To covid. with cases surging from month to month, several cities in china under lockdown. machking rules changing from week to week where where are we, rather, in a confusing place with covid. globally. the new white house covid-19 response coordinator appeared on cnn s state of the union today. he says the cdc should have been allowed to complete the 15-day review on masking before a federal judge struck down the mandate affecting travelers. here s what else he told cnn s dana bash. case numbers are rising. driven by this ba-2 sub variant of omicron. we re going to see cases go up and down. make sure hospitalizations and deaths are not rising in any substantial way. looking at variants, paying