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 The agency includes 18 institutes, centers and offices, with approximately 14,000, full time, part-time and contract employees. CDC is headquartered in Atlanta and has experts located throughout the United States and in 54 countries. **Its fiscal year 2009 budget is $6.7 billion with an additional $3.4 billion** for the [[:Vaccines for Children]] program. ((https://web.archive.org/web/20090611091545/https://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090608.htm))
 A bio of Dr. Frieden is available at http://www.cdc.gov/about/leadership/leaders/Frieden.htm, and a high-resolution photo is available for download at http://www.cdc.gov/media/subtopic/images.htm.
+==== Council on Foreign Relations Expert Bio ====
+Dr. Tom Frieden is senior fellow for global health at the Council for Foreign Relations (CFR). He is also the president and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative of Vital Strategies, which aims to prevent both epidemics and cardiovascular disease and was launched in September 2017 for an **initial five-year initiative with $225 million in funding**.
+Dr. Frieden is a national and global leader who has spent his career working to improve health in the United States and around the world. He is one of the world’s top experts in prevention of cardiovascular disease, tobacco control, tuberculosis, and health policy and administration.
+((https://web.archive.org/web/20200314150556/https://www.cfr.org/expert/tom-frieden))
+==== CFR Pandemic Viewpoint ====
+It's Time to Restrict Visits to Nursing Homes
+by Tom Frieden via CNN March 8, 2020
+Last week, I noted that we were in the calm before the storm. Now, the storm has started in the United States and is gathering strength. Covid-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, has passed 100,000 cases globally.
+There are already clusters of infection in several areas of the country. Financial markets are in turmoil, global travel is grinding to a halt, and many people worry about the safety of travel, work, school and meetings.
+Covid-19 will get a lot worse before it gets better.
+Nursing homes are ground zero for Covid-19
+One thing stands out as the virus spreads throughout the United States: Nursing homes and other long-term care facilities are ground zero. Most deaths in the United States thus far are connected to a single nursing home in Kirkland, Washington.
+This nursing home outbreak of Covid-19 is what we call a "sentinel event": a warning of outbreaks and deaths that may be coming. But these deaths are not inevitable. It is essential that we protect the most vulnerable people -- those with serious underlying health conditions such as respiratory disease, cancer and diabetes and older adults. The overall case fatality ratio for Covid-19 appears to be under 1%, but is many times higher for the elderly.
+The threat of rapid spread within long-term care facilities means that if we make the tough decision, now, to immediately restrict visits, we may be able to prevent many more outbreaks like the one in Kirkland. We also must ensure that any nursing home staff who are ill not come to work -- and that they receive paid leave, so they have no economic incentive to come to work if ill. Families want to visit loved ones; we should facilitate virtual visits until we know more and can do more to protect the most vulnerable.
+What else can we do right now to keep Covid-19 from getting even worse?
+There are other actions we can all take now to minimize further spread of Covid-19 and prevent even more societal and economic disruption.
+Everybody. We must all make preventing spread of infection a top priority. That means frequent and thorough hand washing (or use of hand sanitizer), covering our coughs and staying home if we're sick. Seek medical attention if you have Covid-19 symptoms (dry cough, fever, difficulty breathing) for more than two days. And **don't wear a face mask unless you have cough or fever.** Outside of health care settings, a mask's main benefit is to help keep someone who is sick from infecting others. We aren't going to have enough masks, and we need to prioritize those that we have for health care workers, those caring for ill people and people who have symptoms.
+Editors Note - Dr. Tom Frieden is the former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and former commissioner of the New York City Health Department. He is currently president and CEO of [[:Resolve to Save Lives]], a **global non-profit initiative funded by** [[:Bloomberg Philanthropies]], the [[:Chan Zuckerberg Initiative]], and the [[:Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]], and part of the global non-profit Vital Strategies. [[:Resolve to Save Lives]] works with countries to prevent 100 million deaths and to make the world safer from epidemics. Dr. Frieden is also **senior fellow for Global Health** at the [[:Council on Foreign Relations]]. The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.((https://web.archive.org/web/20200314141127/https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/08/health/coronavirus-nursing-homes-frieden-analysis/index.html))
 ==== President and CEO Resolve to Save Lives ====