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Given the skyrocketing numbers, how worried are you and what are you considering to do to protect the people in your state, mask mandates, vaccine mandates? what are you thinking of? >> so, unfortunately, we've kind of known this winter surge will be around for some time. july, august, september we were planning for new variants and planning for what might come because as governor you have to plan for the worst and hope for the best. we were traveling to other states while they saw their surges last summer, learned from their hospitals, brought ceos of our hospitals across the country to learn...

What are you thinking of? >> so unfortunately we've kind of known this winter surge will be around for some time. july, august, september we were planning for new variants and planning for what might come because as governor you have to plan for the worst and hope for the best. we were traveling to other states while they saw their surges last summer, learned from their hospitals, brought ceos of our hospitals across the country to learn how they're managing internal surge plans and releasing that plan if you will. as dr. fauci talked about, test something huge. the first state in the country ...

Alliance Warn Of Winter Pressure On Health Service

Because of the aggressive nature of the delta variant are now being hospitalized. that simply did not happen in the previous surges. >> that's so critical to highlight. some folks still think if they're young, they're invincible. 20 and 30-year-olds hospitalized. i want to get into the numbers here. i want to show the numbers because they are grim. hospitals in the state have a 14% bed availability right now. 8% in the icu. 36 of all patients in florida hospitals have covid and 75% of your hospitals are facing a critical staffing shortage in the next week. so, how are your hospitals going to c...

In one of the nation's biggest hot spots the governor there is actively opposing mask mandates measures. let's go to austin, texas. >> steved aler earlier this morning painted a bleak picture for what hospitals in this area lock like right now. he said he visited an icu yesterday. i can't tell you how many times he used the word scary to describe what he saw. there is 2.3 million people living in the greater austin area and currently nine icu beds available. it is a real problem for hospitals. they are starting to put in some of their surge plans which include moving some patients to the hallw...