Sunday, May 10, 2020

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 Hearing in person on Tuesday, but Mark meadows is getting pressure from the POTUS and others in WH to have me do it in person. It would give mixed signals given my statement of Modified Quarantine. It would be an unforced error if I did. We finally decided that all 4 witnesses (Giroir, Fauci, Hahn and Redfield would do it virtually. President Trump called my cell while I was at home to check and see if I was OK, having heard that I was in semi-quarantine. Reports from all over the world including USA of children who are SARS-CoV-2 infected who develop a Kawasaki-like syndrome. NIH will start to study these children. We have heard from UK and Italy. Many e-mails from friends concerned about me. Some misinterpreted and thought that I was actually infected (Mike Gerson) Reports of countries and some states in the USA that are opening up and triggering blips and rebounds. Actually the curve of new infections is flat (at a high level). It is flat because cities like NYC and NO are going down while others are going up. Up + Down = Flat PRESS: Heavy TV and print cover of Hahn, Redfield and I going into quarantine.