FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Wednesday, November 25, 2020
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2020-11-25

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DIARY ENTRY — Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Source: Tony's Diary Package, p. 494 of 2026.07.24_Tonys-Diary-Package.pdf
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Global USA

11:00 AM call with Azar regarding the role of ACIP in the recommendation for the
prioritization of the distribution of vaccine starting in December. Azar feels (with advice
from Bob Charrow) that ACIP has no statuary authority of being involved in the process. Azar
wants to act early to without ACIP involvement get vaccine to both HCWs and nursing home
and other vulnerables (aged). This would require using all of the first supply as the prime (and
not withholding half the doses for the boost), thus allowing us to vaccinate more of the high
priority group and depend on the integrity of the supply chain to supply the booster doses. His
intent is good, but I point out that this would be a PR disaster since we have been saying all
along that an independent body (ACIP) would be very much involved in these recommendations.
It would be interpreted as sidestepping a established process by political influence. My
argument turns the tide to get ACIP involved with us from the beginning. They may agree with
us (which is great) or they may not whereby we can say we included them in the process, but we
do not accept their recommendation

Ron Klain texted me last night after midnight. I was asleep. He sent me video of Joe and
Jill giving Thanksgiving message to be careful over Thanksgiving. I will speak with Ron Today.
Ron just texted me and said that they decided on Rochelle Walensky for CDC director on my
recommendation!!

PRESS: Good Morning America (ABC) with George Stephanopoulos; C-SPAN
Washington Journal; WINS Radio (NYC); WGN TV (Chicago); Byron Allen and GRIO,
an African-American online TV interview; Huffington Post (Jeff Young) – writing a piece
on “A Day in the Life of Dr. Fauci”; McClatchy (Mike Wilner) print interview on vaccines;
Kaiser News Interview (Lauren Weber); Interview with Scientific American (Charles
Schmidt);

DIARY ENTRY — Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Source: Tony's Diary Package, p. 496 of 2026.07.24_Tonys-Diary-Package.pdf
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