Tom Frieden

Even though this strain of Ebola and this Ebola outbreak is not going to cause a pandemic, it's not going to cause a significant risk to large numbers of Americans.

It's a stress test and it's a stress test the world is not doing well at.

I would say so far we're failing.

With a strain of the Ebola virus continuing to spread in Africa, Tom Frieden, the former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said on Bloomberg this weekend, the world is not doing a good job preparing for the next pandemic.

African officials said earlier this week they have only received pledges meeting a little over half of the $500 million needed to fight the outbreak.

The U.S.

under President Trump has stopped paying dues to the World Health Organization, cut more than 3,000 jobs at the Centers for Disease Control, and pushed out some of the agency's senior leadership.

Dan Schwartzman, Bloomberg Radio.

It's a stress test, and it's a stress test the world is not doing well at.

I would say so far we're failing.

It's a stress test, and it's a stress test the world is not doing well at.

I would say, so far, we're failing.

Absolutely.

Thank you, Eric.

Thanks so much, Eric.

The Cassandra Curse, actually the working title for the book, which I've worked on on and off for 10 years, was How to Break Public Health's Cassandra Curse.

And then I found out that most people hadn't heard of Cassandra.

So that wasn't going to be a very effective book title.

Cassandra was a priestess in Greek mythology, and she was blessed with foresight.

She could foresee the future and future tragedies that were going to strike.