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Hospitals are already teetering from delta cases that still remain in the icu, from noncovid cases and volumes that have filled up our e.r.s and hospitals, and from the fact that just like the airline industry and the police and fire folks, health care workers are exposed every day and are getting infected and are being sidelined by covid as well. so were having a hard time making sure that we have enough people to show up to shifts, making sure that there is enough people to provide the high qu...

E.r.s around the country are filled. this will be a major finish in january and february and it speaks to the sheer velocity. it is really making it way possible until speeds that we have not seen before. >> im curious what on the ground medical workers think about the updated cdc guidance last week when the rules were loosened for medical workers. they added isolation time could be cut further if there are staffing shortages. do they agree with this or is there push back from workers that say w...

Center. dr. spencer, you have been in the thick of it. what are you seeing in the e.r. right now? >> honestly, our e.r.s in new york city have been full for quite sometime and it hasnt just been covid patients. it has been patients who have been putting off routine care since the pandemic started, quite honestly. the other day i saw a patient who had been putting off a heart surgery that he needed from before when the pandemic started, and he waited until his symptoms got so bad it brought him i...

Get paid between $5,000 and $10,000 a week, and they are worth every penny of that. theyre worth every penny of that. but that sucks staff out of other hospitals. so all over the united states, e.r.s, for instance, are filled with icu patients who dont have a bed in the intensive care units because -- not because there are no beds but because there are no nurses. now, layer on top of that baseline a surge in people being admitted with covid and its a prescription for a disaster. and what the pub...

Week and theyre worth every pen kne -- penny of that but that sucks staff out of other hospitals. so all over the united states, e.r.s for instance are filled with icu patients that dont have a bed in the intensive care units not because there are no beds but there are no nurses. layer on top of that baseline a surge in people being admitted with covid and its a prescription for disaster. the public needs to lock arms and rally behind the health care professionals, protect our hospitals and the ...

Joining us now. good to see you, doctor. what do you see of the nationwide numbers right now with the calendar now right between thanksgiving and christmas, new years, hannukah holiday season. >> its very concerning to see such high levels right now, and omicron probably hasnt hit its stride yet within our population, and with the holidays coming like you suggest it, were going to see more of a spike so were going into the season with already high levels. were going to see more spiking and were ...

Visit me here for the holidays. listen, tomorrow president biden is expected to layout a comprehensive plan for fighting covid in the coming months. whats the most critical thing that needs to happen here? >> there are a couple really important things. the first is i want to see a vaccine mandate for all international travelers, not just foreign nationals but also american citizens. i would of course love to see that domestically, as well but the chance of that is little to known. ex end tl tend...

Majority of jabs, with thanksgiving and family gatherings two days away. >> not only do boosters work, they work even better than the peak dose, the peak response after the second dose. >> reporter: it comes just as new infections and hospitalizations climb nationwide, pushing some e.r.s back to the brink all over again but despite the troubling trend, dr. tyson bell says there are ways to protect your family for the holidays >> for my family, everyone who is eligible, who is gathering is going ...

But tonight, there is more promising data on the vaccine in adolescents. pfizer reporting its shots were safe and 100% effective at preventing covid in 12 to 15-year-olds for at least four months. new covid cases are ticking up across 32 states, with overall infections up 42% in the last four weeks. >> were dealing with a much more contagious variant than we did before. >> reporter: overwhelmed hospitals in michigan reportedly asking the pentagon for emergency staff. and in minnesota, the nation...

The government used covid-19 to strip you of your first amendment right, freedom of speech and right of association. voting was altered. prisons emptied. these emergency powered fundamentally quhaingd america. a virus so threatening the survival rate was 99%. now that we have the vaccine the threat is done but the imagine powers linger. president biden said this. >> we are taking steps to con front not just the gun -- confront not just the gunny is but what is a public health crisis. >> this is ...