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And he is no longer with us. i never expected to receive the response i did. my post received 3,000 shares, which is significant. i work in social media. i'm tracking my metrics. the number of d.m.s i have received. the messages from the touching ones, saying i couldn't get to my father, my mother, my aunt, my ankle, your story did. they got max nated. people sending me selfies. i've had nurses and doctors thanking me because of the e.r.s and covid communities are overrun with covid patients.

Vaccinated here in this country, alex. >> it is extraordinary. okay, vaughn hillyard. and frightening. i appreciate your time. we're continuing the conversation as we go to dr. bernard ashby, cardiologist and florida state lead for the committee to protect health care. dr. ashby, it's good to see you again. i will be honest. we haven't seen you for a few months on this broadcast because things were going pretty well in florida. were you with us all the time in the beginning when the numbers were really bad. we watched them rise. they're rising again. talk about who these people are that are co...

Gotten the vaccine. let's get to a doctor on the front lines in florida, an emergency medical physician at kendall medical center in miami. y what are you seeing in miami? >> feels like groundhog day but even worse. last summer people were trying to avoid the e.r.s unless they were sick. but now a lot of people are acting like we're coming out of this pandemic, so we've got normal people as well as covid cases. a lot of nurses have quit. so we have a shortage each for normal terms. it's massive delays in the hospital, very, very stressful shifts. i'm saying that as somebody

State of rhode island, we have done a great job with vaccinations so we're not seeing a lot of covid cases right now. but my colleagues across the country, particularly in missouri, arkansas, nevada, are telling me that the e.r.s are getting filled with patients with covid again and similar to what they experienced in the fall and early winter of last year. the sad part about this is that it is people who have not been vaccinated. 99% of the folks that are getting infected and hospitalized are people who have not gotten the shots. that is what makes it predictable. the delta variant is so tran...

An over sight ability. >> sit where you are. i want to ask you more about what is happening along the border but right now i want to get further information. 250 are heading to the texas bored e.r.s part of the 4,000 approved by secretary of defense mat its. maya rodriguez is there at the border down of hildago. troops are arriving. have they arrived and what is the reaction or anticipation of them getting there. >> reporter: we haven't seen troops living yet and it not clear where they will be deployed. this is like you mentioned the community of hilalgo. mexico is quite further south