FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Tuesday, November 2, 2021
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2021-11-02

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DIARY ENTRY — Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Source: Tony's Diary Package, p. 913 of 2026.07.24_Tonys-Diary-Package.pdf
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Global – 246,594,191/4,998,784; USA – 46,024,349/745,274

The decline in cases in the United states is unfortunately beginning to plateau. We have
started to see the inklings of this as the steepness of the deflection has diminished and we are
getting stuck for several days now at around 70,000 cases per day. We will have to watch this
closely. In addition, cases in the European Union particularly in Eastern Europe are starting to
surge. This is all bad news as we enter into the cold season of the fall and winter.

Francis Collins and I had a conference call with chairperson Patty Murray of the HELP
committee. She was very sympathetic about the fact that the Republicans would have come at me
pretty hard and she wanted me to explain to her about gain of function research so that she could
get a better understanding of things and she promised that she would give me the opportunity to
respond if people like Rand Paul do not give me the possibility of the chance of responding

ACIP meets today to discuss Pfizer vaccine for 5 to 11 yo. Voted unanimously to
recommend vaccines for 5 to 11 year olds

Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey was involved in a very close race for re election. The
next day (tomorrow) I texted him and congratulated him on his close win. He texted me back
thanking me for my friendship and sending his best regards to Christine. He is really a good guy.