dr. beth bell is the for emerging and infectious diseases.p next, we will be joined by houry, as well as her center's prevention work. president obama participated in a panel in atlanta. here is some of that discussion. lookdent obama: when you in terms of lives lost, productivity impacted, costs to communities, but most importantly the cost to families, from this epidemic of it has to be something right up there at the top of the radar screen. it is important to recognize that today, we are seeing more of opioidause overdose than traffic accidents. think about this. a lot of people tragically die of car accidents and we spend a lot of time and resources to reduce those fatalities. the good news is we have been very successful. traffic fatalities are much lower today than they were when i was a kid, because we systematically looked at the data and we looked at the science and we develop education and public that allowed us to be safer drivers. the problem is here, we have got a trip -- the trajectories going in the opposite direction. 2014, t

dr. beth bell is the for emerging and infectious diseases. well as her center's prevention work. president obama participated in a panel in atlanta. here is some of that discussion. lookdent obama: when you in terms of lives lost, productivity impacted, costs to communities, but most importantly the cost to families, from this epidemic of it has to be something right up there at the top of the radar screen. it is important to recognize that today, we are seeing more of opioidause overdose than traffic accidents. think about this. a lot of people tragically die of car accidents and we spend a lot of time and resources to reduce those fatalities. the good news is we have been very successful. traffic fatalities are much lower today than they were when i was a kid, because we systematically looked at the data and we looked at the science and we develop education and public that allowed us to be safer drivers. the problem is here, we have got a trip -- the trajectories going in the opposite direction. 2014, the last year we had accurate data for,

dr. beth bell will talk about infectious diseases.he is the director for the cdc's emerging infectious diseases. and also dr. debra houry on opioid and heroine abuse. lots of different public health issues out there these days, so for the full three hours, tell us what you think, ask questions and we look for now, enjoy the rest of your weekend and we will see you back here tomorrow morning. >>