hospital. he says the positive infection rate in his hospital tests has jumped from 4% a month ago to 35% and he's struggling to find nurses to handle all the patients. his team is exhausted. >> i think we're headed to a very bad situation and it's going pretty rapidly. >> it has to be exhausting. >> once you get behind, go to the nurse's floor and you look at them in the eyes, you can see that it's stressful. you can see it. you can feel it. >> but this pandemic crisis is once again clouded by the fight over mask wearing and vaccine acceptance. 45% of the texas population is fully vaccinated and almost all of the newest cases are among the unvaccinated. school superintendents and county officials in the biggest cities across texas are mandating masks despite the governor's orders. republican state leaders are vowing to fight the mandates in court. >> you're 43 years old, we're