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Disease, we still recommend the booster. >> one last question. can someone transfer the omicron variant without testing positive for it? >> yes. yes, yes, yes. absolutely. you know, generally, testing positives, rapids pick up. rapids pick up infectious virus even if asymptomatic. right? we know that. we know people can do that. i will say we don't have a lot of data yet on the amount of virus in boosted nays nays oh f but we do from israel. a lot more less virus in their nose, less virus. another reason to get vaccinated but absolutely can have the

15,500 hospitalizations. and it is not just florida seeing these upticks in the southeast region. let's go to mississippi and this is alarming. take a look at the icu beds and what is left. you zoom in on mississippi and you will see it says zero when it comes to icu. and this has doctors not only concerned over what is happening now, but as you just heard the doctor that ed talked about, many concerned about what is to come. >> the number of new positives that we're seeing, the rate of the testing positives, and the rate of hospitalizations based on what we're seeing, if we continue that traj...

That we're seeing, the rate of the testing positives and the rate of hospitalizations based on what we are seeing, if we continue that trajectory within the next five to seven to ten days, i think we're going to see failure of the hospital system in mississippi. hospitals are full from memphis to gulf port. everything is full. >> everything is full. that is just the reality now. and the virus is spreading at a terrifying rate. the state is requesting help from the federal government. a field hospital is now being set up in a parking lot that could be used to take care of older teenagers with c...

Have feared the most is just total failure of the hospital system. and, you know, if we track back a week or so, when we look at the case positivity rate, the number of new positives that we're seeing, the rate of the testing positives, and the rate of hospitalizations based on what we're seeing, if we continue that trajectory, within the next five, seven, to ten days, i think we're going to see failure of the hospital system in mississippi. hospitals are full from memphis to gulfport, everything is full. if there were, schools coming back, if there were a bus wreck of kids, we would not be ab...

Good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm brianna keel alongside john berman. >> and katie ledecky. >> she can't walk off the set because she'll clink. she'll wait a moment. it is thursday, august 12, and we are following serious news today. unvaccinated americans are filling up i.c.u.s this morning. they are actually leaving hospitals on the brink in some parts of the country. mississippi, there is a dire warning that hospitals are potentially days away from failure. >> the number of new positives that we're seeing, the weight of the testing positives, and th...