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Thing we have to remember is this means the vaccines are working. yes, there are breakthrough cases, but they haven't been putting people into the er. i'm going into the er for a shift after this and the people in the hospital, the majority of them just won't have been vaccinated. >> yeah, it's interesting, some of the messaging this year, it seems to have gotten lost about, you know, this virus, you may still get infected, but you will not end up in the hospital. and that is really what the purpose of the vaccines were supposed to be. and somehow that messaging sort of got muddled, it seemed,...

Pediatric COVID hospitalizations are rising in several states, but Illinois is among five where they are rising the most.

Another 21,137 COVID-19 cases were reported in Massachusetts Thursday, setting a record for the second day in a row.

Month ahead? >> right, so it shows two things. one, how much more contagious omicron is, and also the vaccine worked better against delta than it does against omicron. we may be seeing these breakthrough cases, but keep this in mind and i can't emphasize it enough, vaccination is still helpful. it will -- the data says that it will give viewers -- will give you a mild disease compared to unvaccinated people. the hospitals are filling up mainly with unvaccinated people. the vaccine is keeping people out of the hospital to a very great extent. so, let's take a look, though, at the future. i have...

>> how bad was it? >> not bad at all. >> reporter: despite the welcomed shot in the arm more americans died from covid this year than last as the more contagious delta variant surged and hospitals filled again, treating mostly unvaccinated parents. >> now we are treating patients in the hallways. >> reporter: mask mandates sparked rage. at school board meetings. >> let the parents make the decisions. let the kids breathe. >> reporter: as classrooms cautiously returned to in-person learning. >> i'd rather wear it because i don't want to get covid. >> reporter: and in a way all of us were studen...