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Past that peek. and now it's a matter of saying that the decline, how gradual that might be or will it be a steeper decline? that will partly depend on ongoing success with masking and being vigilant. >> you mentioned your hospital in texas children's. as i understand it doctors there are closely monitoring a rise in post covid issues. your hospital recently said that 25 kids have been hospitalized in the past couple weeks with multisystem inflammatory system. the hospital has found that teenagers between 14 and 18 are being hospitalized with it most. more than half require intensive care. and...

I think what we've got to do is we have got to continue to provide people facts. and we've got to really challenge those that are spreading the disinformation, some of it is some of our elected leaders, some of it doctors, and i think the medical community in idaho is so frustrated that i think you're going to see it is stepping up in terms of combating this misinformation and disinformation. >> and dr. goetz, you've said it's not just idaho, it's also eastern washington, which has lower vaccination rates. but in washington there are mask mandates. so paint a picture for us of the strain that ...

Who will get vaccinated. they've not dug in their heels. i think they can get vaccinated sooner rather than later if we meet questions with facts and confidence. >> there are people who say you see at least some modest progress in recent days. why? is there a key? is it communicating a different way? is it doctors getting on the phone? is it fear when people see the case count going up like it is? >> i really think it's all of the above. we've done a good job engaging trusted messengers. we're going to continue that work. our physician community has stepped up. hospitals have spoken loud and c...

Is it doctors fault? who made a mistake here? >> dr. poti: i'm going to say it's complicated. i'm not going to say there's one entity here that's responsible, but there was a lot of money to be made by promoting the treatment of pain to the highest level. big pharma made a lot of money on this. and i was taught in residency you give people as much pain medicine as they need. you get them out of pain. we will judge your hospital. we will judge your emergency room based on your pain scores. that's how we were taught. and we were also told these medicines weren't all that addictive. we started ha...

We've really in our own way created this mess that we're in now. ♪ >> anthony: in downtown greenfield, the people's pint, an eco-conscious, local pub that brews its own beer, uses only farm fresh ingredients and composts its leftovers. it's where i meet up with dr. poti for dinner. >> anthony: i guess my first question is who is doing dope? >> dr. poti: everybody starts with pills. there's nobody -- >> anthony: everybody. >> dr. poti: everybody starts with pills. there's nobody that goes from marijuana to heroin. there's an in between step. always pills, it's pills that people get from their...