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Chasing Life

Eyes on the Virus: The View from the CDC

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.58K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta speaks with Dr. Anne Schuchat, Principal Deputy Director of the CDC, about the agency's response to the coronavirus and the outbreak's impact on health, travel and education. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Thanks to the diligent work of CDC and HHS.

0:03.6

Now the CDC is working around the clock to produce and send out more test kits.

0:07.9

That's what the CDC is recommending.

0:09.5

Do you know how many tests the CDC is administered?

0:11.7

These days, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

0:14.6

also known as the CDC, is probably the most recognized institution managing the coronavirus pandemic.

0:20.9

They're the ones offering guidelines on symptoms, travel and prevention.

0:25.1

You might have already been to their website.

0:27.7

Given the level of fear and confusion surrounding this pandemic,

0:31.7

I wanted to talk to one of the CDC's top leaders and get answers to some of your biggest questions.

0:37.8

I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent,

0:41.4

and this is coronavirus, fact versus fiction.

0:49.0

The American public really needs to steady ourselves for a long haul here.

0:53.8

This may be more disruptive than other outbreaks we've been through.

0:57.5

Dr. Anne Shukit is the Principal Deputy Director of the CDC.

1:01.8

This is not her first rodeo.

1:04.4

She's been with the CDC for over 30 years,

1:07.0

managing responses to H1N1, SARS, and Ebola.

1:11.4

I've spent a lot of time with her out in the field.

1:14.2

I know we've already talked about the movie Contagion.

1:17.0

Well, remember Kate Winslet's character, the virus hunter?

1:20.9

She was modeled after Dr. Shukit.

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