FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Monday, October 25, 2004
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DIARY ENTRY — Monday, October 25, 2004
Source: Diary Prequel, p. 109 of 2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf
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Went to LA to be Keynote Speaker at a USC conferenec on Multi-Sector
involvement in research (Government, Industry, Academia). Afterwards I gave a press
conference with the Editorial Board of the LA Times. The topic of influenza vaccine
dominated the conversation.

Oct. 26- Nov. 8, 2004 – Daily White House conference calls on influenza situation.
Trying to get additional doses from Aventis, Medimmune and foreign sources.
       Bush re-elected. Very good for me since the team stays in place.
       Horrible tragedy – John La Montagne, my beloved friend, colleague and Deputy
Director of NIAID dies suddenly on Nov. 2 after disembarking from flight from DC to
Mexico City (his birthplace) on passport line in Mexico City. He had a pulmonary
embolus, very likely from the flight with venous thrombosis.