>> reporter: i'm nadia ramiro in baton rouge, louisiana, the numbers for covid-19 here keep getting worse and worse yet another record-breaking day for hospitalizations the state going in the wrong direction. cases are up as well. but when i talk to people about why they're not getting vaccinated, here we are on the north side of the baton rouge and they tell us it's access to care is a big barrier. can take them 30 minutes to an hour to get to the closest hospital. >> you know, it should have been one of the most joyful experiences of her life, but for one texas mom giving birth to her newborn son in the same hospital system where her husband had died of covid-19 just two months before brought back feelings of loss and heart break. seeing the same uniforms, hearing the beeping machines the drip of the iv. joining me is maria garza. her husband jason died in may when she was seven months pregnant. maria, i want to thank you so much for joining us. we're at a critical point right now in this pandemic.