Tuesday, March 10, 2020

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 area are required to enact a 14 day voluntary quarantine after arriving to USA. Also will consider an INA Section 212(f) Proclamation banning travel to USA bu any foreign national, with limited exceptions, who has been physically present in Italy in the last 14 days I push hard with Jerome Adams to expand community mitigation. One topic was whether there should be campaign rallies. I insiste that we say all large crowds should be avoided. Marc Short pushes back since the POTUS will be doing rallies. Jerome and I continue to push. I will say that the degree of stopping depends on the area of the country – Washingotn State (bad); Nebraska (probably OK). Chris Liddell becoming a friend and encourages me to stick by my guns – good guy. For better or worse, I am becoming an international celebrity. Calls from all over the world. Am concerned a bit about my health. Having total body pain and will again stop Crestor Reports from Italy are really bad. Running out of equipment and just letting the elderly and frail die without intervention. Katie Miller defending my saying what is my opinion based on good public health principles despite others in the VP’s staff wanting me to be a bit more politically sensitive, particularly around campaign rallies. Katie wants to have me do ther “Fauci 5” this coming Sunday. Chatted with Govenor DeSantis (R-FL) who was concerned that I said at Press conference today that Florida had community spread, when in fact Florida just had a big cluster. He was correct, was nice on the phone call arranged by WH after he complained. We came out with a statement correcting. Spoke together with (Bob Redfield)with Nancy Pelosi at the request of VP to convince her to pass a bill to indemnify companies who make the surgical masks. There are 2 categories of masks: 1) medical, and 2) industry. They are really the same with some very minor differences. We do not have enough medical and so we want to sell the industrial ones to medical use. The PREP act allows indemnification The companies want indemnification to sell the industrial ones to medical. PRESS: NPR Morning Edition; FOX Hannity