FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Monday, February 4, 2008
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2008-02-04

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DIARY ENTRY — Monday, February 4, 2008
Source: Diary Prequel, p. 168 of 2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf
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CROI meeting in Boston. Went to show the flag, meet with African
investigators from Uganda (Rakai) and see vaccine presentations. Ron Desrosiers gave
his talk about the imbalance between discovery and development in vaccine agenda and
said there is no evidence that any existing vaccine candidate will work. I do not
necessarily disagree; however, he was terribly gratuitous in saying that “The NIH has lost
its way on vaccine research”. It is easy to criticize and place blame…much easier than
having creative ideas to solve the problem. He is not a bad guy, but he was an asshole
today.