Nation after nation and Africa, Southeast Asia are showing what they can do with lots

less resources than we have here.

It's really sad and to get the pity of our colleagues from overseas is depressing.

Over the weekend, CNN aired a global town hall featuring five former directors of the

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

They served under three presidential administrations and each faced different health crises.

Today we're bringing you excerpts from that conversation hosted by myself and CNN anchor,

Anderson Cooper.

I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent.

And this is coronavirus, fact versus fiction.

You know, Anderson, as I mentioned earlier, trust in our scientific institutions is being

undermined in some cases under pressure, even under fire from the president himself.

So for that reason, any opportunity to reestablish that trust and remind people how institutions

like the CDC have earned that trust over the years is so welcome.

Yeah, and so important, which is why we're very happy to have five former CDC directors representing

the Obama Clinton and George W. Bush administrations here to answer your questions.

Dr. Tom Frieden is with us, former acting director, Dr. Richard Besser, Dr. Julie Gerbering,

whose company Merck is advancing two vaccine candidates, as well as a potential antiviral

treatment.

Dr. Jeffrey Copeland and Dr. David Satcher, who is also served as Surgeon General of the

United States.

We appreciate all of you being with us.

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