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Is that where we're headed? >> you know, don, our health care systems are already overwhelmed. my own hospital system today delayed or canceled almost all elective surgeries requiring an overnight stay and many of the day surgeries as well are being canceled. those are things like gallbladders, joint surgeries, things people have been waiting for for months. we are in the midst of a delta wave here in rhode island right now, not yet an omicron wave. so absolutely things are going to get worse before they get better at health systems around the country. and i will say as an e.r. doc this is the...

Is on the wall, you see covid hospitalizations up 43% just from a month ago, according to the hhs, an alarming one in six hospitals already reporting critical staffing shortages, even if omicron cases cause less severe illness, i mean, could it still end up overwhelming our health care systems, is that where we're headed? >> you know, don, our health care systems are already overwhelmed. my own hospital system today delayed or cancelled almost all l elective surgeries requiring an overnight stay and many of the day surgeries as well are being cancelled, things like gallbladders, joint surgerie...