Be joiningeden will us and whats behind the numbers out daily by Johns Hopkins university . You live in the eastern half 2027488001. , in the mountain and pacific time zones, medical professional, 202748, 8002. We begin with the numbers from Johns Hopkins university, around world now more than 2. 5 million confirmed cases and the death rate now approaching 177,000. Here in the u. S. , we have over 805,000 cases with more than 44,000 confirmed deaths across the country. Joining us from brooklyn is dr. Tom frieden, former director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention. He served in the Obama White House and is the former new York City Health commissioner and currently president and c. E. O. Of an Organization Called resolve to save lives. Well talk about that in a moment. To begin, dr. Frieden, with the debate going on in states around the country. Your advice as they look to reopen their economies, many casebycase, gradual basis . Were all eager to get out as soon as possibl
He served in the Obama White House and is the former new York City Health commissioner and currently president and c. E. O. Of an Organization Called resolve to save lives. Well talk about that in a moment. To begin, dr. Frieden, with the debate going on in states around the country. Your advice as they look to reopen their economies, many casebycase, gradual basis . Were all eager to get out as soon as possible. Go out too if we soon, we could have a resurgence cases,s, an explosion of which could overwhelm our Healthcare Facilities with the lives of Healthcare Workers and to having to go back in for a longer period of time so the challenge here really is to at six different factors. First is, is the virus coming down . Are we seeing fewer cases and least twohs for at weeks . Second, is our Healthcare System so that if there is another surge in cases, we can manage those cases, helping to survive and preventing Healthcare Workers from becoming infected. Third, is there a Public Health
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