psychiatrist who s worked on the hill, i know how many people don t have access to mental health coverage, and i feel like i m glad we re talking about this, but what are we doing about it? again, he can go get help. he can take that time off. what do you say to my patients who are waiting for a week in an er just to get admitted because there s not enough hospital staffing. what do you say to my patients who are moms that can t get out of the bed, not law school students who need adderall, but the moms who can t get out of bed. and what do you say to the black queer female people who e-mail me all the time looking for a provider. perhaps, again, if mental health coverage was provided on par with physical health, i wouldn t be so responsible for answering these e-mails and all of the fettermans and non-fettermans would be able to get help and take time off, especially since we are approaching an epidemic
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the highest number of people hospitalized with the flu in more than a decade. health officials estimate 360 deaths from the flu with the first death of a child this week. and a spike in case of the respiratory virus rsv is taking hospitals so busy some are setting up tents to handle patient overflow. the numbers bear out the surge, as of second week in october there s more than 7,000 rsv cases. a 13% jump in seven days. positivity rates have jumped 17%, many facilities are plagued by staffing shortages reporting full capacity. cnn s adrienne broaddus has more on the story. reporter: hospital staffing has been a challenge and this level 1 trauma center is no exception, but doctors here issue that doing their best to manage staffing. it just means when patients show up here, they will have to pack
on the platform, i don t know. i m curious to see whether he unblocks me. i hope so. i hope he unblocks everyone he blocked. especially you, alex. he blocked me two weeks ago, guess he s not a fan of my free speech, reporting. i think it s the questions. thank you so much. sick children, full beds, long wait times. this surge of pediatric rsv cases is filling up hospitals across the country. adrienne broaddus is at children s hospital in st. louis. tell us what you re seeing there. reporter: brianna, good morning to you. we all know hospital staffing has been a challenge across the country, and this children s hospital in st. louis is no different. but doctors say they re doing their best to manage. but that means patients showing