FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Friday, January 17, 2020
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2020-01-17

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DIARY ENTRY — Friday, January 17, 2020
Source: Tony's Diary Package, p. 4 of 2026.07.24_Tonys-Diary-Package.pdf
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appeared on radio with NPR “Here and Now” on the pediatric
Influenza B situation. Influenza B predominating yet the Victoria B in the vaccine is
only a 58% match and so children are getting a double whammy with B
predominating early in the year and continuing and the vaccine is not well matched. In
this regard, there are more pediatric deaths (39) thus far at this point in the season
compared to most other years. The infection slope is high for all infections yet the total
deaths and hospitalization are not that high, likely because there is little H3N2 and that is
the virus that affects the elderly the most and the elderly accound for most of the
hospitalizations and deaths.

Jennifer Ashton of ABC World News Tonight called me in a panic about 15 minutes
before she is to go on the air about the Wuhan virus (2019nCoV). She wanted to get my
take on the airport screening and the potential seriousness of the situation. I emphasized
that we need to take this seriously and the airport screening is entirely appropriate.

We are now doing entry screening at JFK, LAX and SFO of flights from Wuhan. There
are a couple of direct flights per week from Wuhan to JFK and SFO