Friday, June 11, 2021

Global – 174,500,000/3,800,000; USA – 33,300,000/597,000 Press are beginning to push back and point out how ridiculous the criticism of me is (see below in Vanity Fair) • Did multiple outreach chats today with mayor Muriel Bowser, with the college challenge event and with two White House arranged interactions with young “influencers “ • Also have a zoom meeting with David Kessler , Peter Staley, and James Krellenstein. Peter and James have been pushing to have the United States government make a major investment in Lanza, which is the company that produces the doses for Moderna. David explained to them that there is enormous capacity with the mRNA companies themselves and so was not particularly amenable to going straight to Lanza. I have been trying to broker an understanding between Peter and James and David , but I'm not so sure how successful I would be • . The data were extremely exciting with a 90.4% vaccine efficacy and 100% efficacy against severe disease. We are becoming almost complacent with these spectacular results about vaccine efficacy . However, this result will add an important component to our armamentarium PRESS: NDTV New Delhi, India; Republicans Are One Week Away From Demanding Anthony Fauci Be Deported to Wuhan Conservatives are obsessed with the baseless idea that the veteran immunologist had something to do with COVID-19’s origins. By Bess Levin