>> i am joined, now, by dr. mark laperouse, he is the emergency-room medical director at our lady of the lake regional medical center in baton rouge. again, which is my hometown. doctor, thank you so much. this is very important. i really appreciate your joining us because you are on the front lines of this new wave of cases in louisiana. how bad is it? >> well, thanks for having me, don. um, it's pretty bad. this is as i have been telling people, this is the fourth round that we're going through this. and this is the worst round, so far. where the healthcare team is tiring out -- um -- trying to battle this. and it seems that all the things that we were experiencing, back in march of 2020, april of 2020, we're not doing the same things, um, current state. you know, mask wearing, social distancing, kind of, respecting each other's personal space. you know, and then, at that time, we didn't have a vaccine. but now, we do. and there is a lot of discussion about should i get a vaccine? or should i not? and it's, still, a very personal decision for people. but this round is proving that