`` The world faces a perfect storm of vulnerability , '' CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden says . ``We are at the beginning stages of an epidemic that is unprecedented in its scope and intensity,'' he said on CNN's "State of the Union. Keeping people safe is the role of public health agencies such as the CDC -- a role that becomes even more important every day . " Nothing has the potential to kill more people than influenza , Frieden says .
`` The world faces a perfect storm of vulnerability , '' CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden says . ``We are at the beginning stages of an epidemic that is unprecedented in its scope and intensity,'' he said on CNN's "State of the Union." Nothing has the potential to kill more people than influenza , Frieden says .