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Hospital. >> terrifying. so the united states has a startling new number of covid cases right now. nbc news confirming 40 million americans have now contracted coronavirus. this is even more startling, the number of kids getting it and getting sick enough to be hospitalized. in texas for instance more than 282 kids are hospitalized with covid. physicians blaming the governors ban on mask mandates for the surgeons. and it is not just texas. the number of cases skyrocketed from julys 38,000 to 204...

Joining us. before we delve into your personal experience with the picu, first talk to me about what it means when a picu or nicu is at capacity. >> thank you so much for having me. thereare expressions that we hear, at capacity, and what it means is that the icu which has a finite amount of resources, they are overworking, they are working overload, they dont have enough resources or personnel to adequately and competently care for their patients. they are not able to deliver the standard of ca...

Questioning whether the slugger is worth it. this is not the question. the major question is has the iraq done what we said it would do, which is to keep you out of the hospital, keep you from dying, and the answer is that it has. i think this is still, if you ask anyone whats more important, to get the unvaccinated people onboard and end this crisis or to basically run up the score in the vaccinated subset. when you look here and abroad, the answer is clear. this remains a crisis of the unvacci...

Beginning of the pandemic, when you mentioned we were actually ranked number four in the world as far as death rates. so it was kind of disheartening to be right back past that point. >> what do your icus and emergency rooms look like right now? and whats the merge of patients that are there, that are covid patients? >> the emergency department is full and the hospital is full. were unable to place many patients, anytime a patient is discharged, we have patients waiting on those beds and the eme...

Is great news for vaccination. over and over on again, the vaccine is the winnerer. i feel like we have a baseball team that is losing a bit right now because of delta. but our slugger, the vaccine, hit a grand slam, and everyone is questioning whether the slugger is worth it. this is not the question. the major question is, has the vaccine done what we said it would do, which is to keep you out of the hospital, to keep you from dying. and the answer it has. so, i think this is still, if you ask...

To wait until another child dies in order to get that. that was a stark example. but if youre a parent who doesnt think your kid is getting covid, you always want to know there is some ability to treat your child, right? at that moment when your child needs a hospital bed, thats not the moment you worry about the capacity of the hospital. >> exactly. we are in such dire times right now. and the fact is there are relatively few pediatric icus throughout the country. starting out there are not eno...

Announcements from ford, nissan and toyota asian chip factories have been hit hard by the covid delta variant, forcing some factories to close, and thats led to a shortage of both new and used vehicles, sending car prices even higher, hitting a record price average in august of $41,000 anyone who needs a new car may find very few options in the weeks ahead, potentially meaning even higher prices on dealer lots. tom? >> average price $40,000. all right, thank you there is new fallout tonight af...

Childrens hospital new orleans to covid over the few days of the hurricane. >> yeah. >> so it is a terribly sad situation that were facing, and then the hurricane on top of that, of course, put a considerable strain on our staff and our hospital. >> im sure. this is a piece, "the new york times" piece in which, you know, you told "the new york times" of the roughly 70 children admitted to the hospital with covid-19 in august, about half were 12 or older and thus eligible for vaccination, but onl...

As you said, under the best of circumstances this is an incredibly difficult, demanding job. now you layer on top of this an 18 month pandemic. and as i said, not only do we have a third of our patients with covid, we have extremely high volumes of critically ill, non-covid patients. our emergency departments are overwhelmed by their demand. i am concerned. im concerned about the short term and long term implications on our health care workforce. the trauma that many have experienced watching 25...

About, sir, and just say, "sue me." sue me now. get this thing going to the court. >> it almost has to be done. boycott texas. somebody has to do something thats a little more radical and immediate than trying to get legislation through because it is going to be too late. barbara boxer, errin haines, elie mystic, read his piece. this is the latest example of extreme weather and we as a nation have run out of time to try to convince the flat earth people the climate crisis isnt really happening. ...