cnn newsroom. i m alison tamaroa. thanks for staying with us. we have breaking news on the january six committee. they are investigating a tour of the capital given by republican lawmakers on the eve of the insurrection. let s get right to cnn s ryan nobles on capitol hill. tell us breaking news, ryan. that s right, victor and allison. we are just getting this information in right now from the january 6th elect committee. what they have done is sent a letter to congressman barry lowe or milk of georgia. they are asking for information that he may have about two errors that were given on january 5th, the day before the january 6th capitol insurrection. this letter comes after more than a year ago, democratic members of the house refused republican lawmakers of giving tours to individuals that were in the capital on the days leading up to january 6th. they then may have been a part of the insurrection after the fact. in this letter that was written by the select committee
When most people think about a summer vacation, the goal is usually much-needed rest and relaxation from their daily job responsibilities. Dr. Keren Wilson of Winchester Hospital takes a different approach.
the disease, it can prevent the slow of this disease. if you don t want to be masking for, how long are we doing it? people are going to adopted. maybe that endgame is getting more people boosted, only 30% of people are boosted, maybe the endgame is letting the wave die down. the cdc has to give the off ramp. doctor wilson, i ve heard something several times over the last couple of weeks, people who are trying to time that second booster, waiting for a surge, and then they will time it to get the peak of protection, or they have an international trip that they will take a couple weeks before, so that when they fly, they ve got the best protection. i see your facial expression, put that into words for me, people are trying to play in this booster, when they re back with crowds. it s like trying to time the stock market, good luck. more often than not, you re trying to get burnt. i ve heard that too. we have been in the middle of a
doctor f perry wilson is an associate professor of medicine at yale university. doctor, it s great to have you here, my impression, is that people are still resigned to it at this point. they don t want to mask up again, because they feel like it s everywhere. they feel like if they do get covid, it will probably get a bad cold, and in any case, they will survive. is that wrong? i think that s what i m hearing on the ground as well. you re right on several points. it is everywhere. the current caseload is about 100,000 cases a day, as reported by cdc, it s a vast underestimate. probably four people are testing at home for every one person that gets a pcr test that gets reported. we re probably talking about 500,000 cases a day in the u.s., that makes this another wave. this is the second omicron wave. tons of people have covid. masks do protect the person wearing a mask, and it does slow the rate of progression of