Tuesday, June 9, 2020

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 blasted for this since there was no data to indicate this. We feel that there is substantial transmission since asytmptomatics have equivalent viral load in nasopharynx as do people with Sxs. Also data from Teddy Roosevelt aircraft carrier and prisons and nursing homes and meat packing plants indicate that transmission occurs a lot from asymptomatics. Lovely “thank you” by the Weill Cornell Medicinegraduating students for my sending them a video brief “Commencement Address” for their “virtual graduation”. Several state are showing increases in number of cases and % of tests that are positive. Coud be the beginning of a rebound. NYC has opened as had DC. Other states getting “itchy” to open. Major sentiment to move forward. We will soon face the problem that if we see blips that are not contained by contact tracing, will the administration say damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead or will they pull bak. I suspect the former. Weill Cornell Medicine Student Thank you Video https://vimeo.com/426254316 Password: wcm PRESS: Yahoo Finance TV; Interview with Melissa Healey of LA Times;