FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Thursday, September 24, 2009
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2009-09-24

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DIARY ENTRY — Thursday, September 24, 2009
Source: Diary Prequel, p. 218 of 2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf
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Roll-out of the Thai trial results. 31.2% efficacy; p – 0.039. 16,000 in
randomized trial in relatively low risk heterosexuals in Thailand. 74 infections in
placebo, 51 infections in vaccines. Press ate it up. The usual suspects who wrote the
2004 Science letter criticizing my decision to fund the trial made comments either for
attribution or “anonymously” that they were not impressed and probably thought that it
was a fluke (John Moore, Ronald Desrosiers, etc.) I was very reserved in putting it into
perspective as this not at all being the “end game”, but an important start since this was
the first time in over 2 decades that we have gotten even the slightest positive signal in
any HIV/AIDS vaccine. The lack of major immune parameters, i.e. neutralizing abs and
CTLs tell me what I suspected all along that we are probably not looking at the right
measures of immunity. Of note the vaccine had no effect on viral load of those that did
get infected.

  Since this was not H1N1 and since Jenny Backus probably does not even know what
HIV is, I was given blanket clearance for the Press. I had the most media exposure that I
have had since the anthrax situation. Front page or prominent coverage in all major print
media (NY Times, Wash Post, AP, Reuters, etc. Also, prominent appearances on every
TV outlet – NBC Nightly News with Bob Bazell, CBS Evening News; ABC World News
Tonight, Wolf Blitzer Situation Room on CNN; Fox News; Canadian TV; BBC;
Bloomberg; World News with Katty Kay; Radio – NPR – All Things Considered;
WTOP