yet. hospital zaizations in that age group are up 48% from a little more than a month ago. with the public exasperated by what seems like an endless pattern of covid surges, americans want to know when will it end. at a news conference on friday, president joe biden was asked if this was going to be the new normal. >> no, i don't think covid is here to stay. having covid in the environment here and in the world is probably here to stay, but covid as we're dealing with it now is not here to stay. the new normal doesn't have to be -- we have so many more tools we're developing. >> now certain some health experts say any kind of normal will likely mean living with covid in much the same way we live with the flu. a former adviser to president biden spoke with anderson cooper on friday and explained what it would take to get past the exorbitant case numbers that we're seeing now. >> unfortunately, if you