Monday, August 29, 2022

Previous 2 days my daughters and partners were here for the weekend. Very slow with regard to COVID. Clearly people like John Moore (who is the most reasonable) and Paul Offit (not so much) are pushing back on the drive to boost people in September with the “updated” BA.5 bivalent since they say that boosters are not needed (Offit) or that the original vaccine is as good as the bivalent (Moore) Ashish Jha called me today asking advice on when to give the POTUS the bivalent BA.5 boost. I told him 3 months after his recent infection. Same for the First Lady. ------- Monkeypox cases starting to plateau – probably a combination of behavioral modification + vaccine availability: Statement from Tedros: Then, on my friend, Tony, Tony Fauci. We have been friends for many years. I respect him dearly and greatly. He’s an incredible scientist, amazing human being and congratulations to him for all the job that he has done. I know retirement doesn’t mean he will stop working. Retiring for him is like changing a tyre, meaning another mission, and I look forward to continue working with him closely through other things he will, I know, continue to do. So, I wish him all the very best. Tony is so special and everybody knows, I think. With COVID, we are still doing worse with deaths than any other country: PRESS: Interview with Swiss newspaper -Finanz und Wirtschaft;