Checks and Balance: Out of control - a podcast by The Economist

The United States is home to the world’s most renowned disease-fighting agency, the CDC. Americans might have expected its scientists to coordinate a testing programme, public health messaging and supplies to keep the pandemic under control. That hasn’t happened. America faces asecondary surgeof coronavirus cases not seen anywhere else in the world. Can America beat covid-19?

This episode includes excerpts from CDC Director Dr Robert Redfield’s interview with theEconomist Askspodcast.

John Prideaux,The Economist’s US editor, hosts with Charlotte Howard, New York bureau chief, and Washington correspondent Jon Fasman. 

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