FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Tuesday, December 3, 2002
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2002-12-03

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DIARY ENTRY — Tuesday, December 3, 2002
Source: Diary Prequel, p. 63 of 2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf
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Still waiting for the President to decide on the announcement of the
smallpox vaccine policy. Should be tomorrow or next day. Also, a lot of back and forth
between me, Jay Lefkowitz and Gary Edson. I believe that we are moving towards a
Global AIDS Initiative. Jay will present our plan and budget to Mitch Daniels today.
        Phone call with Jay Lefkowitz and Keith Hennessey and Doug Badger called
wanting to know why we needed a vaccine trust fund as opposed to other mechanisms to
guarantee purchase of vaccines. This is what Bill Raub presented to the VP (see above);
however, they are asking me about it because of “my credibility” (according to Carol
Kuntz. Carol was on the phone with Kristen Silverberg. There is some concern as this
passes through the WH that there is not enough justification for a “Trust Fund”. Carol
Kuntz wants to set up a meeting at the WH for me to help explain this sometime later this
week or next week.