FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Thursday, October 6, 2005
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2005-10-06

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DIARY ENTRY — Thursday, October 6, 2005
Source: Diary Prequel, pp. 129–130 of 2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf
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A fever pitch is on about the Pandemic Influenza preparedness related to
the heightened awareness of the potential, the fact that new cases were seen over the past
few weeks in Indonesia, the POTUS giving a speech before the UN General Assembly
about the need for international preparedness, the meeting of Sec. Leavitt and I and others
with CEO’s off pharmaceutical companies, and a series of briefings that Leavitt, Bruce
Gellin and I have been giving to members of Congress and Senators.
        Many media appearances by me despite the above steering to Leavitt. Leavitt
himself has been terrific. We are quite a team with the media and the briefings.
        Today, Leavitt and I briefed the POTUS in the Oval Office at 1:00 PM. Hot
sticky day for October. The POTUS had the usual extremely attentive and warm
receptions for me. He joked that he had mentioned my name at a press conference that he
held yesterday and he does that whenever he wants to appear smart. He just mentions my
name and people assume that he knows what he is talking about. We had a few laughs
about other things also. At the briefing were the usual cast of characters including: the
VP, Andy Card, Josh Bolten Scooter Libby, Dan Bartlett, Scott McClellan, Fran

Townsend, Tevi Troy, Rajeev Venkayya, Candi Wolff, etc. We briefed him in
preparation for the meeting that is will have tomorrow in the Roosevelt room with the
CEOs of Pharma to encourage them to help us prepare for pandemic flu.