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>> there is a challenge there. and we take a lot of inspiration from the national weather service. if there is a storm coming, the national weather service does not say barometric pressure is dropping because as a regular person its hard to know what to make of that. the weather service has invested a lot of research and development to trying different communication models. now they say things like small trees will be uprooted and debris could break windows. theyve done that deliberately. we pla...

Now, there is a lot of skepticism and doubt over the official numbers with regards to case count and deaths. there was in wuhan, kate, and similar to when we covered the initial outbreak relying on anecdotal evidence. people have been sharing on social media of loved ones dying in shanghai from covid and yet for several weeks the government kept the death count at zero. only a few days ago they started to adjust it. when they adjust it it points to the delicate balance they are trying to make. t...

You should be using all of those. that said, thats a good framework for local officials. that said, local officials do have a lot of local knowledge of where is it spreading, in which communities. theyre looking at other types of data. so i have been supportive of local leaders making local decisions, mayors and governors, and i continue to be supportive. i think thats the right way to go. >> are you concerned, though, if you do something based on a case count and not hospitalizations, its sort ...

>> yeah, the good news is our vaccines are holding up really well against b.a.2. you have to have the two shots and a booster. thats whats protecting people at this moment. >> i know you believe local officials should make local decisions. i get all that. but are they using the right metric? is the case count the right metric? right across the way from philadelphia to new jersey, we dont have an accurate picture of the case count in new jersey. does philadelphia, and do they have an accurate eno...

Although a previous infection may provide some immunity, it may wane over time and not keep patients out of the hospital.

The citys indoor public spaces, because of a new surge in coronavirus cases. cnns jason carroll joins me now with this. not a lot of happy people here. >> just about a month or so ago people were told in philadelphia, hey, you can take your masks off, get back to work, do your thing. but now theyre being told just the opposite. you got to put the masks back on so you can imagine the frustration there. the citys health department says it needs to reinstate the mask mandate in order to get ahead o...

Incomplete data and a lack of testing could be masking a rise in COVID-19 cases in the US as the focus on daily infection counts fades.

Positives fchlg at least 72 people have testeds to nuchlt. >> there will be a level of infection. this is not going to be eradicated or eliminated. were going to see that each advice is is it. >> reporter: but even with renewed focus on the nalts case count. some are questioning whether its still an with more would, just over three months ago the pnl now that number town to. >> f others choosing to skip the pest al it the clort. were had prm issued a warning

An just shouting. [ yelling ] >> you could hear the public anger. people are screaming for food and basic medical supplies. this is been weeks of this very strict lockdown. and china is struggling to get the soaring covid cases under control. cases there rising to levels never seen before in china and they are now promising to hes the lockdown measures in some areas of shanghai. that announcement came today. the daily new case count in shanghai went from double-digits to more than 26,000 in a mo...

Its just really scary as an immunocompromised person to not know what youre going to be presented with and how to prepare, said Heather Benjamin, an immunocompromised woman in Burlington, Vermont.