FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Sunday, July 5, 2020 https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2020-07-05 Text below is verbatim from the released PDFs, with the original line breaks. ============================================================================== DIARY ENTRY — Sunday, July 5, 2020 Source: Tony's Diary Package, pp. 235–237 of 2026.07.24_Tonys-Diary-Package.pdf Words: 260 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sunday – Hahn on 2 Sunday Shows. I am blocked (see above). Surges continue in multiple states with new records every day. Particularly FL. In NY Times this AM, comment about people in some states, particularly TX (Dan Patrick – Lt. Gov as an example) are making me the symbol of what they are tired of. Theyare saying to hell with the outbreak, “we are done with it”, even though people are getting sick and hospitalized. POTUS had 4th Juy celebration on South Lawn (I and Chris were invited) that was crowded and no one wearing masks. I did not attend. Not just USA, there are major outbreaks in Brazil, Mexico, Asia (Japan, North Korea, etc). I have been having several 30 minute deep background conversations with Bob Woodward who is writing a book on the Trump response to the outbreak. Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation” came out and explicitly said that the Trump administration was blocking my appearing onTV including their show where they continually ask for me and have been refused. This clearly triggered a response either/or in HHS and the WH because Caputo texted me in the afternoon and asked what my priority shows would be for next week. I said NewsHour with Judy Woodruff and Today with Savannah Guthrie. Savannah would be on vacation and so we went with CNN Town Hall with Sanjay Gupta and Anderson Cooper. We shall see what actually happens. Jennifer Rubin wrote column in Washington Post: Distinguished person of the week: Fauci finally breaks through Opinion by Jennifer Rubin Columnist DIARY ENTRY — Sunday, July 5, 2020 Source: Tony's Diary Package, pp. 237–238 of 2026.07.24_Tonys-Diary-Package.pdf Words: 585 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ at 7:45 a.m. EDT In Senate testimony and interviews, Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, sounded the alarm: We are not winning in the battle against the novel coronavirus. Even more important than that was his insistence that we all wear masks in public. Consider what he told the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Tuesday when Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) asked if masks should be given away for free: “There’s no doubt that wearing masks protects you,” Fauci said. “Anything that furthers the use of masks, whether it’s giving out free masks or any other mechanism, I am thoroughly in favor of.” President Trump has been the main impediment to mask-wearing, choosing to turn a vital public health measure into a sign of tribal identity. Fauci nevertheless has persisted in his message. This is hardly the first time Fauci has tried to get Americans to adopt the simple, lifesaving practice. (“Everybody should wear a mask when out [in] public,” he said in June. In late May he told CNN, “I want to protect myself and protect others, and also because I want to make it be a symbol for people to see that that’s the kind of thing you should be doing.” The advice took on fresh urgency as he warned that the country could experience as many as 100,000 new cases a day. The Post interviewed Fauci and other health experts about wearing masks. He was unequivocal. “It dominates everything I do. The only time I don’t wear one is when I am alone, when I am home with my wife, or when I am speaking in public — provided there is 6 feet between me and the people to whom I am speaking, as was the case when I answered questions at the recent congressional hearings.” Last week the rate of infections spiked past 55,000 in a single day, and suddenly Republicans who had pooh-poohed mask-wearing and echoed Trump’s disdain for masks were speaking up. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) finally proclaimed, “We must have no stigma, none, about wearing masks when we leave our homes and come near other people. Wearing simple face coverings is not about protecting ourselves, it is about protecting everyone we encounter.” Too bad he didn’t say that months or weeks ago — or tell Trump to stop discouraging mask use. We seemed to reach a tipping point when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) finally put out a statewide order requiring masks. Other states fell into line as the infection and hospitalization rate soared. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) issued a shutdown order and encouraged mask-wearing as the virus threatened to overwhelm his state’s hospital capacity. Pennsylvania, Oregon and Kansas also implemented state mandates on mask- wearing. Even Vice President Pence — who refused to wear a mask when visiting the Mayo Clinic in late April — during his visit to Arizona called on Americans to wear masks. If only Republicans had listened to Fauci months ago, the U.S. death count might not be roughly 130,000 and the pandemic might not be surging in states where leaders shrugged off mask-wearing and prematurely opened. This is, however, a case of better late than never. By successfully cajoling lawmakers and ordinary Americans to wear masks, Fauci will save thousands of lives before a vaccine is ready. For his constant efforts, defying and ultimately breaking through the deadly fog of the Trump cult, we say, “Well done, Dr. Fauci.” DIARY ENTRY — Sunday, July 5, 2020 Source: Tony's Diary Package, pp. 238–240 of 2026.07.24_Tonys-Diary-Package.pdf Words: 27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ at 10:14 p.m. EDT PRESS: Profile interview with the Financial Times; Philly Beaumont Radio The Times of London; KCBS Radio San Francisco; Clips of me on CNN