all of those mitigation strategies. a small fraction of a big number is still a really big number. i just want to underscore that, a million cases a day? that is so much higher than even last winter. yeah. and i don t know that we ll hit that, but there are certainly projections that say that could happen with the virus that seems to be doubling most places where it s been every two to four days. dr. shaftner, is it possible we re about to relive or surpass the worst days of the pandemic? and what does that mean for our daily lives? it wasn t so long ago that you and i were kind of cautiously optimistic because cases were down, but then they flattened out and now they re going up, and they re going up rather steeply around the country. i must say i haven t heard estimates, projections as large as dr. collins . but we re all anticipating with delta, with all the travel that we re doing and all these holiday get-togethers, the
will still generate for hospitals will overwhelm our hospitals, and our hospitals will no longer be able to care for the things we do every day like taking care of heart attacks or taking care of strokes or people with appendicitis. so we need to protect our health care system, and that s why every american needs to mask up and vax up right now because our health care infrastructure is at stake right now. and if you re wondering about holiday get togethers, dr. rhiner says those looking to gather closely with friends and family should all take covid tests before hpd so they can celebrate without worry. still to come, with christmas just a week away people in michigan are getting hit once again by covid. and one of the best ways to slow the spread of covid is to get a vaccine as we just heard dr. rhiner say. so with everything going on right now, should there be more vaccine mandates? i m going to ask a republican