school standoff in chicago and dr. ezekiel emanuel, one of president biden's former advisers. talking about the new normal of life with covid. doctor, to get to this new normal you say we need more vaccines, stronger mandates. what if we don't get that? at this point there are vaccines all over the place and people who don't want to get them and those who don't want to get them don't plan on it unless a mandate is put in place, and those are in question. >> yeah, i think the supreme court should not take away one of our most important tools in the fight against this pandemic. we're still in an emergency, as you point out hospitalizations are at record highs, we have 1,500 deaths a day, even though omicron isn't as deadly, we still have an enormous burden on the country. we do need these mandates. i've called for these mandates since april. we can get to about 60% of the population vaccinated by voluntary efforts, by making them free, by giving them some