Former CDC director on collecting data to contain COVID-19
Clip: 7/22/2020 | 7m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
U.S. must collect this data in order to contain pandemic, former CDC director says
More than 1,000 U.S. deaths from COVID-19 were reported Tuesday. As many states struggle with outbreaks, Dr. Tom Frieden, former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says the country desperately needs improved data collection to understand how the virus is spreading -- and to contain it. He joins Judy Woodruff to discuss critical metrics and how to obtain and learn from them.
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Former CDC director on collecting data to contain COVID-19
Clip: 7/22/2020 | 7m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
More than 1,000 U.S. deaths from COVID-19 were reported Tuesday. As many states struggle with outbreaks, Dr. Tom Frieden, former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says the country desperately needs improved data collection to understand how the virus is spreading -- and to contain it. He joins Judy Woodruff to discuss critical metrics and how to obtain and learn from them.
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