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The air and make it very difficult and it will come from a different direction as well. have to be prepared for that. >> all right. that's a very good point you're making that you're on the front side of this eye wall and thing maze calm down where you're at. people may be tempted to go outside. if anybody is watching or listening, do not go outside when things are clear in the middle of that eye because the other side of that eye wall is going to slam into the area where you are and send things flying. derek, hang on. we'll go to another expert and get back to you shortly. thanks. get back in...

Month in 66 years in the history of the hospital in july in terms of the average daily census, the census in our critical care units and the census in our emergency center. our emergency center visits were up 77% in july compared to june. so people have worked as hard as they possibly can and the last thing in the world that we need right now is a category 4 storm impacting us. but that's what we've got. and we're going to pull together and work as a team. and we'll get through this like we have everything else. >> you know, dr. klein, i've been wondering this, what are you saying to parents w...

We'll see tropical winds picking up late tomorrow night. these are the rainfall impacts. this is a dire situation when you see these numbers. generally eight to 15 inches. we could see up to 20 cinches of inches of rain and a storm surge of up to 20 feet. joining us is dr. mark klein, physician in chief of children's hospital, new orleans. he's a pediatrician and infectious disease specialist. dr. klein, thank you very much for being here. what's your hospital doing to prepare for a possible category 4 hurricane and how devastating could this hurricane be for hospitals already struggling wit...

The picture across the united states is just as bad. across the country, more than 100,000 people are hospitalized for covid-19. the highest number since january. daily covid deaths have increased by 53% in the last two weeks. dr. mark klein is standing by in new orleans. but first, let's get the latest on hurricane ida with meteorologist michelle grossman. >> hey there, jonathan. so we're expecting a category 4 storm. this is a terrible situation by itself. and with a pandemic, it's obviously even worse. so we're looking at category 1 storm now. as it makes landfall, we'll see a category 4 st...

Of age, you're not going to be vaccinated. and even for adolescents between 12 and about 17 years of age, the rate of vaccination has been very low. as adults we've got to step up, show responsibility, and get vaccinated to protect the most vulnerable among us and that's young children. this pandemic is heavily impacting children across the age range in our own hospital, we're seeing children as young as 7, 8, 9 weeks of age hospitalized in our pediatric intensive care unit. and those cases are entirely preventible if we simply do what we need to do which is to mask up, distance, and above all...