transmission. it measures new cases per 100,000 residents. and nearly every u.s. county, as you see there, is still considered high. cnn's nick watt reports, some public health experts are saying this yardstick needs to change. >> i will be shocked if this is stopped. >> i don't see this going away. >> okay. so can when can we return to normalish life? live with covid-19? lift restrictions? right now cdc bench mark is 10 or fewer cases per 100,000 in a week. and all those red counties are now at 100 plus. ten times too high. >> we may need to rethink that with this new omicron strain. we may stall out around 20. that may be the point when we have to consider withdrawing these measures. >> because omicron is more contagious but generally causes less severe disease. >> we need to move away from the