than a month ago. and with the public skexasperat by what seems like an endless pattern of covid surges americans want to know when will it end. in 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. but having covid in the environment here in the world and in the environment is probably here to stay. but covid as we're dealing with now is not here to stay. the new normal doesn't have to stay, we have so many tools we're developing. >> some health experts say any type of new normal will likely be living with covid much like the flu. a cnn adviser spoke with anderson cooper on friday and he explained what it would take to get past the exorbitant case