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By omicron, there is now a dramatic fight in covid-related fatalities. >> there has been more deaths that i have seen the whole time in just one week than i normally see in a month, let alone in a day. >> reporter: first detected in the u.s. six weeks ago, omicron is decimating the workforce and quickly spreading among children in two weeks, cases nearly tripling with well over half a million kids infected in the first week of january. it comes amid a serious shortage of hospital staff >> we have hundreds of doctors and nurses now that have covid and are isolating because of that. there are ma...

Need to look at. but we just don't have the data, yet. in terms of whether that should be recommended or not. the best thing is that if you are immunocompromised, the best thing they could do today is make a plan with their doctor about how you will access what is right for you. is there another dose that you should be taking. if not, what other strategies, in terms of accessing for example or antivirals are prepositioning yourself in able to get -- what you can do to increase your chances of getting severely. that is what i would suggest patients to take. >> dr. nahid bhadelia, we're always g...

Happened previously in our children and the unvaccinated and immunocompromised are really feeling the brunt of this right now more than ever. >> you've also been struggling with vaccine resistance, built-in vaccine resistance. in part, some of the places in which you work, people do not have general practitioners. they don't have a doctor normally. they're not even getting tested whether they have heart disease or diabetes so getting tested for covid have to be further off than that. have people been convinced by your work to get vaccinated? >> absolutely. right now the demand is for testing. ...

You have got the one for the private employers that have 100-or-more employees when it comes to vaccine requirements and of the other for healthcare employers, that get funding from medicare or medicaid. it kind of broke twofold where they seemed much more skeptical if you heard justices of the prior mandate than of the bun with the federal funding given their healthcare workers, working with people who may have -- be immunocompromised. certainly, liberal justices on the court today. but i think it really remains to be seen and i think the white house listening to those arguments could hear th...

>> reporter: kelly who you heard from there is triple vaccinated but immunocompromised. her son after he heard what her doctor told her, she went on an hour-longs search to track down pills for her. he ultimately was successful, but one thing he told us is he was privileged to have the ability, the time, the wi-fi, the computer skills to do all of this work. not everyone else has it. there's a website we can show you quickly here that the department of health runs. it's an interactive therapeutic map. we will post this website on twitter. but i'm a pretty good googler. it is incredibly difficu...