with little to know social distancing. let s go live to omar jimenez live this morning. omar, the organizers changed a piece of protocol midw festival what are they doing today? reporter: yeah, boris, it s really illustrating the tight rope that they re forced to walk. knowing they were given the go-ahead to do this at full capacity but when time came, we saw cases rise to a point where they felt they needed to update their guideguidelines, for star we re seeing the entrance of where they will start out. and there s a health screening tent, please have proof of vaccination ready to show. and it s expected to bring hundreds of thousands over the course of these few days to chicago. to get in, you have to show a proof of negative covid test within 72 hours of you walking through these doors or be fully vaccinated.
county s workforce has been vaccinated. that s right around the national average. i want to show that transmission map in northern florida. there s a lot of red around it. i m wondering if you heard from anyone that said you re ready to walk, they re ready to quit, instead of getting the shot. have you had conversations like that? we have not, yet. and i fully expect, i have to say, boris, that leon county employees have stepped up time and time again so far this pandemic. and this may be an unfortunate position to be with respect to the position of employment, however, i think it s the only responsible thing to ensure our readiness to serve the community. i haven t heard it yet, i expect our employees to step up as they have so many times other times. and i certainly home they do. aside from employees, you ve heard from your community, they ve been sending interesting emails since this decision one of them calling you and your
got a three fold increase in kids being admitted to the hospital. you know, i can t stress to people that, you know, this is serious. we re about to open schools and it really worries me for a lot of states in the south and the midwest in particular. doctor, it s so important to get that message out there because i think there s a misperception that this is a virus that affects the elderly or immunocompromised but people you noted are in their 30s, 40s, and a lot of kids being admitted to your hospital as well. we appreciate you taking us into those painful moments, those conversations with your patients to hopefully move the needle and get those who may be hesitant to get vaccinated. dr. alex busko, thank you for your time. thank you, boris. the national eviction moratorium put in place to help them through the pandemic, it expires at midnight.