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People are positioned and ready accordingly. Bill so part of that, the workers putting boxes and viles in freezer cases to be shipped across the country. The president calling it a modern day miracle. And Restaurant OwnerAngela Marcon is here again. And first, be marc siegel with the vaccinations are underway. They continue. Doctor, how is it going . Bill, it was an honor to be invited into my Medical Center to witness this historic event. The trucks rolled as promised by general purna. Its v day. If first nurse here to be vaccinated, tara easter. I interviewed her. She said to me, you know, its an honor and she was shirks and side effects. Shes not worried about it. Shes going back to work tomorrow. Lets hear what she had to say about the vaccine. How do you feel about those that didnt make it this day to get the shot ....
Data that i ve seen, it is not this covid vaccine is not as effective in kids as it is adults. so what do you say to that? yeah, no, i mean that is definitely through, right? so when you look at it in relation to adult covid illness for sure, kids formatunately ha been less impacted even through delta and omicron relative to adults ths thankfully. but during the omicron phase, we had about one in five hospitalized patients ending up in the icu. so relative to adults, covid is definitely less impactful for pediatric patients, but still is a significant cause of illness in this age group. and when you look at it in context of just pediatric illnesses, covid has actually become one of the leading causes of death in pediatric patients. and so with respect to the fact that kids are less affected, ....
Show you exactly where we are. we are outside of a parking garage. you can see behind me a little bit behind me, you can see the nurses now arriving. this is the university of mississippi medical center s second field hospital. this is run and funded by samaritan s purse. it is only for adult covid patients they have over 30 beds this is not patients who have minor cases of covid-19. the beds here are icu beds and stepdown beds which is just a level below needing icu care. this is the state s premier hospital system and they are struggling to keep up with the surge of covid patients. the children s hospital is struggling as well. as you said, this is the state s only children s hospital and when i spoke to a pediatrician here they told me the numbers they re seeing of children admitted with acute cases of covid-19 is astounding. they re also seeing a rise in patients, children, having that ....