CDC Director Rochelle Walensky says we are probably going to have to learn to live with COVID-19.

Walensky appeared on CBS Mornings on Tuesday to discuss the current state of the fight against the virus. Co-host Gayle King posed the idea that the public is not going to get an all-clear and will just have to live with COVID-19. Walensky agreed.

“I think that that's probably true, but what I would say is we have a lot of control and power to ... bring down the amount of disease in this country and get much faster to that place,” Walensky said.

The co-hosts noted that many are more than ready for the conversation surrounding COVID-19 to move away from a crisis narrative that includes changing life’s rules and instead move toward living with the virus.

Walensky said that is the goal. However, she offered little hope, with 3% of the disease in the United States coming from the omicron variant.

“We all want to get there. We’re not where we want to be right now, but what I’ll say is we have 1,100 deaths every day still. And we can’t be cavalier about the fact that we are losing so many lives,” Walensky said.

She did not, however, discuss the recent CDC data noting that most of the 43 COVID-19 omicron cases were identified in people who are fully vaccinated. Symptoms were reported as mild.

Co-host Nate Burleson noted that not all scientists agree that boosters are needed. Walensky did not directly respond to the question but pointed toward the need for protection.

“It goes back to the more mutations a variant has, the more immune protection that you need from it,” Walensky said.

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When asked about whether the idea of being fully vaccinated is being redefined, Walensky stated the desire is for people to be doubly vaccinated.

“So, yes, we would really like people to get doubly vaccinated and then get their booster when they are eligible for their booster,” Walensky said.

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Federal data show that 202.2 million people in the U.S. are fully vaccinated with 54.4 million people having received a booster dose.