY death rate is hugh Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 20:27:00 -0400 Importance: Normal Inline-Images: image001.jpg; image003.jpg; image004.jpg Greg:     As usual he s full of s..t.   Mark Meadows curiously had t o same response and was upset when I said that NY got things right by finally getting the numbers down and successfully began opening up.    I will past e in a note I sent to Mark: I am sorry, Mark.   I do not think you are missing anything and I understand what you are saying, but I guess we are just looking at this from different perspectives.   NY certainly made mistakes, but we learned a lot from the difficult experience that they went…


HSGAC Committee Letter to Dr. Fauci (9 Sep 2025)

September 9, 2025  Anthony Fauci, M.D. 37th and O Street, N. W. Washington D.C. 20057  Dear Dr. Fauci:   The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is continuing to conduct its investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and risky life sciences research. During the course of its investigation, the Committee has obtained records revealing that you directed employees of the National Institutes for Health (NIH) to destroy federal records. These documents suggest your direct involvement in efforts to conceal information related to the Committee’s investigation and appear to contradict your previous testimony before Congress. Accordingly, I request that you provide additional information and formally invite you to appear before the Committee to clarify your previous testimony.    On June 3, 2024, when questioned by members of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, you unequivocally denied under oath ever deleting official records. Congressman Comer asked, “Dr. Fauci, did you ever delete an official record?” and you responded, “No.”1 Similarly, when Congresswoman Lesko asked, “Were you ever engaged in attempts to obstruct the Freedom of Information Act and the release of public documents?” you again responded, “No.”2 Additionally, when Congresswoman Malliotakis asked, “Did you delete any emails or records related to the Wuhan lab or the origins of the virus?” you answered, “No, I did not.”3 However, emails obtained by the Committee appear to contradict your testimony. For example, in an email dated February 2, 2020, you directed then-NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins to “Please delete this e-mail after you read it.”4 In another email dated July 20, 2020, to an NIH employee you stated, “I do not want to engage any more with this nonsense. And so, please delete this e-mail after you read it.”5   1 A Hearing with Dr. Anthony Fauci Before the H. Comm. On Oversight & Gov’t Reform, 118th Cong. 18 (2024) (statement of Anthony Fauci and answering questions from Rep. James Comer) (“Dr. Fauci, did you ever delete an official record?”). 2 A Hearing with Dr. Anthony Fauci Before the H. Comm. On Oversight & Gov’t Reform, 118th Cong. 30 (2024) (statement of Anthony Fauci and answering questions from Rep. Debbie Lesko) (“Dr. Fauci, were you ever engaged in attempts to obstruct the Freedom of Information Act and the release of public documents?”). 3 A Hearing with Dr. Anthony Fauci Before the H. Comm. On Oversight & Gov’t Reform, 118th Cong. 25 (2024) (statement of Anthony Fauci and answering questions from Rep. Nicole Malliotakis) (“Did you delete any emails or records related to the Wuhan lab or the origins of the virus?”). 4 E-mail from Anthony Fauci, Dir., Nat’l Inst. of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, to Francis S. Collins, Dir., Nat’l Insts. of Health (Feb. 2, 2020, at 02:15 PM). 5 E-mail from Anthony Fauci, Dir., Nat’l Inst. of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, to Greg Folkers, Chief of Staff, Nat’l Inst. of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (July 20, 2020, at 08:27 PM).

I have reason to believe that you may be in possession of additional records related to the Committee’s ongoing investigation. These records are necessary for the Committee to fully understand the federal government’s actions to identify the origins of COVID-19, and the extent to which taxpayer dollars were used to conduct risky virological research, as well as to weigh potential legislative reforms.  For this reason, I request that you provide the following, in complete, original, and unredacted form, no later than 5:00 PM on September 23, 2025: 1. A list of all email addresses, phone numbers, and messaging application usernames you used at any point between January 1, 2018, and January 1, 2023. 2. All email communications, including attachments, sent or received by you between January 1, 2018, and January 1, 2023, whether on government-issued or personal accounts/devices, that refer or relate in any way to NIH, HHS, CIA, FBI, DOD, COVID-19, the “Proximal Origins” paper, the Wellcome Trust, Jeremy Farrar, the P3CO Review Group, gain-of-function research, dual use research of concern, EcoHealth Alliance, Peter Daszak, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Ian Lipkin, Ralph Baric, Zhengli Shi, the DEFUSE proposal, DARPA, DTRA, USAID PREDICT, the Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Vincent Munster, Fort Detrick, the Integrated Research Facility, the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), or the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC). 3. All email communications, including attachments, created, sent, received, copied, or otherwise transmitted between January 1, 2018, and January 1, 2023, whether on government-issued or personal accounts/devices, between or among you and Jeremy Farrar, Francis Collins, Hugh Auchincloss, Ian Lipkin, Ralph Baric, Vincent Munster, Kristian Andersen, Andrew Rambaut, Edward Holmes, or Robert Garry, including communications in which you appear in any field (to, from, cc, bcc) or in forwarded chains. 4. All records of calls and voicemails, whether on government-issued or personal devices/accounts, between January 1, 2018, and January 1, 2023, between you and Jeremy Farrar, Francis Collins, Hugh Auchincloss, Ian Lipkin, Ralph Baric, Vincent Munster, Kristian Andersen, Andrew Rambaut, Edward Holmes, Robert Garry, or Samantha Power, including call logs, voicemail transcripts, and audio recordings. 5. All text messages, iMessages, and communications conducted through encrypted or third-party messaging applications, including but not limited to Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram, and WeChat, sent or received by you between January 1, 2018, and January 1, 2023, whether on government-issued or personal accounts/devices, that refer or relate in any way to NIH, HHS, CIA, FBI, DOD, COVID-19, the “Proximal Origins” paper, the Wellcome Trust, Jeremy Farrar, the P3CO Review Group, gain-of-function research, dual use research of concern, EcoHealth Alliance, Peter Daszak, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Ian Lipkin, Ralph Baric, Zhengli Shi, the DEFUSE proposal, DARPA, DTRA, USAID PREDICT, the Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Vincent Munster, Fort Detrick, the Integrated Research Facility, the U.S. Army Medical Research
Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), or the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC). 6. All text messages, iMessages, and communications conducted through encrypted or third-party messaging applications, including but not limited to Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram, and WeChat, sent or received by you between January 1, 2018, and January 1, 2023, whether on government-issued or personal accounts/devices, between you and Jeremy Farrar, Francis Collins, Ian Lipkin, Ralph Baric, Vincent Munster, Kristian Andersen, Andrew Rambaut, Edward Holmes, Robert Garry, or Samantha Power. Additionally, please provide in writing no later than 5:00 PM on September 23, 2025, your availability to testify before the Committee on the following dates:  • October 28-30, 2025 • November 4-6, 2025 • November 18-20, 2025 • December 2-4, 2025 • December 9-11, 2025 Thank you for your prompt attention to this important matter.  Sincerely,    Rand Paul, M.D.       Chairman        U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland      Security and Governmental Affairs

Summary:
Chairman Rand Paul's committee letter to Anthony Fauci regarding evidence of deleted official records, calling him to testify before HSGAC.

Excerpt: September 9, 2025  Anthony Fauci, M.D. 37th and O Street, N. W. Washington D.C. 20057  Dear Dr. Fauci:   The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is continuing to conduct its investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and risky life sciences research. During the course of its investigation, the Committee has obtained records revealing that you directed employees of the National Institutes for Health (NIH) to destroy federal records. These documents suggest your direct involvement in efforts to conceal information related to the Committee’s investigation and appear to contradict your previous testimony before Congress. Accordingly, I request that you provide additional information and formally invite you to appear before the Committee to clarify your previous…