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Pandemic-Proofing the World (How to Stop the COVID-19 Nightmare from Happening Again)

August 14, 2020
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Pandemic-Proofing the World (How to Stop the COVID-19 Nightmare from Happening Again) | GZERO World

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"We now have for the first time, pre-COVID, a very good sense of where the gaps are" says former CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden on pandemic preparedness. But in order to prevent another pandemic from bringing the world to its knees, he argues, the United States must play a more proactive role on the global stage. First step: work much more closely with the CDC (and don't, for starters, pull funding during a pandemic).

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