still, in minnesota hospital beds are dwindling in some areas, especially for children as the nih director warnings the battle is far from over. >> we have about 100,000 cases every day, and we are still seeing more than a thousand people dying every day, so this is no time to relax your guard. >> reporter: mask and vaccine battles are still tearing through schools and even police departments. in los angeles, the sheriff refusing to enforce a county order to vaccinate the force. >> i don't want to be in a position to lose 5, 10% of my work force overnight on a vaccine mandate. >> threads of opposition on established science continuing to hold america back. >> the disinformation and misinformation that is flowing abundantly on social media and other technology platforms is having a profound negative effect on our ability to address this pandemic. >> reporter: and the surgeon general went on to say there, alex, that misinformation is literally costing lives.