rashele walensky still pushed for everyone to remain vigilant. the seven-day average for covid deaths per day is over 2200. joining me now is ucsf's dr. peter chin hong. let's begin with what the cdc director clarified today. milder does not mean mild. do you think that terminology, mild, gave people a sense of safety? >> i think many people think it's universally mild. but being in the hospital this week, i can tell you there are still a lot of patients even with omicron, having very severe disease, having abnormalities on their chest imaging. we have to give them a lot of medicines, and we have over 100 patients in the ucsf system. it's definitely not a walk in the park right now. and, you know, it's mild for many people but not mild for everyone. >> we are seeing cases and positivity rates dip statewide. and san francisco health leaders say they believe the city hit its peak a few weeks ago. do you think we're on the other side of the surge at this point? >> yes, i definitely think we're on the other side, in terms of cases, but we're not real

. >> let's talk more about what cdc director rashell walensky appeared on five network agencies to defend the isolation time. here's what she said on the today show. >> what we have right now is science that looks at the decay of the virus. how much transmission is happening in the period after you've been infected. >> all the right choice? >> my work space is the entire world. credibility in this country have the freedom of flight and only after vaccines became readily available that demand returned for air travel. working on supporting and recognizing some people cannot get this who fly planes out of medical necessity. we've got to protect everyone and make decisions that are going to keep everyone safe so everyone can be certain when they buy an airline ticket, they're not asking to get covid or spread covid to their families. there has been too much hurt, too many people suffer from long covid, too many people who have had friends and family members died and affirmation of our position that we are admitting infectious people into the workplace. >> airline policies over and above what