Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Global – 106,100,000/2,300,000; USA – 27,000,000/464,000 Eric Lander (OSTP) visited the VRC today and I we briefed him on our activities, particularly the development of the mRNA vaccine and Barney’s development of the stabilized pre-fusion Spike protein. Of note, Martin Fletcher of the Daily Telegraph did a profile of me and told me that the London Times had asked him to gather information for them for an obituary that the Times wanted to put “in the can” just in case I passed away suddenly. They wanted to be the first to have an obituary PRESS: Fireside Chat with the COVID Collaborative – Gov. Dirk Kempthorne, Gov. Deval Patrick, and Gary Edson; Interview with Martin Fletcher of the Daily Telegraph for a profile of me;