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Every one of them on a ventilator. 15 miles east it's the same story. the nursing staff at a breaking point. >> i come in here and it's war. it's sometimes chaos. >> reporter: just 38% of mississippi's population is fully vaccinated. along the gulf coast, it's even worse. hovering around 30%. pushing new cases and hospitalizations higher. officials warn there aren't enough beds but on the front lines, the focus isn't space. it's staff. >> there's not a bed shortage. there's a nursing shortage. we have had situations in here with covid, with people this critical, where two people start to go ba...

Pandemic have driven many nurses to quit. our erica hill introduces us to an icu nurse who resigned, only to go right back into the battle. >> reporter: in ocean springs, mississippi. the icu is full. every patient here battling covid. every one of them on a ventilator. 15 miles east, it's the same story. the nursing staff at a breaking point. >> i come in here and it's war. it's sometimes chaos. >> just 38% of mississippi's population is fully vaccinated. along the gulf coast it's even worse, hovering around 30%, pushing new cases and hospitalizations higher. officials warn there aren't enoug...

Lines the focus isn't space, it's staff. >> there's not a bed shortage. there's a nursing shortage. >> we have had situations in here with covid, with people this critical, where two people start to go bad at once. and you have to decide which room you run to. it's h a's a hard decision to m. >> reporter: the stress of though decisions and the growing number of young coast patients and preventable death -- covid patients and preventable death brought nicole to a breaking point this month. you made the decision to resign. why? >> sometimes it feels like we're fighting a losing battle. >> report...

>> i need to bring in another -- >> reporter: every patient here battling covid. every one of them on the ventilator. 15 miles east, it's the same story. the nursing staff at a breaking point. >> i come in here and it's war. it's sometimes chaos. >> reporter: just 38% of mississippi's population is fully vaccinated. along the gulf coast, it's even worse. hovering around 30%, pushing new cases and hospitalizations higher. officials warn there aren't enough beds but on the front lines the focus isn't space, it's staff. >> there's not a bed shortage. there's a nursing shortage. >> we have had sit...

It did at the beginning of the year. many are resigning worn down by the stress of working in hospitals who have been pushed to the brink by covid. erica hill has the story. >> reporter: in ocean springs, mississippi, the icu is full. every patient here battling covid. every one of them on a ventilator. 15 miles east, it is the same story. the nursing staff at a breaking point. >> i come in here and it is war. it is sometimes chaos. >> reporter: just 38% of mississippi's population is fully vaccinated. along the gulf coast, it is even worse. hovering around 30%, pushing new cases and hospitali...