FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Saturday, October 9, 2004
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2004-10-09

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DIARY ENTRY — Saturday, October 9, 2004
Source: Diary Prequel, p. 107 of 2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf
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Front page story in the Washington Post saying that the UK regulatory
authorities told our FDA about the problem at the end of August with the implication that
the FDA failed to act in preparing for the shortage. Acting FDA Commissioner Lester
Crawford explained on our regularly scheduled White House Conference Call that this is
misinformation. As we (me, Julie and Les) have stated all along, Chiron kept reassuring
us that there was a problem with about 4 million does due to contamination with Serratia
marcescens. Never did anyone say to FDA or CDC (nor did Rino Rapualli say to me)
that there was a serious enough problem to suspend licensure. John Kerry came out with
ugly statement saying that the Administration is covering up.