2020

Chris and I went to a book party for our friend Ruth Marcus (Washington Post columnist), fo her book “Supreme Ambition” about Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Party at the home of David and Katherine Bradley at 2211 30th…

Just because of the sudden preduction of 1-3 inches of snow, OPM shut down the USG at 1:00 PM and everyone rushed to get off campus at the same time that Walter Reed personnel are trying to leave. This has created a…

Infleunza is hot and heavy. Vaccine match is OK for H1N1, but not so good for B and H3N2. Did WUSA local TV on flu as well as interview with Elizabeth Cohen of CNN that went on her blog with multiple references to our…

Barney Graham ordersd the constructs using credit cards.

Went to a function at the National Cathedral where David Rubenstein was interview in the naïve (similar to my interview a few years ago) by the Dean of the Cathedral in association with David’s book – “The American…

Barney Graham’s team starts work on GMP vaccine in collaboration with Moderna Did taped interview for the Islam Radio Breakfast Show about anti-vaxx movement. Very good interview. Also, did another interview with Eileen…

Did interview on WTOP Radio on the number of pediatric flu deaths. I explained the issue of predominance of Influenza B and children and the poor match of the vaccine to circulating virus with Influenza B Victoria.

The situation in Wuhan, China continues. Now have 2 deaths and 2 cases in Thailand and 1 in Japan. Was in on a PCC meeting via the NIH SCIF with the NSC chaired by Anthony Ruggiero. CDC and DHS have decided to do entry…

appeared on radio with NPR “Here and Now” on the pediatric Influenza B situation. Influenza B predominating yet the Victoria B in the vaccine is only a 58% match and so children are getting a double whammy with B…

Situation starting toheaten up re: 2019nCoV. There are now 17 more cases in Wuhan and the LSTMH has estimated that there may actually be several hundreds of cases that have not yet been recognized. It is starting to…

Things evolving rapidly with the 2019 nCoV. Now there are 198 confirmed cases, all in China except for 2 in Thailand and 1 in Japan. Cases now in Guangdong Province with suspected cases in Beijing and Shanghai. Did TV…

Now there are >220 cases of n-CoV with a travel case in South Korea and 14 transmissions to health care providers. Clearly, this is a rapidly expanding situation with no question about person-to-person transmission. Did…

n-CoV situation continues to evolve. Now 298 cases with 6 deaths. Very fluid. Did ointerview with Eileen O’Reilly for Axios Interview with Chinese Radio Free Asia CDC announced today that the first case of n-CoV has…

Now 400 cases and 9 deaths. Chicago ORD and Atl airports added to entry screening with JFK, LAX, and SFO. Soon to funnel all flights with people from Wuhan (indirect) through these 5 airports. Another PCC with Anthony…

China shuts down public transportation in 3 additional smaller cities – Huanggang, Ezhou and Chibi. After 2nd Advisory Committee meeting WHO still does not declare PHEIC. Very controversial decision. They are getting…

More cities shut down by the Chinese. Now >800 cases and 26 deaths. State Department issued Level 4 (no travel at all) for Wuhan. Had meeting at EEOB381 (Anthony’s office) to discuss the evolving siautaion with…

now more than1400 cases and 42 deaths. President Xi Jinping essentially sutting down the entire country. Schools closing in Beijing. Suspicion that the Chinese are telling us everything that is going on in China. Why…

GAME ON!!! Things are changing rapidly. Dr. Ma Xiaowei, the Chinese Minister of Health gave a press statement saying that the incubationperiod of nCoV is 1 to 14 days and that the virus is being transmitted when people…

Packed day today. Council and multiple important non-corona-virus meetings. Busy day – two meeting with White House via SCIF. First at 11:00 AM led by Deputy Director NSC Matt Pottinger who still wants to stop all…

Big day at White House. Major discussions at Deputies on how to handle the 200 US Citizens (diplomats and families and others) who are being air- evaculted form Wuhan. They are on a plane from China to Alaska to…

Got a call this AM from Lou Dobbs who told me that President Trump will be calling me. Lou spoke with the POTUS andf told him that I was the “smartest person” around and he should speak with me. Amazing day today! Bob…

Another amazing and difficult day. Briefed the House Energy and Commerce Committee members in Rayburn 2123. All my friends kept saying I was a national hero and they “….felt safe in my arms (Eschoo)”. Testifying with me…

Another truly amazing day. Sequested in the White House essentially all day working out a proposal to put before the POTUS that would restrict travel from China. The proposal was driven largely by CDC (Marty Cetron) who…

Conference call at 2:00 PM with Jeremy, Francis and several other scientists gathered by Jeremy (see below). Participants in the Feb., 2020 call included: • Francis Collins, Director of the U.S. National Institutes of…

Call from Sylvia Burwell asking for clarification of the new policy regarding AU students who are returning fom China. Apparently, the policy is not up on the CDC website. Had daily Task Force call. Discussed the…

Task Force meeting daily. Repatriated people from Wuhan 150 tested negative; no positives thus far. Cases = 17,205 with 361 deaths; 26 countries have 180 international cases and within that there are 20 human to human…

20,680 cases and 27 deaths. No sign of diminishing. We are hearing the obvious conflicting opinions of the benefit or harm of travel restrictions. A lot of interest in the revealing that the NEJM paper claiming in one…

Spenty the day on the Hill as part of the President’s Coronavirus Task Force led by Alex Azar and Mick Mulvany to brief first the Senators in the Dirksen Building led by Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray and then the…

Cases continue to soare with 28,018/563. Another packed day mostly at HHS and White House. Conspiracy theories still abound. The NAS group with OSTP met (see above) and decided that there was no clear evidence of…

Started with 7:00 AM with a multi-party call hosted by WHO. Got good information. See below. 31,211/637. 61 infections on Japanese cruise ship. Chinese are starting to see a slight downtrend in cases. Perhaps we are…

Numbers today: 34,867/724. First USCit died in Wuhan. Much press about this and the cruise ships in Japan and Bayonne. Infections and quarantine of the Japan ship (61 so far, including some USCits. 10 people under…

Sunday, but it goes on. 37,593/814. People on the Japanese cruise ship are being released from quarantine. Outbreak still raging in China. Still only 12 cases in USA (9 travel from Wuhan and 2 spouses of 2 of the 9)…

40,625/910. Outbreak still progressing. I will list below the quarantine centers associated with the various funneled airports: JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii (HNL) Great Lakes Training Center Navy Base, Illinois (ORD)…

13th American infected (San Diego). One of the people air- evacuated by State to Miramar from Wuhan. Minimal sxs. 43,138/1018 Bob Kadlec offers the Japanese help in providing remdesivir in a compassionate use protocol…

45,172/1115 Individual reports are coming out about various clinical characteristics. Unreviewed report now of virus in saliva of infected people. Let us see what kind of reponse that gets. Very busy day today with 4…

60,349/1369 Sharp increase in that they are not using just lab test for DX; they are using chest x-rays and CT scans of lung. Meeting at White House with Chairs and Ranking members of big 4 committees with Anne Schuket…

64,460/1384 Making plans to deal with Americans on Princess Diamond Cruise ship in Yokohama harbor. Cliff flying to Japan to help design a clinical trial to treat infected people with remdesivir. Then he is off to China…

67,178/1527. Had White House Task Force conference call at 12:00 noon (Saturday). Big issue was the plan to get Americans off the Diamond Princess in Yokohama harbor. State will charter planes to get them to Lackland…

69,275/1670 (Sunday) Big discussion on phone with Kadlec, Anne Schuchat and Kevin (ASPR) on whether to remove a person from the evacuation plane who recently showed to be positive. Original plan was that anyone who was…

71,438/1775. 454 infected on Diamond Princess cruise ship. Heated discussion last evening (see above) with Bob Kadlec, Will Walters (State Med), Anne Schuchat, Kevin (ASPR) about whether to board people on the…

73,335/1876. More infections appearing on Diamond Princess. Good thing we got our people off the ship. Director of a major Wuhan hospital dies of COVID-19. Liu Zhiming, 51yo neurologist Did panel at the Council on…

75,201/2012. On WHO weekly call with Mike Ryan. 1700 health care workers have been infected. Starting to discuss the role of environmental (surfaces) spread of virus, particularly in the context of the Diamond Princess…

75,752/2130. Had major discussions last evening among the HHS team. Some disagreement that we had to sort out between ASPR (Kadlec) and CDC (Cetron/Redfield) regarding when to trigger the transition from containment to…

76,775/2247. 1st patient to die from being on Diamond Princess. Had intense “Table Top”=like exercise with the WHTF in the Situation Room from 3:00to 5:00 PM. Discussed the plans and triggers of going from containment…

77,932/2363. Seeing sustained transmissions in Japan and Korea. CDC issuing travel alert 2 – “consider postponing non-essential travel”. This is a bad sign and could be the beginning of the transition to a pandemic…

78,804/2463. Cases of community spread now increasing greatly in Japan, South Korea, Italy. Bob Kadlec called me this AM with emerging problem. We need to house some of the evacuees from the Diamond princess who are…

79,524/2626. Situation getting worse in Italy, Korea, Japan, Iran. More reports of transmissions by asymptomatic people. Lots of discussions of when the WHO will declare this a “pandemic”. WHO is saying that they are no…

80,277/2705 Major concern ove other countries surging in cases – Italy, South Korea, Iran. Stock Market staring to crash due to COVID-19. Supply chain concerns. 1st patient evacuated from Diamond Princess to Lackland…

82,446/2808. Very interesting things evolving. Got phone call from Azar this AM (while in Building 31 cafeteria). Azar is frustrated with the operational incompetence of the CDC and asked me to start thinking abou a…

Much community spread in South Korea, Italy, Iran, Japan. Briefed the All House Membership at the Capitol Visitor Center. Question came up of whether I am muzzled and I explained that this was not the case. PRESS: MSNBC…

86,000/2941. Important Day – Went to Situation Room for a Saturday AM (10:00 AM task force meeting) when it became clear that there was several new cases of “community spread” There were already 14 cases (12 from Wuhan…

87,137/2977. Bob Redfield and Nancy Messonnier telling me that there are now more cases in Chicago, Rhode Island, Florida, Massachusetts. Nancy is frustrated that Bob is not sounding the alarm to start social…

89,197/3038. 2nd death in the USA (Washington State man). Several more community based cases plus a NYC case that returned from Iran. We will need to move to mitigation + containment in Washington State, which has…

91,320/3118. POTUS and VP visit NIH today. Amazing day! Testified with Steve Hahn, Anne Schuchat, Bob Kadlec before Senate HELP Committee chaired by Lamar Alexander. Patty Murray complaining about lack of testing…

95,125/3254 Countriesd with cases – 77. South Korera -5328 cases; Italy – 2502. In USA 22 cases travel related + 38 person-to-person (10 deaths) = 60 cases + 3 Wuhan and 45 Diamond Princess repatriated – 48 . total –…

97,381/3348 Now have 12th death in USA – another of the Seattle nursing home. Total cases in the USA = 152. Seattle seeing community spread (see above). Did Full Senate and Full House briefings in the Capitol Visitor…

Nancy Messonnier calls me asking for help in getting the message out that we must protect the vulnerable (elderly with co-morbidities). She wants to say it but she says the VP’s staff are pushing back. I promise to…

102,969/3511. Meeting at Deb Birx home to hash out issues in preparation for TF meeting today (Saturday) at 4:00 PM. Tom Frieden comes down from NYC, Joe Grogan, Steve Redd (now detailed from CDC to Deb), Matt…

105,427/3583. 2 cases in DC and at least 3 in Montgomery County. I am going to start social distancing myself – am 7 monhs shy of 80 years old. Today is the Sunday show day. I emphasized on FOX (Chris Wallace) and Meet…

111,354/3892. Stock market really crashing. Even though we are saying that 1.1 million tests are out there, and millions (4 mill this week) to follow, we still do not know how many tests have been performed and whether…

116,588/4090. USA cases now 712. Deaths 29 Just signed off on a Level 3 State (“Reconsider Travel”) and a Level 3 CDC (“Avoid non-essential travel) for the European Schengen Area This measn that all travelers from this…

121,098/4366. >1000 cases in USA – 29 deaths (WHO numbers). Congressional House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Reform Hearing today – Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) Chair AMAZING DAY!! Before Hearing we were told that the…

129,846/4931. 1267 cases in USA, 38 deaths. Cases in 44 states. Italy continues to surge Has House briefing in Capitol and Senate briefing in Dirksen. Then continuation of House Energy and Commerce Hewaring from the…

CDC numbers (less than WHO numbers. 142,320/5388. 129 countries involved. China numbers going way down – only 11 new infections. Koreaa flattening out. USA – 2226 cases, 50 deaths, 532 new cases. POTUS came into the TF…

BIG DAY! 142,539/ USA = 2888 with 58 deaths and 662 new I did all 5 Sunday Shows today (my 3rd Fauci 5”) with This Week on ABC, Meet the Press on NBC, Face the Nation on CBS, FOX with Chris Wallace and CNN. All went…

Came out with the guidelines that reflected my pushing for a more aggressive mitigation 15 day strategy → If you are elderly, self-isolate; do not congregate in groups >10 people; stay away from bars, restaurants…

168,000/6700; 151 countries; USA 4529 cases (903 news); 84 deaths (16 new). At TF discussed supply chain issues; also testing still somewhat of an issue. Press conference with POTUS. He is now coming around (largely…

WH wanted me to not wear myself out. Have had private car and driver since Mar. 13 (Friday). I will stay at NIH today and do some press tonight from truck at home. Very positive press with Laura Ingraham on FOX last…

>200,000/~10,000; USA – 9026/150; 2900 new. Italy >31,000 In the USA testing: ~70,000 tests with ~10% positive Met yet again with POTUS right before the press conference, which did not include me since it was…

Another day at the WH. Important TF meeting and press conference. During the day, Gov. Cuomo had a press conference that he wanted me on to join him, but I could not since I did not want to do a press conference outside…

Cases continue to soar. 30,000 in USA with 400 deaths; Italy still escalating. My please to the TF regarding needing desparately to get PPEs and other supplies to NYC seems to be working since FEMA in pusing stuff to…

392,000/17,000; 45,000/550 in USA. Cases still soaring in NYC. COVID Cases 3.24.20 powerpoint Incredible intrigue going on with people (likely WH staff) feeding total lies to media about the frayed relstionship between…

435,000/20,000; USA – 54,622/749. On WHO weekly call. China removing restrictions – critical to watch this closely to determine what happens in light of what POTUS is trying to do in reducing restrictions by Easter …

Global - 414,000/18,400; USA - 68,600/1000; NYC 20,000/280. Continued pressure regrding POTUS aspitational goal of wanting to open up on Easter Sunday. Cases now coming into NIH with several staff infected. Admissions…

USA now has more cases than any country in the world Global – 542,788/24361 To my surprise yesterday, the POTUS sent a letter to Governors outlining a plan to reopen county by county while moniroring the spread of virus…

NHPs at IRF and DMID collaboration — Connie, I learned yesterday that investigators on the IRF team weren't clear that the early NHP experiments done in collaboration with David O'Connor were related to the Moderna…

Cases continue to soar. BIG DAY AT WHITE HOUSE Spent several hours with the POTUS. Bottom line. Deb and I pushed hard to have the POTUS extend the 15 day guidelines for another 30 days to end of April even though Mark…

Cses still soaring. Spent another entire day at the WH. Met with the POTUS and had Press conference in Rose Garden. Today most attention o CEOs and companies coming to indicte that they would help in any way. Discussion…

Perhaps some early indication of leveling of new admissions in NYC. Careful. Complete craziness with this Fauci cult hero stuff. See below in Washington Post today: Fauci socks, Fauci doughnuts, Fauci fan art: The…

Cases still going up. USA - 188,000/3700. Global – 751000/36400 NYC- 43100/1100 Some very early signs in NYC that the number of “new cases’ in starting the stabilize. However, the deaths always lag and these will…

USA – 215500/4600; NYC – 47400/1400 Global – 824000/41000; Washington Post now reporting that I have a security detail (George Adams). Also, DC police now guarding my house 24 hrs/day. Gave briefing to the GOP Senators…

Global - 879000/46000; USA 245000/5500; (real numbers are probably more; these are CDC numbers – global is 1,000,000/50,000) Deaths and cases still soaring. Meeting today virtually (Francis Collins leading) with the…

Global 972600/50300; USA 277200/6600; Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas – questions about my statements recently that all states should do stay at home. He was vey nice ad wanted clarification of what that meant forTexas and…

(Sunday) – Major news-outlets (Wash Post, NY Times) starting to write detailed stories of how the USG (esp. Trump) dropped the ball in response to COVID-19. CDC getting bashed (in some respects rightly so). Much Monday…

Global – 1,100,000/63,000; USA – 338,000/10,000; Today did call with Governors (me, Deb, Redfield, Giroir et al). Turned out it was mostly Governors’s staff and health people as opposed to actual Governors. Individual…

Global – 1,200,000/68000; USA – 369,000/11,000 Press still hot and heavy about me. Multiple stories per day directly or indirectly involving me. The debate about the use of HC still dominating the discussion. Big…

Global – 1,300,000/73,000; USA – 398,000/13,000 As we predicted, yesterday was the most deaths in single day in USA. However, indications from NYC aree that cases, hospitalizations, intensive care and intubations have…

Global -1,400,000/80,000; USA– 430,000/15,000; Getting ready to submit the COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines that Cliff led. Briefed AZAR by phone he liked it but wanted to make sure that Nancy Messonnier was OK with it…

Global – 1,440,000/85,000; USA – 465,000/17,500 Concern building about the economy and when we can open the country. 17 million jobs lost within the past 4 weeks. Larry Kudlow and Steve Mnuchin are concerned that even…

Light day. TF, but no press conference. Important discussion about the fact that the sensitivity of the Abbott ID Now (15 minute test) machine is queationable. We have not had a single positive at the WH with press and…

Global – 1,800,000/110,000; USA 500,000/20,000. In general, early indications of leveling off. Print news (NY Times especially) writing multiple articles about howTrump was late to respond/slow to act even thugh he was…

Potential big problem (we shall see). NY Times reporting on an answer to a question that I gave on CNN yesterday (see above). Jake Tapper asked me if we had closed down earlier, whould that have saved lives. I said it…

Press buzz still continues. Feature story in today’s Washington Post: “Despite assurances, debate over Fauci’s fate continues” by Toluse Olorunnipa, Seung Min Kim and Josh Dawsey. Also, Mike Gerson wrote an editorial in…

Global – 1,900,000/120/000; USA – 603,000/25,000 Print media still pitting everything I say as contradicting POTUS. They are also digging into what I said it February indicting that I said the virus would not be a…

Global – 2,000,000/125,000; USA – 640,000/32,000. Today is day when newe Guidelines for re-opening will be announced. I was shocked last night when she e-mailed me and said that all my edits had been accepted by the…

Global – 2,000,000/132,000; USA -660,000/34,000; Did briefing with the VP and Deb and Steve Hahn and BobRedfield and Brett Giroir to the Dem Senate Caucus led by Chuck Schummer. Very hostile. Kept coming at us abut…

Global 2,100,000/140,000; USA – 700,000/36,000 Far right agitating to get back to work. Much agitation! Daily articles involving me continue to appear. Article in Today’s Washington Post. Talks about my one hour call…

Global – 2,200,000/150,000; USA – 725,000/38,000 Much agitation (spurred by the POTUS’s stupid “Liberate Michigan, VA, etc) about people wanted to open up. Rallies with chants of “Fire Fauci” Had conversation with Jake…

Global – 2,250,000/153,000; USA – 745,000/35,000 Goodday for me since for the 3rd day in a row, I do not need to be at press conference and stand (or sit) there and listen to his stream of consciousness. I had a major…

Global – 2,300,000/158,000; USA – 780,000/41,000; VP is travelling and so no TF meeting today. Big stir on TV shows last night about some states wanting to open and violating the guidelines for “Opening America Again”…

Global – 2,500,000/170,000; USA – 827,000/47,000; Interesting day. Was asked to come to Pentagon (with Deb Birx) by Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley. He had Deb and I brief him and his immediate staff on…

Global – 2,600,000/177,000; USA – 860,000/49,000. Press having a field day trashing the POTUS for his statement about “drinking bleach”. Consuming the press. Will brief Governors today with the POTUS. Governor talk went…

(Saturday) – Very brief TF at the WH today. No press conference. Much discussion about the plasn of the states to open. A lot of buzz in the media about Azar very likely getting fired. Reuters wrote a smear piece on him…

(Sunday) – Global – 2,750,000/190,000; USA – 930,000/53,000 I was not on Sunday shows. Deb was on CNN with Jake Tapper and did not answer the question of whether it was a mistake for the POTUS to talk about injecting or…

Global – 2,800,000/195,000; USA – 955,000/54,000 Stay heads up to a marked decrease in WH Comms allowing me to go on national media compared to 2 weeks ago. Let us see what happens. Big topics this week is the opening…

Global – 3,000,000/200,000; USA – 1,000,000/56,000 Meeting with Joe Grogan group in Roosevelt Room. Joe is pissed that the individual guidances for special situations, i.e. restaurants, Child care centers, etc, do not…

Global – 3,000,000/203,000 USA – 1,100,000/58,000; Eventful day. Was supposed to present the Remdesivir findings at the usual 5:00 PM press conference at the WH. Marc Short called me when I was at NIH office and said to…

Global – 3,020,000/210,000; USA – 1,030,000/61,000; New York Times had my picture and front page of Sports Section today with the headline saying that I believe that professional sports may need to be cancelled this…

Global – 3,090,000/218,000; USA – 1,100,000/63,000 Mike Caputo is delighted with the event last night. It is interesting that he is one of my greatest fan and he is sincere. So different from some of the shit I took…

Global – 3,200,000/225,000; USA – 1,100,000/65,000’ Big push on the part of states >32 to rush to reopening, some like Texas and Georgia more than others. Militia-types in Michigan going to the Capitol armed and…

Global – 3,300,000/230,000; USA – 1,130,000/66,000 Continued big push tio re-open despite many states lacking the criteria to do so. Not on any Sunday shows. Washington Post article today states that the administration…

Global - 3,350,000/239,000; USA – 1,142,000/67,000 Continued tension in GOP states wanting to re-open in defiance of many of the recommended guidelines and Dem states the opposite. It is almost a political and…

Global – 3,500,000/240,000; USA – 1,200,000/69,000 OMG! This is really getting nutsy. Sally Quinn evidently wrote a book some time ago about a character that is me…

Global – 3,53,000/245,000; USA – 1,200,000/71,000 Begin day with uncertainty about the fate of the TF as well as the fact that there is great discord in the country regarding opening abruptly versus continued careful…

Global – 3,600,000/248,000; USA – 1,210,000/73,000 Phone call with Secretary Azar about how to fix this problem. Cluster in process. Deb does not show up for phone call. Francis at Hearing today aimed at the Rick Bright…

Global – 3,670,000/254,000; 1,240,000/75,200; COVID-19 hits the White House!! . Crazy Judy Mikovits. See Science article: Fact-checking Judy Mikovits, the controversial virologist attacking Anthony Fauci in a viral…

Global – 3,760,000/260,000; USA – 1,270,000/77,000 Trying to figure out policy for addressing the infection on WH complex. Big breaking news tonight! Steve Hahn who was closest to Katie is going into strict 14 date home…

Global – 4,150,000/283,000; USA – 1,290,000/79,000 Much flurry over the press wanting to understand the difference between a modified quarantine and a total quarantine. I am explaining. Also, I do not want to do the…

Global – 3,930,000/275,000; USA – 1,320,000/79,500 Some press bugging Courtney as to the precise nature of my “modified quarantine”. This is related to the fact that there is major inconsistency in the White House. Marc…

Global – 4,000,000/280,000; USA – 1,350,000/81,000 Mark Meadows called this AM (7:15 AM) before the HELP Hearing checking on how I was and thanking me for “taking flak from both sides”. He is a good guy, but I think…

Global – 4,100,000/285,000; USA – 1,400,000/82,000 Press today and yesterday afternoon reporting heavily on the Senate Hearing from yesterday. Playing up that I am the voice of reason. However, I am obviously causing…

Global – 4,170,000/288,000; USA – 1,380,000/84,000 POTUS on FOX this AM blasting me saying that I disagreed with his decision to stop travel from China. Big buzz in media about the POTUS feud with Fauci I spoke with…

Global - 4,200,000/3295,000; USA – 1,410,000/86,000 IMPORTANT DAY AT WHITE HOUSE: Wen to White House as usual, but today was a Rose garden ceremony announcing the “Operation Warp Speed”, which is the interagency plan to…

Global – 4,300,000/298,000 USA – 1,430,000/87,000 Front page of Washington Post headlines: “Trump’s vaccine timeline doubted”. Quotes by good people like Paul Offit and Peter Hotez doubting the feasibility of the…

Global – 4,500,000/308,000; USA – 1,500,000/90,000 The Moderna/VRC data on the high levels of neutralizing Abs in the two doses (25 microgram and 100 microgram) given in phase 1 trial are being released today by…

Global – 4,600,000/312,000; USA – 1,500,000/91,000 Despite my being kept out of the press by the Whit House COMMS people, the media blitz about me continues strong, as well as the gimmick stuff like underwear (bikini)…

Global – 4,700,000/317,000; USA – 1,530,000/92,000 The Fauci craze continues. Some select examples: Brooklyn Artist Jeremy Penn’s Dr. Anthony Fauci Portrait Nets $15K For Charity. Page Six (5/19, Mohr, 1.6M) reports…

Global 234,100 – new 24,200; deaths 9800 Italy 3,400 deaths, now surpassed China USA – 19,300; new 5300; deaths 272 (73 new) At task force meeting I stressed the problem about the PPEs being diverting to testing as…

Global -4,900,000/325,000; USA – 1,600,000/95,000 Turmoil in OWS – Peter Marks drops out. Upset with how he is being treated with the arrival of Moncef. Moncef has met with pharma companies involved in the harmonized…

Global 292,000/12,800; new cases – 26,000; USA 33,300/391; new cases 6800. Cases in USA went up overnight by 20%. Bad news. Got copy of proposed POTUS press conference speech for this afternoon. I objected sharply to…

at 7:45 a.m. EDT President Trump has done his best to muzzle the most trusted voice on the coronavirus epidemic. Indeed, until late last week we had not seen much of Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute…

Global - 5,200,000/339,000; USA – 1,650,000/98,000 Will discuss on today’s group call (Fauci, Corey,Mascola,Lane, Erbelding, Dieffenbach, Marston, Conrad) the conference call with Pharma to take place on Wednesday.

Global – 5,300,000/345,000; USA – 1,660,000/98,000 Still no clearances for press. Spoke last night with Chris Cuomo who feels that they do not want me out there since I remind people of the challenge of COVID-19 and the…

Global – 5,400,000/345,000; USA – 1,680,000/100,000 Larry Kramer dies! Very, very sad. Many calls and e-mails PRESS: CNN with Jim Sciutto; PBS NewsHour with Judy Woodruff

Global – 5,500,000/350,000; USA – 1,700,000/100,000 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/health/larry-kramer-anthony-fauci.html ‘We Loved Each Other’: Fauci Recalls Larry Kramer, Friend and Nemesis In public, the activist…

Global – 5,600,000/354,000; USA – 1,700,000/102,000 Had major confrontation with the people from Moderna, mostly Tal Zaks, aandStephane Bancel who wanted to push backon the collaboration (mostly do their own thing)…

Global – 5,800,000/363,000; USA – 1,800,000/104,000 Sunday – as expected, no shows for me. Also, conditions influenced by widespread riots and disruptions going on in multiple cities in response to a Minneapolis…

Global – 6,000,000/368,000; USA – 1,800,000/104,000 Disruptions continue. Trump either silent or fueling the problem. McEnany looking more and more preposterous as she gives single person press briefings. Riots getting…

Global – 6,100,000/371,000; USA – 1,800,000/105,000 Riots continue in several cities. Washington, DC particularly bad. There was violence earlier yesterday, but then it was a peaceful demonstration. The POTUS ordered…

Global – 6,200,000/378,000; USA – 1,800,000/106,000 No TF today. Only a Governors call on Nursing Homes to which I was not invited. Probably mostly Seema Verma. Also, despite people (including Kellyanne Conway) assuring…

Global – 6,300,000/380,000; USA – 1,850,000/107,000 Had call with NYC Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot and Deputy Commissioner Demetre Daskalakis to discuss the possibility of doing a multicenter study of the…

Global – 6,400,000/385,000; USA – 1,870,000/108,000 Had Zoom with activists David Barr, Peter Staley, Mark Harrington, James Kellerstein about community engagement with COVID-19 research and the issue of releasing data…

Global - USA Finally got a haircut with Sabine today after 11 weeks!! Quiet day. Catching up on NIH-related Talks.

Global – 6,700,000/393,000; USA -1,930,000/709 Sunday – no health people on Sunday Shows. Nation gripped with protests, demonstrations and violence over death of George Floyd and other assaults on blacks. A couple of…

Global – 7,000,000/399,000; USA- 1,950,000/111,000 PRESS: Univision TV; WRC TV – Doreen Gentzler; NY Times interview; WGN TV Chicago; iHeart Latino Radio with Enrique Santos; Spectrum News TV; taped Bio Fireside Chat…

Phone call with Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) about “after action” evaluation of our response. Big controversy when the WHO’s Maria Van Kerkhove said that transmission from asymptomatic person was “very rare”. She got…

Global – 7,100,000/405,000; USA – 1,980,000/113,000 Reports of multiple states including North Carolina, South Carolina, Alaska, Arizona, California, Utah, Tennessee,etc. having the highest single day number of cases…

Global USA Had good conversation (having these every 2 weeks) today with Bill Gates on status of mAb (Regeneron, Lilly, etc.). Also, discussing other therapies. Also, discussed vaccines. Great article in Elle magazine…

Global – 7,300.000/415,000; USA – 2,050,000/114,000 Did Council on Foreign Relations Zoom meeting; Crazy situation where WH approved nothing and then after the Podcast with Caputo, he said “The WH did not want you to do…

Global – 7,400,000/418,000; USA – 2,116,000/117,000 Got call from Alex Gorsky (CEO and Chairman at J & J) expressing concern on the part of the company CEOs regarding whether Gen. Gus Perna (as competent as he is…

Global – 7,600,000/425,000; USA – 2,100,000/116,000 Riots continue with more police killing of African American men, this time in Atlanta with killing of Rayshard Brooks as he was running away after scuffle with police…

Global – 7,700,000/428,000 USA – 2,100,000/116,000; Governor’s call today at WH and I was not invited. BARDA requesting FDA to pull back the EUA for Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine, I was always against the EUA for…

Global USA Laura Ingraham calls me “Deep State” for asking people to wear masks. RECOVERY trial from UK showed good effect of Dexamethasone on COVID-19 patients on ventilators or Oxygen, but not on early patients. Media…

Global USA Serius problem emerging with Moderna who are insisting (see discussions above) on implementing the protocol for mRNA in a way that both Larry Corey and John Mascola feel strongly is contrary to the safe…

Global USA Communiation between Deb Birx and me on June 18: Thank you. I haven’t been sleeping because of this. What do you think about going into MS with Lumina as the diagnostic sequencer and massive tracking…

Global - USA Spoke with Fr. Dan Lahart to give him advice and discussion about whther to open up Regis for the Fall term or do it virtually. I explained that it would depend on the viral dynamics at the time of opening…

Cases still surging in 13 to 20 states. Global – 8,500,000/459,000; USA – 2,300,000/120,000 Much concern about surge of cases, particularly in Florida and South Carolina and Georgia and Oklahoma. Also, tensions…

Global – 8,700,000/462,000; USA – 2,300,000/120,000 Belowis a very good article in Politico that describes in detail whast the problem has been in ther USA response to COVID-19 How the U.S. and Italy traded places on…

Global – USA Big day today with House Energy and Commerce Hearing on COVID-19. Me, Redfield, Hahn, Giroir. VP called me at 10:00 AM when I was driving with Farncois to the Hearing. He called from Air Force 2 (on way to…

Global – 9,000,000/470,000; USA – 2,350,000/122,000 Based on my discussions last night with David Barr and the group he brought together of people in the trenches of COVID-19 in NYC, New Orleans, DC, Seattle and…

Global USA Called Deb this AM trying to figure out how to stop this disaster. Contact tracing does not work. We need pooled testing. She will talk to Jared and I offered to call Mark Meadows. Spoke with Mark for 20…

Global – 9,300,000/480,000; USA – 2,420,000/125,000. 40,000 new cases yesterday, the most for a single day. Spoke woth Gary Bettman, Commissioner of the NHL giving advice about their opening. My talk with Mark Meadows…

Global – 9,700,000/494,000; USA – 2,500,000/125,000; 45,000 cases today – highest amount ever. Florida is having increased hospitalizations as is Arizona and California. Clear, there is a SERIOUS PROBLEM. Deb, Bob…

Global – 10,000,000/500,000; USA – 2,550,000/127,000 47,000 new cases yesterday. 50% of all new cases from CA, AZ, TX, FL. Clearly big problems with resurgences very likely related to young people at bars and in big…

Global – 10,000,000/500; USA – 2,600,000/127,000. 37,000 cases yesterday. Multiple other states (total of 31) are showing increased cases and several showing increased hospitalizations. Testified at the Senate HELP…

Global – 10,200,000/504,000; USA – 2,620,000/128,000. Most involved states now pulling back on opening and closing bars and cancelling events for the upcoming 4th July. Spoke yesterday with Marc Khaly from California…

Global USA Big problems - >53,000 cases yesterday. Highest ever for a given day. I am concerned that we might be on “exponential” increase as we enter into the 4th of July weekend. POTUS and his people have essentially…

Global – 10,5000,000/513,000; USA – 2,750,000/129,000 More daily record being broken with cases now at 57,500. Caputo (sleezebag) and White House comms playing games with me in that they are not allowing me to go out on…

Global – 11,000,000/525,000 USA – 2,800,000/130,000 Andrea Mitchell called my cell very apologetic about not being able to have me on the show since they already booked a couple of governors who were giving exclusives…

Sunday – Hahn on 2 Sunday Shows. I am blocked (see above). Surges continue in multiple states with new records every day. Particularly FL. In NY Times this AM, comment about people in some states, particularly TX (Dan…

Global USA Records continue to be broken in various states. Did a COVID session virtually at the IAS with Slim Karim and Deb Birx. Task Force meeting at WH. VP still focuses on fact that despite the increase in cases…

Global - 11,300,000/532,000; USA – 2,900,000/130,000 Did press briefing via Zoom in Alabama with Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) – went very well. Here we go again. Got call from Francis Collins who got a call from Marc Short…

Global 11,500,000/536,000; USA – 3,000,000/131,100 TF meeting at the Dept. of Education – I was in Sit Room and not part of the press conference that followed. Purpose of the TF was to push for opening of schools. Good…

Global USA >60,000 new cases yesterday! Things not going in the right direction at all, yet continued happy talk from the VP and the White House. Clearly I am the “skunk at the picnic”. Bob Redfield defending the fact…

In USA – 3,300,000 cases and 136,000 deaths. Numbers still soaring with ICU beds filling up in Florida. Heard from Washington Post (Jasmeen Abutaleb) that she is writing a big article for tomorrow (Sunday) about the…

Cases still soring. Florida >13.500 today Big firestorm over the Post article and the fact that unspecified White House officials have compiled a list of things I said that were incorrect. This is oppositional research…

Global USA Yesterday Florida had >15,000 infections – most for any state since the beginning Met with Mark Meadows. He denies knowing anything about the WH drive to discredit me. This is tough to believe in that…

Global - 12,800,000/568,000; USA – 3,400,000/136,000 Outbreaks still raging in Florida – records being broken. >60,000 cases yesterday Deep state is going more crazy than ever in attacking me as the academic community…

Global USA Continue record-breaking numbers of cases with increased hospitalizations and now even deaths. The press are all over the issue of the White House trying to discredit me. Alyssa Farah put out tweet saying…

Global USA Cases continue to surge. >67,000 cases yesterday. Hospitalizations and deaths going up. Problem emerging here. Mark Meadows is starting to be a problem. He wanted me to “walk back” the statement comparing…

Global – 13,400,000/580,000; USA – 3,600,000/138,000 Records being broken daily. Yesterday 74,000 new cases. Hospitalizations and deaths increasing. Big issue – Despite all the walking back stuff regarding the 1918…

Global – 13,800,000/594,000; USA – 3,640,000/139,000. Cases continue to surge. News cycle dominated by reports of conflict between me and the Trump insiders (see below) Petitions from multiple scientific organizations…

Continuing surge Francis Collins on Meet the Press – did well. They continually ask him if WH has told him to fire me. Francis responded that this is “unimaginable”. Many societies are writing statements in explicit…

Global – 14,000,000/598,000; USA – 3,800,000/140,200; • Kentucky, Louisiana, Oregon and South Carolina all set new single-day records for new cases on Sunday. Idaho, Nebraska, Iowa and five other states have seen their…

Global – 14,300,000/604,000; USA – 3,800,000/141,000. Surge continues in Southern States. Florida in trouble. POTUS had press conference on COVID-19 without having me, Deb, or other TF members with him Meadows and now…

Global USA Death threats are ramping up again and so my security with George Adams is coming back. George will take Christine and meto the game tomorrow night and provide security. Had a great Zoom conversation with…

Global - 14,800,000/612,000; USA – 3,950,000/143,000 Uneventful day with usual NIH meetings. Did not go down to White House. Getting nervous about throwing out the first ball at Nats stadium tonight in the Opening Day…

Global – 15,000,000/619,000; USA – 4,020,000/144,000 Routine day. Went for my “annual” physical with Ted Li. All is well. PRESS: FOX News with John Roberts; On front page picture of me glove tapping with Sean Doolittle…

Global USA Texas now have to triage who gets into intensieve and who does not (too far gone and/or too old. Very difficult situation. California takes over from NY as state with the most cases. Florida still surging…

5th Day in a row for 1000 deaths/day. Brett Giroir on Tapper (State of the Union) talking bullshit about testing with Jake pressing him. I gave Jake some questions to ask him. Mark Meadows on This Week with George…

Global – 15,800,000/640,000; USA – 4,200,000/147,000 Today is launching of Phase 3 trial of Moderna mRNA-1273. First patient received the vaccine in Savannah Georgia at 6:45 AM. Fastest ever in the USA from sequence to…

Global USA On GMA, George Stephanopoulos brought up that the POTUS has retweeted a tweet from a Breitbart based group that said that I was misleading the American public and thsat I was a fraud. George asked me to…

Trump bemoaned to the press at a press conference yesterday that my approval ratings were better than his. And he did not understand why. Amazing!! He really stepped in it yesterday when he endorsed a group of whacko…

Global – 16,600,000/565,000; USA – 4,400,000/151,000 Participated in a “Call to Action to Donate” ceremony at the American Red Cross Headquarters. Did tour with Azar and the POTUS and visited with a person giving blood…

Still >1000 deaths per day. Slight flatteningin AZ, but other states still surging. Yellow states starting to increase. Red states - >10% positive; Yellow states – 5 to 10% positive; Green states - <5% positive House…

Global – 17,400,000/675,000; USA – 4,500,000/153,000 Uneventful Saturday. Southern states still surging; >1000 deaths yesterday. The new approach of jumping on the mostly yellow states that are starting to show a slight…

Global – 17,700,000/681,000; USA – 4,600,000/154,000. I was not on any Sunday shows despite requests for from them. Brett Giroir on Meet the Press and Deb on SOTU. POTUS continues to tweet that I am incorrect in what I…

Global USA Far right and FOX News continuing to attack me. Tucker Carlson calling me a “Fraud” and a “hypocritical buffoon”. Fireside Chat with Dartmouth Medical School faculty. PRESS: Local TV – KDFW-TV – Dallas…

Global - 18,000,000/688; USA – 4,700,000/155,000 Amazing Day – We were supposed to have a routine TF meeting today. We were waiting in the Sit Room for a 3:00 PM start and the VP was late at 3:15 PM. Marc Short then…

Global – 18,100,000/692,000; USA – 4,750,000/156,000. Met with POTUS yesterday in Oval (see part 1). Photo below: Had Peter Navarro discuss HC with NIH Guidelines Panel. He was his typical arrogant self and rejected…

Global – 18,400,000/698,000; USA – 4,800,000/158,000 Got semi-agitated call from Mark Meadows at around 7:45 AM saying that he is going to keep me off all TV until we sit down and talk. He admits that I am probably…

Global - USA Made rounds again today (felt really good) – saw Mr. Davis (HIV, IRIS, Steroids and Ramsey-Hunt Syndrome); Also saw Sharon Rockefeller in for Steve Holland and will get removal of rectal stump that is…

Global – 19,200,000/716,000; USA – 4,900,000/160,200. POTUS acting even more erratically. Keeps insisting that increased case numbers are due only to increased testing, ignoring the increases in percent positive…

Global – 19,500,000/722,000; USA – 5,000,000/161,000 Birx gets compared with me in a Guardian article: Dr Deborah Birx: voice of scientific reason or apologist for Trump? The coordinator of the White House coronavirus…

Important NBC print article (blog) about the difference between Birx and me: Trump calls Birx's COVID-19 warnings pathetic — but the real test is what she does next Doctors like Fauci and Birx find themselves in an…

Global USA Very serious e-mail from Deb Birx this AM and my response to her: Deb: I am totally with you. I will, and I trust we all will, continue to give the message that we have been giving. This is an historic…

Global – 20,000,000/735,000; USA – 5,120,000/164,000 4800 items regarding me on sale: Fauci items on Etsy - n=4804 https://www.etsy.com/search?q=fauci Discussed on a “chat” with Pastor Miller of St. Luke’s Lutheran…

~1500 deaths yesterday – deadliest day of summer. Global – 20,200,000/737,000; USA – 5,200,000/165,1000. Had very nice Zoom conversation with Gov. Raimondo (D-RI) about school opening. RI is in green zone and so it was…

Excess death calculations has us actually at 200,000 deaths from COVID-19. Global USA Did Task Force today. Had brief discussion with Scott Atlas. He is concerned about being seen as the “anti-Fauci”. He says that he is…

Brett Giroir getting slammed by the press for saying that we do not need to do widespread testing. He is acting annoyed with the press (which is a bad idea) when they push him and mention that all the health experts…

No Sunday shows for me. They are putting out Scott Atlas and Brett Giroir. New emphasis is that we do not need to widely test, we just need to protect the vulnerable in Nursing Homes by testing personnel often and…

Global USA • Did Fireside chat with Gallaudet University • Discussion with Cong. Sanford Bishop (D-GA) – member of CBG – particular interest in Vets. • Gave COVID lecture to ASM Microbe meeting. Afterwards did fireside…

Global – 22,000,000/773,000; USA – 5,400,000/170,000 I continue to be kept out of the classic press but am getting in through indirect ways. Still have >1000 deaths per day. Scott Atlas now the main person that Trump…

Global – 22,000,000/776,000; USA – 5,500,000/171,000 Interesting that Scott Atlas announced at a Doctor’s Huddle that I was on board in seeing the rationale for his statements. Joan Baez Face Time now has 4,000,000…

Global – 22,800,000/795,000; USA – 5,600,000/175,000 • POTUS called my cell at around 7:37 PM while I was outside on back deck with Chris and Jenny. It was the White House Operator saying the POTUS wanted to speak with…

Global USA Very bad and disgraceful day for FDA and Steve Hahn and Alex Azar – They caved to pressure from Trump to issue EUA for Convalescent Plasma (CP). Francis Cliff and I among others a few days ago looked at the…

Global – 23,300,000/806,000; USA – 5,700,000/177,000 • Got call from Albert Bourla (CEO of Pfizer) expressing concern about AstraZenica likely trying to get an EUA for their vaccine before the big companies (Moderna…

Global USA Steve Hahn admits publicly that he “exaggerated” the data showing effect of CP on death rate. He originally said that out of 100 patients, 35 lives were saved, which is absolutely incorrect. He now admits…

Global USA • POTUS holding more briefings with Scott Atlas and others (Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Dr. Martin Kulldorff, and Dr. Cody Meissner) to the exclusion of Deb Birx. Making it very awkward for her…

• I wrote an email to Brett trying to make peace: -----Original Message----- From: Fauci, Anthony (NIH/NIAID) [E] <afauci@niaid.nih.gov> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2020 6:31 AM To: Birx, Deborah (nsc.eop.gov)…

Global USA • Amazing that there were no leaks to the press following the powder attack. Still >40,000 cases per day Email exchange with Kellyanne Conway on the announcement of her leaving the WH: Dear Dr. Fauci – What a…

Global – 24,600,000/834,000; USA - ,99,000/181,000 Found out from George Adams and Brett Rowland that similar powdered letters from the same person (from Jacksonville. FL) also were sent to Nancy Pelosi, Bernie Sanders…

Global – 25,000,000/840,000 USA – 5,900,000/182,000 Sunday shows dominated by recent GOP convention and the blatant lies that Trump spewed forth during the convention. Also, to hold a conventin event directly at the…

Global USA Trump stoking violence (racial tensions) in Kenosha, WI and Portland, OR QAnon misrepresenting data from CDC that says that about 9000 out of the >180,000 deaths reported for COVID-19 had only COVID-19 on the…

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 Another inappropriate explosion by Mark Meadows. The NUH Treatment…

Global – 25,600,000/854,000; USA - 6,000,000/184 PRESS: MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell;

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…

Global – 26,300,000/864,000; USA – 6,100,000/186,000 PRESS: Global News Canada TV; STAT interview – Joseph Andrew; CNN Situation Room with Jim Acosta

Global – 26,500,000/871,000; USA 6,200,000/187,200 PRESS: New York Times print interview regarding Labor Day weekend and COVID;

Global USA PRESS: Sunday dominated by election

Global USA PRESS: Spoke with Robyn Ross of the Washington Post Magazine. She is writing a piece on my “Bobblehead”.

Global USA Had weekly Miami Mayor’s call with Deb Birx and Miami Mayors Gimenez and Suarez

Bob 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…

Did 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

Global – 28,000,000/905,000; USA – 6,400,000/191,400 • 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…

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…

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…

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…

Global - 29,400,000; 931,000; USA – 6,600,000/195,100 Did Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Leadership Conference with Sanjay Gupta moderating PRESS:Bloomberg News Podcast – David Rubenstein; Business Insider…

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…

New 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;

Global – 30,400,000/950,000; USA – 6,700,000/198,100 The 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…

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…

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…

Global USA PRESS: CNN Citizen Conference with Sanjay Gupta; Interview with The Atlantic Festival with Alexis Madrigal was carried on CNN and other networks

Global – 31,400,000/966,666; USA – 6,900,000/200,000 For 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 Stefan…

Global USA Still >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…

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…

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…

Global – 32,700,000/991,000; USA – 7,060,000/204,000 Things 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…

Global USA Dr. 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…

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…

Global USA Addressed 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…

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…

Global – 34,500,000/1,000,000; USA – 7,300,000/208,100 Sean 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…

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 Mark Meadows called my cell while I was…

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…

Global - 35,300,000/1,000,000; USA – 7,400,000/210,000 QUITE A DAY!! Fauci gets his own action figure BY JUDY KURTZ - 10/06/20 12:23 PM EDT 297 • Fireside Chat for Cornell (Ithaca) Homecoming – Kate Snow • Holy Cross…

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 VP debate tonight between Pence…

Global 36,000,000/1,000,000; USA – 7,500,000/211,100 Below is really October 8, not October 6 Much discussion centered around the upcoming 2nd POTUS debate. Issue is whether Trump (recently infected) can safely do it in…

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…

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…

See 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…

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…

Global USA Increases in cases continue (see map below) Mark 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…

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…

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. Seems like…

Global USA Surges continue. See Birx slides below Cases continue to climb:

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 AM he tried to undermine everything that Deb and I have…

Global – 39,600,000/1,100,000; USA – 8,100,000/218,500 Surge continues: Baby 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Global – 42,500,000/1,100,000; USA – 8,600,000/224,2200 The 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…

Global – 43,000,000/1,200,000; USA – 8,600,000/224,600 Surging continues: POTUS insists on having large rallies 1 week before the election. Crowds are close together, many without masks. He is desperate and defiant. On…

Global USA Surges continue: Great 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…

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…

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…

Global – 44,600,000/1,200,000; USA -8,900,000/228,100 • 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…

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. Almost at the 100,000 per day…

Global – 45,900,000/1,200,000; USA – 9,110,000/230,000 Big 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…

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…

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…

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 In the AM, election still too close to call –…

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…

Global - 49,100,000/1, 200,000; USA – 9,700,000/236,000 Every day, a new record is set. Election called for Biden!!! 138,000 cases yesterday with >1100 deaths. My prediction of “A whole lot of hurt coming our way as we…

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…

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…

Global – 50,500,000/1,300,000; USA – 10,000,000/238,000 Patterns 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Global – 54,800,000/1,300,000; USA – 11,100,000/246,200 The 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…

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…

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…

Global – 56,600,000/1,400,000; USA – 11,700,000/251,700 Still 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Global – 60, 300,000/1,400,000; USA – 12,800,000/263,000 Now concerned about the post-Thanksgiving surge Record number of hospitalizations at >80,000

Global – 61,300,000/1,400,000; USA – 13,000,000/264,000 Reporting 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…

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): Photos below of Fauci making rounds with Clinical Center inpatient and Clinic…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Global 66,700,000/1,500,000; USA – 14,800,000/283,000 Harvey 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…

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…

Global -68,200,000/1,500,000; USA – 15,300,000/289,000 217,000 cases today! I zoomed with the Novovax site investigators encouraging them in their trial and stressing the importance of recruiting minorities into the…

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…

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…

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. Statement from Birx below: PRESS: CNN HEROES –…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

(SUNDAY) – Global – 75,100,000/1,700,000; USA – 17,600,000/315,300 See Deb’s notes below: 1. The Northern Plains, Upper Mid-West, Rocky Mountain States and Heartland continue to improve decreasing test positivity…

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…

Global -76,300,000/1,700,000; USA – 18,000,000/319,000 Hospitalization at 118,000 – record for the pandemic. East and West coasts now surging. PRESS: Good Morning America (ABC) with CeciliaVega; BBC World News TV…

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…

Global – 77,500,000/1,700,000; USA – 18,400,000/325,000 I am 80 years old! Amazing number of Birthday wishes coming in. Truly moving…. Birthday video from the OR Nursing/DPM staff in the NIH Clinical Center: Dr…

Global – 78,00,000/1,700,000; USA – 18,600,000/328,000 Trump at Mar-a Largo while country in crisis. Cases still surging in certain areas (see below). Relief bill in purgatory since he does not want to sign it because…

Global – 78,400,000/1,700,000; USA – 18,700,000/330,000 1. Data will be unstable for the next 2 weeks with both Christmas and New Years but will be tracking new admissions and rate of new admissions 2. 24 States did not…

Global – 79,200,000/1,800,000; USA – 18,900,000/331,000 Deb’s note for the day: Hospitalizations had stablized and specific metros were significantly declining so we will be able to see a post-Holiday surge in cases and…

Global – 79,900,000/1,800,000; USA – 19,100,000/332,200 POTUS changed his mind and signed the Omnibus budget bill avoiding a closure of USG. Spoke with Deb. This AM (this is one of many early morning 6:00 AM calls that…

Global – 79,900,0900/1,800,000; USA – 19,200,000/334,000 1.Most concerning are where COVID admissions are rising now showing significant community spread just prior to the Holidays and could have the most significant…

Global USA General Gus Perna asked to speak with me this Am (7:30 AM) for advice and “comfort”. There has been criticism about the roll-out of vaccines. @0 million doses were promised by the end of December and we only…

Global – 81,500,000/1,800,000; USA – 19,700,000/341,200 1. Most concerning are rising case counts during a dramatic decline in testing – CA, TX, FL and where COVID admissions are rising consistent with significant…