FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Sunday, February 16, 2020
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2020-02-16

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DIARY ENTRY — Sunday, February 16, 2020
Source: Tony's Diary Package, p. 25 of 2026.07.24_Tonys-Diary-Package.pdf
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69,275/1670 (Sunday) Big discussion on phone with Kadlec,
Anne Schuchat and Kevin (ASPR) on whether to remove a person from the
evacuation plane who recently showed to be positive. Original plan was that
anyone who was infected would not board plane evacuating people from the
Diamond Princess. Now Kadlec and Kevin want to board them since people on
the bus waiting to board have already been exposed on the bus to several people
who are infected.

Washington Post story by Jasmeen Abutaleb has me defending Azar against slurs
against him (covertly by administration officials). I also say that w need to be fair
to the POTUS (see below):

"In fairness to the president, someone told him something that has a basis in
reality. ... There is some validity in saying respiratory viruses like flu and
coronavirus are seasonal," Fauci said. "The only thing is when you're dealing
with a pandemic-type virus that is brand new, there's no way of knowing what's
going to happen when the weather gets warm."

Some officials have complained that Trump's comments about the virus emanate
from his briefings with Azar, who they say has been overly controlling in the
response and has told other doctors not to get too far into the details of the virus
and the outbreak with Trump. Azar is disliked by many in the White House, four
administration officials say.
Fauci, however, said Azar has brought medical professionals with him to nearly
every briefing and insisted they be part of Oval Office meetings.
Azar "always defers to the scientists. That's the reason why whenever we're in
the Situation room and the president would like some briefing, Alex always takes
me and (CDC director) Bob Redfield in with him," Fauci said. "He always wants
us to give the straight scientific information to the president."

PRESS: Face the Nation (Margaret Brennan);