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Common Sense Goes a Long Way in Ending an Outbreak

Carol Pearson

   WASHINGTON - The World Health Organization isn't yet calling the
   coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, although some infectious disease
   experts are saying it could lead to one. The virus has spread to more
   than two dozen countries, although the vast majority of cases and
   deaths have been in China.

   VOA asked experts experienced on disease outbreaks what they would do
   to stop this one.

   The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention helped West African
   countries successfully end their Ebola outbreak a few years ago. At the
   time, the CDC was headed by Dr. Tom Frieden. He now heads a global,
   nonprofit organization called Resolve to Save Lives.

   In a Skype interview VOA asked him how to end the coronavirus epidemic.

   "For each different microbe, we have a different approach," he said.
   "For some we have vaccines. For some, there are containment measures,
   like for SARS or MERS, or Ebola, where we can actually stop it. And for
   some, like flu, we try to mitigate. We try to reduce the damage."

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