for full fda approval of those vaccines for that. hallie? simone, thanks. morgan, over to you now. hospitals are seeing shortages, staffing shortages, bed shortages, equipment shortages, resource shortages, right? how they are trying to maintain? as i ask you that question, my god, we were talking about this a year ago, right? the same question, the same issue, at the height of the pandemic back in 2020. reporter: yeah, hallie. they re dealing with this however they can. unfortunately they had to get creative. one of the largest maternity wards in the entire country and he has said because of the shortage of staff, he has actually had to turn away pregnant women to go elsewhere. wow. reporter: something he has never had to do here. that s a snapshot of part of the problem here. the other part of the problem is that they ve lost staff.
everybody is taking on water if you re an democrat or a republican. paint the picture of where you are in texas right now. we know that we have seen spikes there, the hospitalizations. next door in louisiana, morgan, their issue is staff shortage, bed shortages, things like that. what are you seeing on the ground there in text. that is why health care professionals are concerned. at last check about 7600 people are hospitalized in the state due to covid-19. hospitals are reentering crisis mode, and all of this without local authorities ability to reinstate any mask mandates or safety measures because of an
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