Sunday, January 3, 2021

Global – 82,600,000/1,800,000; USA – 20,300,000/350,000 Data remains unstable but early signals are increasing test positivity (49) states and in some states rising cases – tracking closely. Concerned about upcoming post-holiday surge 1. Reporting remains unstable and will create this current valley and peak (slide ¾) due to reporting alone – watching slope of rise. 2. Testing is down 40% over the past 7 days creating a high admission rate/case across all age groups and any increase in cases concerning 3. 49 states have rising test positivity and 17 rising cases despite reporting issue – this normal precedes a significant surge is hospitalizations Total deaths have not reached 350,000!! Tweet from Trump: Got a call from Jeff Zients wanting to confirm the I still am in favor of Janet Woodcock for FDA Commissioner. He was getting some negative signals from some people that she was involved in the EUA for hydroxychloroquine. I explained to Jeff that this was really Mark Meadows pressuring Steve Hahn who caved in. PRESS: ABC “This Week” with Martha Raddatz; NBC “Meet the Press” with Chuck Todd;