Tom Frieden

Dr. Tom Frieden is President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, (an initiative of Vital Strategies). He is the former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and former commissioner of the New York City Health Department. Resolve to Save Lives works with countries to prevent 100 million deaths and make the world safer from epidemics. Dr. Frieden is also Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations. @DrTomFrieden, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

Ex-CDC Chief Dr. Tom Frieden: 5 things we must do now to combat a major COVID death surge

Opinion

January 15, 2021

Ex-CDC Chief Dr. Tom Frieden: 5 things we must do now to combat a major COVID death surge

The coronavirus might kill 1 million Americans, especially if a more transmissible strain spreads widely. So we must work to prevent that from happening.

Ex-CDC Chief Frieden: To beat COVID and stay safe before vaccines arrive we need to give it this 1-2 punch

Opinion

November 23, 2020

Ex-CDC Chief Frieden: To beat COVID and stay safe before vaccines arrive we need to give it this 1-2 punch

From a health standpoint, we’re in the middle of the Fight of the Century.

Ex-CDC Director Frieden: Cancel Thanksgiving? No, but we must make these hard choices to stay safe

Opinion

November 20, 2020

Ex-CDC Director Frieden: Cancel Thanksgiving? No, but we must make these hard choices to stay safe

The increase in COVID cases in Canada after their Thanksgiving, which took place on October 12, provides a stark warning for Americans.

A BioReference Laboratories medical professional administers a COVID-19 test in front of the Kew Gardens Cinemas movie theater Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday ordered schools in certain New York City neighborhoods closed within a day in an attempt to halt flare-ups of the coronavirus in nine ZIP codes in Brooklyn and Queens where the virus was spreading more quickly than in other parts of the city. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Opinion

October 19, 2020

Ex-CDC Chief Frieden: COVID-19 --Protect vulnerable, let virus spread to the young? Why it's a terrible plan

There's a mistaken and dangerous idea circulating about the spread of COVID-19.