FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Wednesday, May 13, 2020
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2020-05-13

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DIARY ENTRY — Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Source: Tony's Diary Package, pp. 175–176 of 2026.07.24_Tonys-Diary-Package.pdf
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Global – 4,100,000/285,000; USA – 1,400,000/82,000
Press today and yesterday afternoon reporting heavily on the Senate Hearing from
yesterday. Playing up that I am the voice of reason. However, I am obviously
causing conern among GOP who want to open quickly. FOX News blasting me –
Hannity, Carlson, Ingraham.

See Politico piece about GOP getting “Fauci Fatigue:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/12/anthony-fauci-republicans-coronavirus-
251919

Had a wonderful Instagram discussion organized by the ONE Campaign with
Julia Roberts. She was absolutely fabulous. She embarrassed me somewhat
when I sat down in the chair and appeared on the screen through Zoom, she put
her hands in front of her mouth and said “Oh my God. It’s Dr. Fauci, he is here.”
Then she went on to say that I was he personal hero and how happy she was to
have this conversation with me. We discussed COVID-19 and its potential
impact on the developing world. I told her that we have a moral responsibility to
help and also we have enlightened self-interest in that if the outbreak continues in
the developing world, it will always be a threat to the rest of the world. Also, we
discussed the importance of including the developing world in the vaccine trials
and accessibility of vaccine. She was totally down to earth. Great experience!!

Dick Cheney called me to thank me for what I was doing and to say that he fully
supported me. I acknowledged and thanked him and his daughter Liz for sticking
up for me after the Senate Hearing yesterday. He was muted in his criticism of
Trump, but he did agree that Trump was living in an alternative universe (I said
this and he agreed)

After the TF meeting (which I attended virtually since Natalie Hurst said there was
a crowded field and I should stay at NIH and call in), the VP wanted to chat with
me. He kept me on the phone for 25 minutes talking about the meeting that he
and Deb had (by zoom) with College and University Presidents including Stanford
and UVA among others. The presidents had sound plans for opening up in late
August. I agreed with them that they need to test everyone before they come on
campus and weed out (temporarily) those that are infected (both symptomatic and
symptomatic) to start off with a zero baseline infections. Afdter that, they do
surveiilance and indentification/isolation/contact tracing on all new cases. All
students with co-morbidities should do classes by virtual. Sounds like a good
plan.

During the call, the VP said that I was the most visible and trusted asset in the
country.

Tonight, CNN really played up the “feud” between the POTUS and me. They
fed him that I said we should not open schools, when in fact, I said that we would
not have a vaccine in time to vaccinate the students (mostly college) for the
August/Fall semester. This was in response to a question from Lamar Alexander.
In an interview, the press kept asking POTUS about my cautoon in opening the
country and my concern about opening the economy. He obviously got annoyed
and explicitly criticized me (first time he has done this). That is when CNN went
wild and on Erin Burnett, Anderson Cooper, and Don Lemon they had people
saying how I was correct and the POTIS was wrong and that they should believe
me. I called up Chris Cuomo before his show and told him the truth. He gave a
more measured account on his show. Now I know why the VP spent so much
time with me on the phone talking about his conversation with the college
presidents about opening the colleges. VP is a “good guy”. I think he was trying
to protect and shield me. I texted Mark Meadows at 8:51 PM to call me to
explain, and he never did. Let us see what tomorrow brings.

PRESS: See above media blitz about my feud with the POTUS

DIARY ENTRY — Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Source: Tony's Diary Package, p. 1052 of 2026.07.24_Tonys-Diary-Package.pdf
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