hospitalizations are down 21% from a week ago with just more than 100,000 people currently hospitalized. daekt deaths are down bmore tha 2% but still high. cl nn medical analyst, dr. lien, former baltimore health commissioner and author of lifelines, a doctor s journey in the fight for public health. and cnn chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta, author of world war c, lessons from the covid-19 pandemic and how to prepare for the next one. sanjay, this is the first time you have been with us since go governors started announcing plans to live these mandates. what do you think especially since dr. walensky says we are not there yet? there is a lot of virus out there still. that is the thing. you and i have you can talked about this a lot. the idea of thinking about this like the weather. it is still raining a lot of virus out there. part of those cdc projections, they still think over the next four weeks, 60,000 more people could die. i mean, these are still just tragic nu
current trends, we are not there yet. hospitalizations are down 21% from a week ago with just more than 100,000 people currently hospitalized. deaths are down more than 2% but still high. joining us for their perspective on all this cnn medical analyst dr. lena wen, author of lifeline the doctor s journey in the fight for public heth. and dr. sanjay gupta the author of world war c. sanjay, this is the first time you ve been with us since governors started announcing their plans to lift mask mandates. what do you think of them especially since dr. walensky said we re not there yet? there s a lot of virus out there still. the idea of thinking about this like the weather. it s still raining a lot of virus out there. part of the cdc projections they still think over the next four weeks 64,000 people could die. these are still just tragic numbers. at the same time the numbers are coming down, and we know omicron
correspondent dr. sanjay gupta, author of world war c: lessons from the covid-19 pandemic and how to prepare for the next one. also with us cnn medical analyst and former baltimore health commissioner dr. leana wen, author of lifelines: a doctor s journey in the fight for public health. so sanjay, you heard nick watt call this a depressing deja vu. you see college exams being moved online, some sporting events, broadway shows canceled. is that the correct reaction to what we ve learned over just the last few days? well, i mean, we re still very much in the midst of a delta surge, anderson. obviously, omicron s getting a lot of attention in the news. but if you look at the map and see just how much virus is still transmitting in various places, i mean, we re still in a significant shower of virus. at some point if the numbers come down low enough, then i think you may be able to have a little pullback on some of these mitigation measures. but when you have this much virus still ci
still available, though, will still be available for anybody who still wants it. anderson? nick watt, appreciate it. thank you. more now on the implications of all this especially as it impacts on daily living. joining us, cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta, author of world war c: lessons from the covid-19 pandemic and how to prepare for the next one. also with us cnn medical analyst and former baltimore health commissioner dr. leana wen, author of lifelines: a doctor s journey in the fight for public health. so sanjay, you heard nick watt call this a depressing deja vu. you see college exams being moved online, some sporting events, broadway shows canceled. is that the correct reaction to what we ve learned over just the last few days? well, i mean, we re still very much in the midst of a delta surge, anderson. obviously, omicron s getting a lot of attention in the news. but if you look at the map and see just how much virus is still transmitting in various place
this morning a tiny strip of paper is having a huge impact in saving the lives of drug users. the strip can detect fentanyl, the deadliest drug in the u.s. when mixed with other drugs. here with me now cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta, author of world war c. this is a big moment. it is. the way this started was probably with prescription drugs. people then transitioning to heroin. talking about fentanyl. people have heard about fentanyl now. it is come in oftentimes as illicit drugs, becoming very, very powerful. and now mixed with just about everything out there. that is what is so striking. month you do they detect when fentanyl is in their drug supply? it is called harm reduction. it s provocative.