FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Monday, May 7, 2007
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2007-05-07

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DIARY ENTRY — Monday, May 7, 2007
Source: Diary Prequel, pp. 154–155 of 2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf
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Went to the British Embassy for a Garden Party in honor of the visit to the
USA of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Everyone who is anyone in DC was there.
Spent time speaking with Sen. Joe Lieberman, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority
Leader of House Steny Hoyer, Columnist David Brooks, CNN’s Judy Woodruff, Fox
News Chief Editor Britt Hume, Former Mayor of Baltimore Schmoke, Harvey Fineberg
of IOM, etc. Spoke with Prince Philip who showed an astounding lack of understanding
of what is biomedical research. He asked me what I did and I explained. He said “Of
medical stuff; that is statistics, i.e. numbers”. I explained that we actually do research to
answer questions. He insisted that it was all about statistics of diseases. I said that the
statistics inform us of the extent of the problems, but then we do basic and clinical
research to diagnosed, prevent and treat diseases. He then said, “Oh yes, like I said, it is
all about numbers”. I hope that he was just jet-lagged.

May 10-14, 2007 – Had one of the most intensely busy weeks in recent memory with
preparations (rehearsals) for my upcoming Board of Scientific Counselors review of LIR,
NIH Budget Retreat, NIH Roadmap Retreat, Commencement Address at Penn State,
Major talk in Miami to AAI, NIAID National Advisory Council Meeting, and Senate

Appropriations Hearing Testimony – all in 5 working days. It was exhilarating in a
strange sort of way. Almost like being on call as an intern and having 5 admissions in a
row. After a while, it does not make any difference how many they send you. Weather
has been spectacularly beautiful – typical Washington Spring weather. Sunny, dry, warm
in day, cool at night.