Anthony S. Faucidiary entry

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 problem; however, when you read my entire sentence, I said at this time (when there were a couple of cases in the USA) there is not a serious threat, but this could change very rapidly and so we need to be prepared. They leave out the last part of the sentence. Peter Nicholas of The Atlantic (Peter Nicholas)wrote a piece saying I was humiliated and “shamed” by getting in front of the cameras and backing off the CNN interview with Tapper. Fuck you, Peter. Has discussion with Chris this AM (in bed) about my considering resigning from the Task Force. The CDC/FEMA, etc in my mind have no idea what they are doing. There really is no plan. Deb is secretive and worried about her job wanting to please the VP asnd POTUS and the press briefings are a total Shit Show with POTUS rambling. I am afraid that if I resign it will be a global explosion and might also look to my many admirers like I am deserting the cause, but this is getting very tough. Phone call with Bill Gates and Trevor Mundel regarding working together on vaccines and therapeutics. Bill, like I, is very skeptical about serologic tests – could be misleading is saying that someone is protective if Ab is positive. He is concerned as I am. He feels that there are ethical considerations. Deb Birx last night put together the plan to re-open based on a combination of the plans put forth by Tom Frieden, Scott Gottlieb, Zeke Emanuel. I edited it today with her. VP asked me to leave the TF and work with her. I edited what she had already done. It was really a done deal before she showed it to me. I emphasized that what was missing was guidelines about what to do if there is rebound. It was almost as if she had not even thought of that. She said she would do this tonight. This is really seat-of-the-pants stuff with patching together overnight a plan that has enormous implcations for the health and safety of the nation. I will hang in there to help as much as I can. Marc Short is becoming a good rriend. He shuffled me out of the WH before they started asking me to hang around for the endless press conference. I ha told Marc that it would be great if I could go nly to those pressers where I was really needed. He got the message and the VP agreed. And so, I am off today. Clearly the press will ask where I am. Amazing profile of me today on Nightline: https://bit.ly/2VvC0HP Multiple editorials (print news Washington Post, etc.) and opinion pieces (Newsweek) written about me. Cannot keep up or even read all of them. Country needs someone to look up to in the face of Trump presidency. Interesting psychodynamics. Brewery in Georgia named a beer after me “Fauci Spring” Cartoon in thee Boston Globe:

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