… After the presser (about 1 hour) Deb Birx texted and then called me saying it was
good that I was not there since after the presser, the POTUS called her into the
Oval and started yelling at her saying "You and Fauci have destroyed the country
and the economy. I should never have listened to you. You have completely
destroyed us." He kept saying this over and over again and was yelling at her. I
encouraged her that we are OK and at the end of the day she and I will be loved by
the people we care about. She was relieved and atter wrote me a text sincerely
thanking me.
… This was the day in which Trump realized that the presidency had been completely stolen from him.
…Mar. 16, 2020 - Came out with the guidelines that reflected my pushing for a more
aggressive mitigation 15 day strategy → If you are elderly, self-isolate; do not
congregate in groups >10 people; stay away from bars, restaurants, theaters, sporting
events; if a community has community spread CLOSE the bars, restaurants and places of
congregation; close schools where there is community spread; no visitors to nursing
homes; if family member is sick, others in family should take extra percautions; only
necessary travel, telework as much as possible.
Press conference after was highly attended. Stock market dropped byu 3000 points, the
biggest percentage drop in history.
… I am concerned that we really do not have a clerar plan to "open up" the country at
end of April. No one is really in charge or even knows what they are doing.
This
is not my area and so I can only provide 40,000 foot perspective, which is not
good.