but if you re able to get a surgical mask or a kn-95, or best yet, an n-95, that will certainly protect you better. all right, dr. celine gander, we appreciate all that expertise. i want to bring in chief medical officer of the system. doctor, thank you for being with us today. thank you for having me, lindsay. you said pennsylvania s health system was in the brink of collapse. what are you anticipating the next couple weeks as we get into this post-holiday potential surge? we have a critical situation right now in terms of capacity. our hospitals are currently at 106% of capacity. we have icu-level patients being taken care of in other places besides the icu. we have tremendously long waits in the emergency department. we re looking for that to get
started, and also with us is epidemiologist celine gander. doctor, we ll start with you. what are you learning about these flight disruptions and when things can improve? the numbers have been ticking up all day. it s a relatively quiet day here, i m happy to say, for anyone who wants to travel. of course, all this information is going to depend on where you are and when you re trying to travel, and the best advice is to always check with the airlines to see what s happening with your flight. delta released a statement not long ago saying that they have canceled 374 out of 4100 scheduled flights. that s about 100 fewer than they canceled on sunday. and united airlines issued a statement with similar numbers as well. delta also saying that they re particularly having problems in their hubs because of weather in minneapolis, salt lake city and seattle. and both airlines are
again, and i can say that with great confidence. we know much more than we did in 2020 and we know those winter layers will protect you. wear those winter layers. dr. celine gander, thank you. we appreciate your expertise at this hour. president biden is about to give an update on the supply chain issues we re talking about. we ll take you to the white house when it starts. brand new details of a phone call between congresswoman omar and we ve got it all after the break. d we ve got it all the break. this.
there s been an adverse event it occurs within the first two months after vaccination. we now have more than six months of follow-up with all of the vaccines. right. so we know, you know, what to expect. as i noted, 4 billion doses administered worldwide, over 350 million doses here in the united states. i mean that s a tremendous amount of data we now have on the safety and efficacy of these vaccines. i appreciate this conversation so much, dr. celine gander. come see me again. thank you. all of you, be sure to watch the week with joshua johnson with his special guest, andy slavitt. watch for it at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. inflation nation. what can be done to slow it down and how concerned you should be about the new numbers next. onc power. it can only be set free. i want to make you yell.