in short supply right now. >> when you said the idea of underlying health conditions, my mind went to the fact that although covid-19 obviously has exacerbated so many things, it's not as if cancer went away or breast exams didn't need to be performed any longer or routine screenings, in addition to the appendicitises, heart attacks, arm breaks, these are all still happening. for every bed taken, that means attention and resources can't go to those people in a timely fashion. >> correct. not only are we pulling away those resources from those patients but we're putting them at greater risk. my greatest fear and the thing i've been trying to do the most in recent shifts is to control exposure for those that are in the hospital without covid, to try to prevent them from getting it. patients that have cancer, on chemotherapy, who come in because they're having side effects, and have done everything they can including getting vaccinated multiple doses, but whose immune system doesn't respond in the same way. and for whom an infection would be a lot more severe.