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Joining me now in missouri is shaquille brewster. how have things changed since you were there over the summer? >> during the summer, i had the fire chief, one of the first main responders to covid calls. he told me he was witnessing a mass casualty event happening in very slow motion. you had doctors say what they were seeing inside the icus were comparable or comparable to what they saw in war zones. they thought they would are up out of ventilators at a certain point. they reached their peak ...

100,000 senior citizens out of hospital and saved over 39,000 lives in just the first five months of the year. this comes as cases continue to fall. good news, including drastic changes in some hot spots. in one of those, springfield, missouri, where thespringfield, missouri, where the citys fire chief once said they were witnessing a mass casualty event in very slow motion. but things are very different now. shaquille brewster is there. walk us through this. over the summer, it was devastating....

Happening towards healthcare workers. inside the hospital, i think you have these friction points with not only patients but family members as well and its unfortunately not even confined to one area of the hospital. listen to what one emergency doctor told me yesterday. >> theyre exhausted. i mean, theres fewer and fewer people that feel that they can bear the risk to come to work. weve seen a tripling of the cases of verbal and physical assault on our healthcare workers, and its not just an em...

As many as 14,153 people infected with SARS-CoV-2 are hospitalized in specialized health units, of whom 406 children, the Strategic Communication...

Patients and now this hospital is at capacity. whats the scene there? >> reporter: thats right, geoff, and you know, you have doctors here saying that theyre waiting for that downturn in cases. here in the state of michigan, youre not seeing this decline in cases, not seeing that decline in hospitalizations, and then you have icus in hospitals across the country, at least 20 according to an nbc news analysis that have had icus at full capacity, 100% capacity or more, for more than a year, geoff....

Possible. >> some of the most damning revolutions from the whistleblower involve how using facebooks platforms may harm children and teenagers. we have more now. turning over tens of thousands of documents to the securities and exchange commission, she says in her filings the documents prove that facebook knew using its platforms could be harmful to children. what specifically was she pointing to? >> yeah, thats right. i mean, i think that is why this facebook scandal hits different, right. i me...

This feels like a number worth celebrating. 77.6% of all eligible adults in the u.s. have received at least one dose. is the number still 85% that folks feel like we need to reach, or have the infections been so vast and so tragic and so sweeping that we may be inching towards something that 77% is a good number? >> you know, i think 77% is a good number in every zip code, nicole. the problem here is that in parts of florida, you still have 20% of the most vulnerable not vaccinated, which is why...

Country with the highest vaccination rate. they have one of the lowest, lowest per deaths and per capita infections in the world. >> i mean, you mentioned hawaii, where you are. im just curious. in many states, including where i am, georgia, you wouldnt really know theres an ongoing pandemic. but where you are, the governor just extended the covid restrictions. i imagine people are starting to make their holiday plans. obviously, hawaii is a popular destination. so whats the latest there? >> yea...

Virus. if this isnt battle, what is? >> the worst of that battle happened earlier in the year. when cnn visited in january, the icus had to room to spare, they had to move people around to free up space, and doctors were forced to decide chase cases to prioritize. the german military flew in to help out and strict restrictions to curb of the spread of the disease emptied the capital lisbon. but fast forward six months and things are complete differently. businesses are open and tourists back. th...

Any month that weve ever had since this pandemic started. so the delta variant really, really hit hawaii very, very hard. but again, fortunately were past peak. but our icus are still very full. and our hospitals are still jammed up. less so than before. and were heading in the right direction. but this isnt really a time to take your foot off the pedal. and so definite ly commends having more of a cautious approach. this virus can really throw a lot of curveballs. and then also whats to say tha...