Pandemic expert presents four steps to defeating coronavirus

Tom Frieden is one of the world's top experts in health policy and administration as well as everything concerning pandemics, and that's why his advice is always take into consideration in the US and often elsewhere too. During Barack Obama's presidency, having served as the New York City commissioner of health from 2002 to 2009, Frieden was appointed director of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC is the preeminent institute for public health in the US, developing policies for preventing and tackling infectious diseases in the US and worldwide.

Frieden had a major role in fighting Ebola in West Africa in 2014. He even visited the infected area himself and organized a broad network of 600 US experts who were employed to combat the disease. Today he is the president and CEO of the international nonprofit Resolve to Save Lives, which is supported by...