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16. An Exit Interview with N.I.H. Director Dr. Francis Collins

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Those Were Really New and Previously Untested Approaches

The U.S. government has invested billions of dollars in the fight against sarscovy, a virus that can spread from person to person through contaminated food and water. The agency is also testing new treatments at home using technologies previously untestable by doctors or nurses. "We pretty much ran like we were a venture capital organization to make that happen," says Dr. Tom Frieden.

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