'They still donât believe that itâs real': Front-line nurses deal with misconceptions, misinformation Share Updated: 6:30 PM EDT Aug 3, 2021 Share Updated: 6:30 PM EDT Aug 3, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript COVID VIRUS ONCE THEY GET TO THE HOSPITAL. THAT IS, IF THEY SURVIVE. HOSPITALS LIKE ST. ELIZABETH ARE NOW FEELING THE EFFECTS OF THE LATEST SURGE IN COVID PATIEN.TS >> IN THE PAST 10 DAYS, TWO WEEKS, OUR NUMBERS HAVE JUST SKYROCKETED AGAIN. BRIAN: MOST ARE VERY SICK. MOST ARE UNVACCINATED, AND MYAN HAVE SOMETHING ELSE IN COMMON. >> THEY STILL DONâT BELIEVE THAT ITâS REAL. BRIAN: LEE ANN ERNST IS A NURSING SUPERVISOR, AND HAS WORKED WITH COVIPAD TIENTS DAILY FROM THE BEGINNING. SHE SAYS THE LEVEL OF DISBIEELF IN THE VIRUS IS REALLY UNBELIEVABLE. DOES GETTING THE DISSEEA CONVINCE ANY OF THESE FOLKS THAT ITâS REAL? >> YES. BRIAN: AND NURSES SAY EVEN MANY WHO UNDERSTAND THE VIRUS IS REAL, D ANVERY CONTAGIOUS, ARE TELLING FRONTLINE WORKERS SOMETHING EL.SE >> PEOPLE WILL SAY, "I DIDN'â THINK THIS WAS GOING TO HIT ME. I DIDNâT THINK I WAS GOING TO GET IT." BRIAN: THE DELTA VARIANTS I BLAMED FOR THE DRAMATIC INCREASE IN CASES. THE NORTHERN KENTUCKY HETHAL DEPARTMENT REPORTS 117 NEW CASES AND 10 DEATHS OVERGHT.NI THE COVID MAP SHOWS A BIG PART OF THE AREA NOW IN THE RED ZE.ON THATâS 25 PER 100,000. >> PEOPLE I GUESS THINK THEY ARE IMMUNE FROM IT, EVEN WHEN EYTH ARENâT VACCINATED. BRIAN: MADISON OTTE IS ALSO A REGISTERED NUR WSEITH ST. ELIZABH.ET SHE WORKS WITH COVID PATIENTS, TOO. SHE SAYS SOMETIMES, COVID DOES THE CONVINCI.NG >> IT IS KIND OF A, SOMETIMEAS COME TO JESUS, REGRETFUL, THIS IS HAPPENING. BRIAN: AS HOSPITALS BECOME A PLACE FOR TREATMENT AND EDUCATION IN THE REALITIES OF COVID. THE NURSES TELL US THEY STLIL HAVE PEOPLE WHO FIND OUT THEY HAVE COVID AND THEN THEY WANT THE VACCINE. THAT WONâT WORK. VACCINES ARE A PREVENTAT