many other places across the country also breaking pandemic records. we are seeing a sharp up rise in pediatric hospitalizations. that's also putting fear into parents here, but a lot of those times those numbers aren't necessarily to show the voluntary is more dangerous to children, it's just more cases overall, and those cases where they require hospitalizations, they will go a little higher but a lot of the children were already in there and happened to test positive for covid-19. talking to a lot of worried parents, one doctor spoke earlier this week with advice for those parents. let's listen. >> the best thing to do right now is max out your vaccinations, and only 15 to 20% of the kids have been vaccinated, so we have to improve on that.