Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Global – 103,000/2,200,000; USA -26,200,000/442,000 Daily cases going down but deaths still lagging at around 3000 per day Mutants continue to evolve with the 484K mutation characteristics of the B.1.351 lineage in RSA now being seen in the UK with the B.1.1.7 lineage. Goes along with what I have been saying that viruses will mutate if you give them free rein to replicate. Viruses that do not replicate will not mutate. Bill DiBlasio called me back and I explained to him that I had spoken to David Kessler about the Supply-demand issue with the vaccines and that there really was no solution. It is too late to invoke the DPA to have other factories make mRNA vaccine. By the time they gear up, there will be enough vaccine from multiple companies to vaccinate the entire country. Met with POTUS and VP in the Oval office with Jeff Zients, Natalie Quillian, Andy Slavitt and Walensky and Nunez-Smith on video screen. Discussed the status of the outbreak (Walensky) and vaccines, particularly recent data on J & J and implications for variants (Fauci) PRESS: Washington Post Live – Online interview with David Ignatius; Australia “60 Minutes” TV; MSNBC “All In” with Chris Hayes; CNN with Don Lemon Washington Post – 02/02/2021: Poor handling of virus cost Trump his reelection, campaign autopsy finds “Voters in the states overwhelmingly supported a mask mandate — 75 percent — and Anthony S. Fauci, the country’s top infectious-disease specialist, secured an approval rating almost as high. Trump did not support a mask mandate — sometimes mocking the wearing of masks — and regularly criticized Fauci, threatening to fire him at times. Advisers repeatedly encouraged Trump to wear a mask, stop attacking Fauci and signal to the public that he was taking the coronavirus more seriously” How Anthony Fauci beat Donald Trump in