FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Wednesday, December 30, 2020
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2020-12-30

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DIARY ENTRY — Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Source: Tony's Diary Package, pp. 567–569 of 2026.07.24_Tonys-Diary-Package.pdf
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General Gus Perna asked to speak with me this Am (7:30 AM) for advice and “comfort”.
There has been criticism about the roll-out of vaccines. @0 million doses were promised by the
end of December and we only have 11 million. Also, only 2-3 million have been administered
(the latter is not his responsibility). He realizes that there is disappointment and wants advice. I
told him that above all he needs to be transparent and honest and not try to coverup any
deficiency. This is a big operation and he should expect bumps in the road. He bemoaned that
on the battlefield when he was on the radio he could tell from the background sounds and the
“vibes’ on the radio how the battle was going. With vaccines, even on conference calls, he
really cannot get a good feel for what all the players are doing and how honest they are being.
He does not trust Pfizer; he thinks that they keep moving the goal posts. He likes Moderna. He
was very grateful for the call.

Senator Marco Rubio is acting like a real asshole. He is publicly calling me a liar about my
statement in the NY Times about my assessments for the percent vaccinations needed for herd
immunity. I had said that I modified my assessment of 70 to 75% to be 70 to 85% because we
really did not know the precise number and I wanted to encourage people to get vaccinated to
achieve herd immunity. Actually, I made that change by extrapolating the measles situation
where measles vaccine is 98% effective whereas SARS-CoV-2 is 94-95% effective. Measles
begins to lose herd immunity at around 89-90% of population vaccinated and so I brought up the
SARS-CoV-2 to 85% with the range being 70 to 85%. For that he called me a “liar” Big
hypocrite as he continues to kiss Trump’s ass – the world’s biggest liar.

“Sen. Marco Rubio: Dr. Fauci lied about coronavirus — I am appalled by his

arrogance”

Placing blind faith in unelected celebrity scientists has its limits, and we must
not be afraid to call them out

By Sen. Marco Rubio | Fox News

Had 2nd conversation with Rochelle Walensky where I am advising her on her new position as
CDC Director. I briefed her on the fact that as good as some of the CDC people are, as an
institution they have hubris and are often incorrect. She needs to follow her good instincts and
question what they are doing in a friendly, non-threatening manner.

PRESS: WTOP Special Radio with J.J. Green; UK TimesRadio interview; C-SPAN TV
interview with Gov. Newsom of California; MSNBC “The Last Word” with Lawrence
O’Donnell