Thursday, March 11, 2021

Global -117,800/2,600,000; USA – 29,100,000/527,700 Had Zoom with Jeff and the team to go over the POTUS speech for tonight to commemorate the 1 year anniversary from the time (March 11, 2020) when the WHO declared this a pandemic of global health concern and we shut down travel from Europe. This was a big day for me 1 year ago – (go back to notes of March 11, 2020). Also, I have been pushing with Jeff and Rochelle to have the CDC be a bit less “risk averse” in their recommendations of what a person can do once they are fully vaccinated. The CDC really needs to step up and give recommendations for travel, workplace, houses of worship. They are dragging their feet. I am gently coaching Rochelle to go by her own instincts and not always yielding to the rigidity of the career CDC staff. • Had Zoom call with Gov. Dan McKee of Rhode Island asking advice about the next few weeks and his plans for the state PRESS: NBC “This Morning” with Savannah Guthrie; ABC “Good Morning America” with George Stephanopoulos; ESPN “First Take” TV with Max Kellerman, Stephen A. Smith, and Molly Qerim Rose (discussed my 5 favorite athletes); Podcast (“We Can Do This”) with Robin Roberts; CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell; Filmed Stephen Colbert for tomorrow night; MSNBC – Rachel Maddow