science and speed not chaos and confusion. reporter: wolf, another change we re seeing tonight in light of this new omicron variant now here in the united states is the cdc is requiring airlines to get contact information from passengers, then turn that information over to the cdc who then in turn gives it to public and these local health departments throughout states in case they need that information for contact tracing and testing. very important information. kaitlan collins at the white house. let s bring in our covid experts. cnn s chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. the author of world war c: lessons from the covid-19 pandemic and how to prepare for the next one. very important book. also dr. ashish jha, the dean of the brown university school of public health. sanjay, we knew this was coming, but now that the cdc has confirmed the first case of the omicron variant here in the united states, how do you see this playing out? could this become the dominant
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and ask your doctor if biktarvy is right for you. as a steady drop in new covid cases fuels some cautious optimism out there even though our daily death toll around 1,500, 1,600 souls, health experts are beginning to prepare for what comes next. our next guest is quoted in the san francisco chronicle under the eye-catching headline, this is it is the consensus among covid experts. this doctor wrote, quote, for the past 18 months my personal covid choices, very cautious, were driven by prospects of lowered risk in the future, mostly via vaccines. my current view is that we re nearing a new normal, at least for the next few years. it drives me to choices on travel, dining, et cetera, that
news contained in what you just said for the people with comorbidities, pre-existing conditions, they re going to remain scared and wary and at risk. i guess that s going to be their lot in life as we go forward as we are now. i would see a little bit of good news that if they are fully vaccinated and if they re eligible, if they get their boosters, they are incredibly well protected against getting super sick and dying. and that s different than it was a year and a half ago. so i think that news is good. for the unvaccinated people, i think they re very likely to get infected at some point, and hopefully they ll do okay. but there s obviously a chance in they won t. there are new drugs coming down the pike that may lower the chance of getting super sick if you do get covid. so things may get incrementally better. but i don t know any covid experts who believe that covid is going to go away, get it completely out of our lives. so we re going to be in this sort of metastable condition
optimism out there. our daily death toll around 15 1600 souls, health experts are beginning to prepare for what comes next. our next guest is quoted in the senate for go chronicle under the eye catching headline, this is it is the consensus among covid experts. the article include their recent post from one of those experts doctor bober doctor who wrote quote, for the past 18 months my personal covid choices very cautious, which oven by prospects of lowered risk in the future mostly via vaccines. my current view is that we re nearing a new normal, at least for the next few years. it drives me to choices on travel, dining, etc that feel right, long term. for more we welcome to our broadcast the mentioned bob wachter professor and chair of the department of medicine at ucsf, university of california san francisco, one of the bay area s leading experts on the