Dr. Tom Frieden

Media Contributions

News articles and media appearances from Tom Frieden during the fourth quarter of 2020, discussing the COVID-19 pandemic

December 2020

Dr. Tom Frieden’s Op-Ed at the Wall Street Journal: How to Handle the Covid-19 Vaccine Breakthrough the Right Way
Dr. Tom Frieden’s Op-Ed at The Washington Post: How to reopen the economy safely? Immunity passports.

November 2020

Dr. Tom Frieden on BBC News discusses the long queues for tests ahead of US Thanksgiving holiday
Ex-CDC Director Frieden: Cancel Thanksgiving? No, but we must make these hard choices to stay safe
Dr. Tom Frieden Op-Ed at The Atlantic: We Know How to Beat COVID-19. We Just Don't Do It.

October 2020

Dr. Tom Frieden Op-Ed at Think Global Health: The Double Threat of COVID-19 in Africa.
Ex-CDC Chief Tom Frieden: COVID-19 --Protect vulnerable, let virus spread to the young? Why it's a terrible plan
Dr. Tom Frieden in The Washington Post: The path to ‘herd immunity’ would be lined with half a million dead Americans
Ex-CDC Chief Frieden: Trump's coronavirus diagnosis – no one is safe
Tom Frieden on the Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
Dr. Tom Frieden, former CDC Director and President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, on the surge in coronavirus in the U.S. Hosted by Paul Sweeney and Vonnie Quinn.
Dr. Tom Frieden on USA Today: CDC has done extraordinary work
Dr. Tom Frieden is quoted in the New York Times discussing COVID testing