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Things. the pandemic has very much changed the way i think physicians in general, in our field, it changed it in that prior to the pandemic, i had really only been to maybe two other deliveries in the medical icu. its uncommon for a mother of child bearing age to be really ill. and that changed drastically since the pandemic started. moms with covid are often very sick because of it. they can be paralyzed. it creates a lot of complications with delivery, for both mom and baby. >> wow. >> so as a...

Over 4,000. um, is that an acceptable number to do this? or -- or are they projecting out to march 7th at this point? >> i dont think we should be looking at case counts at all at this point, especial ly when we are dealing with a milder variant, and when so many people were exposed to omicron and, therefore, have at least some level of protection, either through vaccination or immunity. the key number we should be looking at is hospitalizations. if our icus and hospitals in that particular regi...

That also shows no sign of ending. whats happening here, pam, is political leaders and police forces across the country are trying to figure out what will end this. and you said it at the top, these are people, a very vocal minority i will add, that want to see an end to all mandates, masks, vaccine and otherwise, and they want everything to return to how it was. i have to tell you, pam, hospitals and health care workers are exhausted. the hospitals here in this country, in this city, still fill...

Understanding they would be removed as soon as we can, and in this case, circumstances have changed, case counts are declining. also, the science has changed. >> tucker: the planned parenthood lady is super creepy. imagine taking medical advice from her. anyway, she is telling us the science has changed. effective immediately, according to cnns doctor, no longer makes sense to force children to wear masks. >> if our icus and hospitals in that particular region are not overwhelmed, if they are no...

>> you know, we just ran some data a couple of weeks ago at a meeting. i was on a zoom call meeting with my hospital, which is a pretty big hospital system. we went through pretty much each demographic and age group. 98.8% of people in my hospital that are in icus that are dying are unvaccinated. we still have a number of people that are there, elderly with diabetes, hypertension, obesity that may not be boosted, but the majority of people that are severely sick are people that are unvaccinated....

Biden to keep pushing for that. we are fighting two wars, one war that we could see, the ukraine/russian war that is so painful. but at the same time we are fighting an invisible war, a war we cannot see where most the pain happens in icus and hospitals. but we need to take heed, just like you mentioned, the -- europe has warned us five times previously. this is the sixth warning. and we need to be ready for this. >> and we learned this week that toou doses of the pfizer bayonne tech cut the ris...

Their towns and a strategic aspect. these are areas outside of kyiv. the stra tegic target and goal f russians was to encircled the city of 3 million people. you dont acroccupy and hold th terrain easily. you encircle it, cut it off and hope for a surrenderer. not only is that not happening but ukrainian forces are pushing back and in some cases, we understand to some reports in some suburban areas, cutting off the russians from their own supply lines so they are doing a lot better than expected...

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Well as poland, the confidence level on both sides is high that the supply chain, at least in western ukraine, is functioning and getting down to kyiv. its happening, were getting good reports on whatsapp pictures, proof of delivery into the facility. its very dynamic, as you said, with such a high percentage of people on the move. and the concern is that, you know, the disruption that comes from just people who may be diabetic or asthmatic, not having access to the things that keep them healthy...

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