hospitals across the country are reaching critical mass. some hospitals are forced to build overflow facilities just as they did at the height of the pandemic last year. take a look at these contrasting images that really are very similar. in fact, they're nearly identical. beds lining makeshift medical facilities, icus overflowing. doctors and nurses overwhelmed. 8 states account for half all u.s. hospitalizations. right now, the number of children hospitalized with covid is skyrocketing in places like louisiana, one of the highest case rates in the country.