CNN's Guest: We Have To Start Making Life "Very, Very Difficult" For The Unvaccinated

CNN host Fareed Zakaria spoke about Trump supporters and the unvaccinated in an interview Friday with CNN's Don Lemon. Zakaria said life should be "tough" for those who do not get the COVID-19 vaccine, calling it "part of your responsibility as a citizen in a free society." Zakaria also had thoughts on former President Donald Trump and his "attack" on Western Enlightenment.

Zakaria cited French President Macron as someone who "despite all the protests" got people to be vaccinated because he threatened to make like "tough" for those who refuse to get vaccinated.

"I think when we confront problems like this issue of vaccination, I think we have to stop trying to coddle people who are simply willfully denying facts and truth and science," Zakaria said.

"You're not going to be able to persuade them," Zakaria said of the unvaccinated. "Just you have to get tough. You have to start making it very, very difficult for people to be around in a country where they're spreading a disease or they are potentially spreading a disease. Look at what Macron did in France. Despite all the protests, vaccination rates have surged in France. Because he said, look, life will be tough for people who refuse to do this."

"The most important thing at this point is to try and create a set of policies that as you say, just say to people, look, when you buy a car in America, you are forced to, required by law, to wear seat belts. To drive it, observing the speed limit, not to be drunk while driving, to get insurance, to get regular inspections. We mandate vaccines for goodness sake. No kid can go to public school in America without having a whole slew of vaccines. This is part of your responsibility as a citizen in a fair society," he said.