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>> i used to think of it as being overwhelmed, health care workers are overwhelmed. that doesn't even address it. the way i address it with folks when i talk to them, i refer to it as moral injury. >> reporter: what do you mean by that? >> we want to help folks. now that folks aren't getting vaccinated, they're not believing us, they're questioning our education and our background. it's hurtful. we're exhausted. we're tired. we have been morally injured. >> reporter: chapman says some nurses endured so much abuse, getting them to walk from cars into work is a challenge. >> it is like when a ve...

A very high rate of votes for donald trump in the last election. and people ask for things like nebulis iodine. in normal medical practice, we constantly talk to people about treatment. people refuse treatment. this is something different. people are coming with specific treatments that we know not to be helpful, and in some cases, would be extremely dangerous, and they're getting this from the rapid disinformation that's being spread, you know, from senator ron johnson in wisconsin to governor ron desantis in florida telling people that there are treatments out there that truly don't exist, t...

It really is just a small fraction of the dozens of cruise ships that are making they're wa -- making their way on their journeys. those ships were actually trying to find ports of call to take passengers and crew just so they can get home. we're in a very different position at this point compared to march 2020, ryan. >> all right, alison kosik, nadia romero, thanks to you. in the early days of the pandemic, carriers are facing threats of lawsuits, even death, from the very people they are trying to save. senior correspondent ed lavandera has the story. >> my name is jeff. >> reporter: dr. j...

Care workers are overwhelmed. that doesn't even address it. the way i address it now with folks when i talk to them is i refer to it as moral injury. >> reporter: what do you mean by that? >> we want to help those. now that folks aren't getting vaccinated, they're not believing us, they're questioning our education and our background, it's hurtful. we're exhausted. we're tired. and so we have been morally injured. >> chapman says some nurses have endured so much abuse that even getting them to walk from hthei cars into work is a challenge. >> it's like when a veteran comes back from the war. h...

Feels the strain. >> reporter: what's it been like to work in this atmosphere? >> it is exhausted. it is frequently heartbreaking. it is demoralizing at times. >> reporter: dr. lyons says it's also getting hostile as patients are requesting bogus treatments. >> reporter: is it like picking items off a menu at a restaurant? >> absolutely. folks act as if they can come into the hospital and request any sort of therapy they want, or conversely, decline any therapy that they want with the idea being that somehow they can pick and choose and direct their the therapy, and it doesn't work. >> reporte...