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And he got the delta variant. there are going to be breakthrough cases as more get vaccinated, but are they winding up in hospital? hardly. not when you compare them to vaccinated americans. so the vaccines are holding up well. what isn't holding up well is that we haven't gotten enough americans full dwri vy vaccinat. so whatever we could do on moving the needle on that is good for the surge. >> good to see you. thank you. >> thank you. meantime, a troubling message for one of louisiana's top doctors. the physician and chief of children hospital of new orleans warning that the delta variant...

Disease, erica. >> you spoke with dr. klein who i mentioned as i was tossing to you. what does he believe in the key to protecting our kids is getting vaccines? >> reporter: that is right. and some of the children in the pediatric ward have parents that are not vaccinated and seeing their children on a ventilator is not enough to get vaccinated and dr. klein said that is deeply concerning for him and to not be that parent. it is not a personal choice to get vaccinated and in his opinion, he said, this is a common sense public health recommendation. specifically because we don't yet know the lo...

And there was a widely held belief that it wasn't transmissible among small children but the delta variant has leveled up the virus and changed that. here at the hospital the icu beds are at capacity and have been for about five or six weeks now and in the proediatric ward they have kids trugling to get oxygen. those are that verbal compress to doctors how distressed they are and how difficult it is to breathe. and the staff is no stranger to deal with small children but they tell me this is specially difficult for them to see because of just how unnecessary it is. dr. mark klein saying this i...

Practice optional. so, how can parents protect their children? here to discuss it is dr. mark klein, physician in chief at children's hospital new orleans. dr. klein, welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> what are you seeing at your hospital? i understand that you've seen the number of very sick children admitted to children's hospital with covid go from 0 to 20 over the past few weeks. what's going on there? >> we've had an influx of patients over the past couple of weeks, joshua, just a month ago, our test positivity rate for children seen hour outpatient settings was just 1%. two weeks ago, ...

84%. kids across the country are gearing up to return to their classrooms. with the delta variant on the rise, the cdc has advised everyone to wear masks at schools, in high-. transmission areas. but many are making this practice optional. so, how can parents protect their children? here to discuss it is dr. mark klein, physician in chief at children's hospital new orleans. dr. klein, welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> what are you seeing at your hospital? i understand that you've seen the number of very sick children admitted to children's hospital with covid go from 0 to 20 over the past f...