our hospitals than ever before, and the overwhelming majority are unvaccinated. >> the ad follows a similar plea from hospitals in minnesota earlier this month, now facing omicron, pleading for help. >> that part of it all feels like it was preventable. we had a level of protection that was offered that people declined, and now they're taking up beds that we know we need for other patients that need surgery for their heart disease or for their cancer, and those patients don't have access to the care that they need right now. >> all of us working on the front lines, health care providers, doctors, nurses, respiratory techs are going to feel the impact of those individual decisions. hospitals and emergency rooms were crowded before omicron came. we had a delta surge, we had e.r.s that are full of tired workers exhausted, not enough