their lives even at my age. i've had, i've had somebody see their mom lose her battle. there's just not words to what we're experiencing right now at the health care forefront. >> reporter: dr. parker banks is the physician at saint can claire health care's clinic care. the battle now, the highly infectious omicron variant. more patients and some days less staff. >> it definitely puts a strain on the system, on an already strained system. so right now we have probably a 40% reduction in staff currently today due to covid or covid exposure. with that, everybody else here has to pick up a significant amount. >> reporter: at saint claire's main hospital in moore head where we visited in september, health care workers are still battling the virus and false information. >> i think a lot of our patients just need to be able to be talked to. let them know the truth. talk to them and answer their questions because a lot of them