FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Monday, November 3, 2014
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2014-11-03

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DIARY ENTRY — Monday, November 3, 2014
Source: Diary Prequel, pp. 410–411 of 2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf
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Ron Klain visited NIH today (He had visited CDC last week). He
wanted to familiarize himself with what the various components of government were
doing in Ebola. I made a presentation to him in the VRC, showed him the lab where
Nancy Sullivan works and where she developed the ChAd3 Ebola vaccine. Then we
took him over to the Clinical Center to see Julie Ledgerwood’s vaccine clinic where the
phase 1 trial took place. Then we showed him the SCSU and the room where we took
care of               Ron was impressed and wants me to come to the WH on Friday to
give a shortened version of my presentation at a meeting where the POTUS is hosting
certain Congressional leaders.

Tom Frieden spontaneously called me up to thank me for being so supportive of him. I
have been continually serving as a late night (by phone or e-mail) sounding board for him
in his attempts to negotiate his having to deal with some many factions (ASPR, HHS,
USAID, etc.) Last night I helped him out by strongly suggesting that he not listen to the
modelers who tell him “exactly” how many news cases of Ebola to expect in the USA
over a period of time. I warned him that the models are based on assumptions and
multiple variables and can be very misleading and he should not “own” data that comes

from models or else it will come back to bite him. I urged him to totally resist such
predictions. He was very grateful for my advice.