News articles and media appearances from Tom Frieden during the second quarter of 2020, discussing the COVID-19 pandemic
September
Ex-CDC director Frieden on Healio: Vaccine ‘not going to take COVID-19 off the table’
Fmr. CDC Director reacts to lack of trust from Americans in public health officials
Fox News “America’s Newsroom”: Tom Frieden on the Importance of masks
Tom Frieden on Bloomberg’s Prognosis Podcast: Reinfection and immunity
Dr. Tom Frieden on CNN Anderson Cooper 360: Response to pandemic
Tom Frieden on All Things Considered NPR: Vaccine distribution
Tom Frieden on NBC Nightly News with Anne Thompson: Vaccine distribution
Ex-CDC Tom Frieden on CBS This Morning: Trump vaccine comments
July 2020
U.S. must collect this data in order to contain pandemic, former CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden says
Former CDC Director Tom Frieden speaks to “GMA” about mask mandates, schools reopening
Dr. Tom Frieden joins CNN's Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta discuss the effect of lifting social distancing restrictions too quickly as the number of Covid-19 cases increases to over 3.5 million in the US, leaving more than 138,000 dead
As the U.S. continues to break records with the rising number of coronavirus cases. Former CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden joined CBSN to discuss what the country needs to do to get the upper hand against the pandemic.
Former CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden on coronavirus surge, testing and wearing masks
Dr. Tom Frieden on Fox News: Increased case numbers reflect virus spreading explosively in many communities
“We have a real vacuum of leadership at the national level,” said Dr. Tom Frieden, the former C.D.C. director, who now runs Resolve to Save Lives, a nonprofit health advocacy initiative.
Tom Frieden in the New York Times “States Must Standardize Coronavirus Data”
Resolve to Save Lives joined public health leaders to release “Tracking COVID-19 in the United States: From Information Catastrophe to Empowered Communities,” a comprehensive review of the status of COVID-19 information in the United States. Several other articles were published about the initiative today in the Washington Post, The Guardian, STAT, Washington Times, New York Times and the Financial Times.
Resolve to Save Lives released a terrific issue brief reviewing the science, outlining global best practices, and addressing some of the hardest questions for administrators, parents and educators as schools prepare to reopen.