NPR's David Greene talks to Dr. Dennis Carroll, who has been an infectious disease expert for the federal government for decades, about the response to the coronavirus outbreak.
So are we prepared if the coronavirus spreads through communities in our country? And as President Trump crafts his government's response, are there lessons from previous outbreaks and previous presidents? We have someone here with some experience - a lot of it, actually. Dr. Dennis Carroll was a senior infectious disease adviser at the Centers for Disease Control. He went on to track the roots of viral outbreaks while leading a program at USAID. Dr. Carroll, welcome.
GREENE: So your concern is the messaging from the president and the administration confusing the general public. What exactly do you think President Trump should be doing differently here? CARROLL: Well, I think both President Obama and President George W. Bush - you know, they were both faced with events similar to this. And 2005 was the emergent avian influenza scare. And in 2009 and then 2014, we had both the H1N1 pandemic virus. And we had the Ebola.
GREENE: This is a whistleblower complaint that NPR, I know, has not confirmed. But that's what you're referring to here.
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