Flying Blind: The U.S. Government’s Pandemic Response with Dr. Tom Frieden

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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International Relations, Government, Foreign Policy, Gzero World, News Commentary, Trump, News, Global Economy, Geopolitics, Politics, Ian Bremmer

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🗓️ 10 August 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Former CDC director – and current CEO of the public health initiative Resolve to Save Lives – Dr. Tom Frieden joins Ian Bremmer to talk about how to get the Covid-19 pandemic under control in the United States (hint: we need more data). As with politics, Dr. Frieden argues, all epidemics are local. And the outbreaks crippling much of the South and Southwest need local responses. But the main failing lies at the federal level. Things won’t improve (and schools won’t effectively reopen) Dr. Frieden warns, until Washington alters course. That is, of course, until an effective vaccine becomes readily accessible to all Americans. Though even that will likely not be the silver bullet we all want it to be.

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0:00.0	We're learning more every single day about this virus, and the more we learn, the more we can use that
0:05.1	collective intelligence to fight it.
0:09.0	Hello and welcome to the G0 World Podcast.
0:11.7	Here you'll find extended versions of the interviews from my show on public television.
0:16.0	I'm Ian Bremmer.
0:17.1	On this episode, it's hard to imagine a public health crisis worse than what the world has endured in 2020.
0:24.1	Well, there was, you know, that won a century ago.
0:26.0	But the reality is there could be many other potential pandemics in our future if we don't learn important lessons today.
0:33.4	Isn't that the way it always is?
0:34.9	Is it possible to stop the next one before it happens?
0:38.7	My guest says yes, but it'll take a lot of work and global cooperation.
0:42.8	Here's my conversation.
0:44.2	Dr. Tom Frieden, former director of the Centers for Disease Control
0:47.7	and current president and CEO of the Global Health Initiative resolve to save lives.
0:57.6	This January, resolve to save lives. This G0 World podcast is brought to you by Walmart.
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1:27.4	Dr. Tom Frieden, he's president, CEO of the Global Health Initiative, Resolve to Save Lives,
1:33.7	and also the former head of the CDC.
1:36.8	Good to be with you, Tom.
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