FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Friday, August 22, 2014
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2014-08-22

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DIARY ENTRY — Friday, August 22, 2014
Source: Diary Prequel, p. 358 of 2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf
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Situation same with epidemic. Good news – have come to agreement
with Tom Frieden on approach to Ebola vaccine following Phase1 trials. Agree to go for
RCT with control group as first choice. There well may be obstacles on the ground to
this approach including perception of keeping interventions from those who need it (even
though we still do not know whether the vaccine is either safe or effective). This may
necessitate a modified RCT without a control group or even skipping an RCT and going
to emergency open access. The plan is to do a “rolling” approach staring with RCT →
modified RCT → open access in priority order. I will present this to Secretary’s call next
week.

Tom Leaves for West Africa over the weekend.

Press still active → Fox 5 WTTG; CNN International; BBC Radio – The World; WNEW
CBS Radio – NYC; PRI (BBC) – Boston – “The World” with Marco Werman

August 23 – 27, 2014 - Still escalating Ebola situation. Now a secondary case in Nigeria
with                 having infected a person who took care of him. That person (who
recovered) then infected a doctor in Port Harcourt. The doctor died, but the doctor’s wife
is now infected. The numbers are going up. Tom Frieden now in Liberia to assess the
situation. He is saying that it is catastrophic and out of control in a press conference from
Monrovia. People on the Secretary’s 3x per week call have criticized him for being
“hyperbolic”. How should they know – he is there and they are here. Typical
government cover-your-ass bullshit. Still getting modest press.