Beginning to look 'pretty intense': Former CDC head who led U.S. SARS response speaks about coronavirus

'It's beginning to look like the transmission pattern is pretty intense,' fmr. CDC head says. 'In medical terms, it seems to have some characteristics that look more like influenza than SARS.'

Honestly, we don't know, and part of the reason that it's continuing at this point in time is because testing is just becoming available. So, while we’re seeing a big bolus [large number] of diagnosed cases, we don't yet know when they were actually infected.

A public health response impacts national security and global markets. Who in the U.S. government besides CDC weighs in on this response? That all would have to be done in coordination with the World Health Organization and our other allies and partners.When I was at CDC, we had a special desk [in the CDC's Emergency Operations Center] for Walmart because we knew that Walmart had special insights into situations around the world because they kept such close track of their supply chain.

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