CDC Director Says It's 'Probably True' That COVID Isn't Going Anywhere

On Tuesday morning’s episode of CBS Mornings, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky was questioned as to the possibility of Americans having to live with the COVID-19 virus.

“We’re going into year two, people think we’re waiting for you to sound the trumpet, say it’s all clear. We’re not really going to get an all clear are we? We just have to face the fact that we’re going to have to live with this, true?” asked host Gayle King.

“I think that that’s probably true,” replied Walensky. “But what I would say is we have a lot of control and power to do that as we come together, as we get vaccinated, as we do those prevention things that work to protect one another and ourselves, and our family. We can bring down the amount of disease in this country and get much faster to that place.”

As the Omicron variant spreads across the country and globe, Americans are beginning to hesitate once again on whether they can return to their pre-pandemic lives.

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