white house is being urged to retool the message. focus on ways for the u.s. to live with the virus given the spread and frankly, our unwillingness to do more about it as a society. cdc chief said this morning that her agency is preparing for the covid endemic which would suggest a looming pivot in terms of public health policy. then the president responded to questions from reporters about whether his messaging from reporters should be covid is here to stay. his response? no, but then clarified well, yes, covid, we're going to deal with it now is not means it's here to stay, and yet it will be around the world. at the same time, questions surrounding the administration's legal powers around vaccine mandates are before the supreme court today. the court has been hearing emergency appeals this morning challenging the administration's vaccine or testing. this is a soft mandate. vaccine or testing requirements for large employers in addition to the vaccine requirements for certain health care workers.