at least partially vaccinated, but they fell short of that goal. joining me now, former cdc director dr. tom frieden. dr. frieden, welcome back to fox news sunday. great to speak with you. mike: officials are taking something of a victory lap this weekend, attending baseball games, parades and festivals across the country. the message is, it is safe for americans to resume in-person social gatherings. does the science suggest it is time to get back to normal life? well, the bottom with line here is that vaccination is our best route to freedom and independence. and if you look around the u.s., mike, what you see is in states that have most people vaccinate ifed, 70%, at least 20 states have reached that, very low rates of covid and decreasing. in contrast, in the states where we have lower vaccination rates, many of them have much higher rates, 5, 10, 20 times higher rates than those lower states,
immune system is normal, then you need to follow the regulations for where you are. if you re on a plane or a bus and they require it, you need to wear it. in most places you really don t. in contrast, if you haven t been vaccinated, you need to wear a mask. if you have been vaccinated but your immune system is weak or you re very close to someone, in the household with someone with a weak immune system, then you may want to think carefully about it. if you ve been vaccinated, you re way less likely to get severely ill, you re way less likely to spread the illness even if you get infected, and you re almost completely protected against death from this virus. about 99% of the 200 or so americans who continue to die every day from this virus have not yet been vaccinated. vaccination is our route to freedom. mike: then there s the question of how long the vaccines will be effective. there s talk of needing booster shots. when will experts have a handle on how frequently or if boosters wil
mike: okay. so we ll see where the research goes. the biden administration did not achieve its goal of having at least 70 of american adults receive at least one vaccine dose by today. is it fair to say vaccination in this country has a stalled? i don t think vaccination has stalled, but it has certainly slowed. and because of that, we need to do more to reach people who have questions. they are valid questions with. you have to answer those questions, address the concerns, find the messages and the messengers that make a difference. my group, resolve to save lives, did some research in the u.s. earlier this week that we released, and we found that when you showed people the real-life stories of the thousands, tens of thousands of people suffering if long covid with brain fog, shortness of brett, difficulty breath, difficulty concentrating, difficulty doing the things that they used to love to do, they realize it s not just about severe hospitalization and death, but long covid tha
you need to follow the regulations for where you are. if you re on a plane or a bus and they require it, you need to wear it. in most places you really don t. in contrast, if you haven t been vaccinated, you need to wear a mask. if you have been vaccinated but your immune system is weak or you re very close to someone, in the household with someone with a weak immune system, then you may want to think carefully about it. if you ve been vaccinated, you re way less likely to get severely ill, you re way less likely to spread the illness even if you get infected, and you re almost completely protected against death from this virus. about 99% of the 200 or so americans who continue to die every day from this virus have not yet been vaccinated. vaccination is our route to freedom. mike: then there s the question of how long the vaccines will be effective. there s talk of needing booster shots. when will experts have a handle on how frequently or if boosters will be needed? mike, i really
at least partially vaccinated, but they fell short of that goal. joining me now, former cdc director dr. tom frieden. dr. frieden, welcome back to fox news sunday. great to speak with you. mike: officials are taking something of a victory lap this weekend, attending baseball games, parades and festivals across the country. the message is, it is safe for americans to resume in-person social gatherings. does the science suggest it is time to get back to normal life? well, the bottom with line here is that vaccination is our best route to freedom and independence. and if you look around the u.s., mike, what you see is in states that have most people vaccinate ifed, 70%, at least 20 states have reached that, very low rates of covid and decreasing. in contrast, in the states where we have lower vaccination rates, many of them have much higher rates, 5, 10, 20 times higher rates than those lower states,