Friday, June 5, 2020

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 before publication. Moderna becoming a pain in the ass about the collaboration with mRNA vaccine. Wanting to pull back on prior agreements. We will pull the BARDA money if they do so Did “Fireside Chat” withn Brookings Institute with David Rubenstein. I made favorable comments today on CNBC about vaccines and decreasing of # of cases and the stock market went up by 3%. I should (but will not) contact the POTUS and say that he told me on Tuesday that my remarks blunted the increase in the Stock Market and cost him “one trillion fucking dollars”. And so now my remarks actually made him “4 trillion fucking dollars”, and so he owes me $3 trillion. PRESS: WTOP Radio; Interview with the American Journal of Managed Care on the upcoming virtual IAS 2020 meeting; CNBC with Meg Tirrell; Radio interview with John Catsimatidis (NYC) – Cats Roundtable; Telemundo TV

https://www.gocomics.com/lio/2020/06/05 Nice article in Science by Jon Cohen: Anthony Fauci, loved and hated, plots his next move: ‘I'm not going to sit in my house’ In a candid exit interview, the NIAID head reflects on the seven presidents he served, controversial decisions, and feuding with Rand Paul • 1 Sep 2022 • 6:50 PM • By Jon Cohen PRESS: KNSD NBC (TV) + KUAN Telemundo, San Diego with Mark Mullen;