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We have 175 mississippians in hospital beds. we have only five mississippians -- in a state of 3 million, we only have 59 in ivu beds. we have 28 mississippians on the ventilator today. our case numbers are way down. our vaccination numbers continue to rise. we have 1.6 million mississippians that have been vaccinated. that's not enough. but in talking to our state health officers, we believe somewhere between 80% to 85% of mississippians have some level of immunity, either natural immunity or immunity from having taken the shots. i think the things we have to start thinking about is the boost...

We're in the middle of the biggest public health crisis of our lifetime. we as a society have laws that protect people's health and well-being all the time. >> it's hard to believe but that stat is true. the country is averaging 1,000 covid deaths a day and more than 101,000 americans are now hospitalized with coronavirus. nearly 26,000 are currently in intensive care units. >> florida has less than 10% ivu beds. they're averaging 14,000 cases a day. >> joining us to discuss all things covid is dr. peter hotez, professor and dean of tropical medicine at baylor college.