All right. a grave warning from the white house. the u.s. could see 100 million new covid-19 infectioni this fal and winter. they say the time to get ready is now, says the covid chief. we re looking at a range of models, both external and internal. they re predicting if we don t get ahead of this thing, we re going to have a lot of waning immunity and we may see a sizable wave of hospitalizations and deaths. we may need congress s help. we need the resources to fight that battle so we don t have that kind of a fall or winter. i want to bring in an emergency physician at the university of maryland. capital region medical center. and happy mother s day.
The governor of new york testing positive for covid. this from democratic governor kathy hochul. today i tested positive for covid-19, thankfully i m vaccinated and boosted and i m asymptomatic. i ll be isolating and working remotely this week. a reminder to all new yorkers, get vaccinated and boosted, get tested and stay home if you don t feel well. hochul s positive test comes as parts of new york have moved into the high destination of covid-19 community level, according to the cdc. a grim warning tonight from the white house on a potential massive wave of covid cases in the coming months. today, biden s president biden s covid chief says it is possible that the u.s. could see as many as 100 million new cases of covid this fall and winter.