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People with co-morbidities are ending up in hospital ICUs with their CT scan showing COVID-19 pneumonia, which is not happening in others this time. This group should mask up and avoid social interaction for the time being, says Dr GC Khilnani, Chairman of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at PSRI Hospital ....
reporter: in the past week, montana averaged about 108 covid patients in hospital i.c.u.s, breaking the record seen during the winter of 2020. have you reached your your breaking point yet? you have good days. you have bad days. i have days i have to call my college buldies and say, hey, man, it s been a bad day. we lost a tough patient last night. and they re great about coming up and saying, hey, what can we do? reporter: with the state only about 50% fully vaccinated, dr. belsky is imploring people, like frank, to get the shot. why did you choose not to get the vaccine? i don t know. i just thought that i m too busy. don t have any time for it. it s not going to be a problem for me. but, boy, it certainly was. reporter: the patient frank we spoke to regrets not getting the vaccine and plans to do so. he still has a long road ahead, including rehab, to learn how to walk again and to feed himself. meg oliver, cbs news, billings, ....