Friday, July 17, 2020

Global – 13,400,000/580,000; USA – 3,600,000/138,000 Records being broken daily. Yesterday 74,000 new cases. Hospitalizations and deaths increasing. Big issue – Despite all the walking back stuff regarding the 1918 comment, Mark meadows in an appearance on FOX News and reported by The Hill, Mark Meadows said that my comment was “irresponsible”. This is really bad. He is losing control of himself with the screaming at Francis and me and the demanding walking back on trivial issues like my comment on 1918 and the “non-issue” about the incubation period being greater than 12 days (which I never said) and now this comment about “irresponsible”, I am thinking about resigning from the Task Force. I called up Marc Short for advice. Mark was on Air Force Two with the VP coming back from Wisconsin and could not respond but called when he landed at Andrews. He said that he too is having trouble dealing with Meadows who is says can be very difficult. Mark told me to hang in there and not do anything drastic just in response to Meadows. Short was totally supportive and clearly indicated that Meadows was a problem for him also. Did Chamber of Commerce live podcast – came out very well. Did Medscape Podcast with Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese Did WebMD with John Whyte Concresswoman Maxime Waters called wanting me to directly address millennials. Good conversation. Crazy Michael Caputo says he now has total control of approvals for HHS people for TV, but wants a “murder Board” before each appearance since “if we screw up, his job is in trouble”. Total bullshit since the 1st “Murder Board” for Francis (CNN) and me (NewsHour) was a joke with his staff who know nothing trying to question Francis and me. Slso, Caputo calls me and says that he is takng over the decision about who goes on TV and not the White House. He wants an organized program of equal distribution among the HHS docs. He sounds delusional. He is declaring independence from the WH. Syas that they will decide Sunday Show, but nothing else. PRESS: PBS NewsHour with Judy Woodruff; New York Times article by Michael Grynbaum refute Navarro’s USA Today OpEd with title: “Newspaper Says Op-Ed Attacking Fauci Was Misleading”; Many clips on CNN drawing from Chamber of Commerce podcast