cancellations that were announced after several of the cast and crew experienced those breakthrough cases. and then, of course, the radio city christmas spectacular that is extremely popular, they canceled their performances for the rest of the season. when you hear from many new yorkers, there s certainly a feeling of deja vu with these kind of closures and cancellations, although this time many people counting on the additional protection of their vaccines. polo vasandoval, cnn, new york. we ll take you now to the university of nebraska medical center. this hospital has been on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic from the very beginning. it s where u.s. federal officials sent 13 infected passengers aboard the diamond princess cruise ship. clinicians there were among the first in the nation to develop their open in-house coronavirus test. joining me now is neinfectious disease specialist, dr. lawler.
continuing message from the white house on covid, vice president kamala harris conceding in a wide-ranging interview with the los angeles times that the administration did not anticipate the omicron and delta variants. here s a eqquote from that interview. we department see delta coming. i think most scientists did not, upon whose advice and direction we have relied didn t see delta coming. we didn t see omicron coming, and that s the nature of what this awful virus has been, which as it turns out, has mutations and variants. a white house official also clarifying to cnn that the white house was aware of variants in general, and that s the reason for masking as well as encouraging the public to get vaccinated. on saturday, the white house press secretary announced on twitter that president biden will give a covid speech on tuesday that will include a
unvaccinated. sarah is a recovering covid patient. she said her vaccination status is private. she and her father who also has covid, were admitted on sunday. i hope he s okay. he s not too far from me here. i m flouted to see him because of the quarantining. it s been a roller coaster. sorry. it s been it s been a roller coaster, but now i feel a lot better. reporter: she says she needed oxygen when she arrived, but no longer, and she credits those working the covid unit here, both civilian and military, with helping to save her life. and as for urgent pleas from those in the medical field for more people to get vaccinated, she says this. what do you see as the right thing and the wrong thing? i i i really like to stay neutral. reporter: nurses like lisa maddox know the stress for the
michigan. she s worked here since she graduated from nursing school only about a year and a half ago. lately, the covid unit here is seeing more and more patients, all while there are few nurses to care for them. there s been days where i have been like i don t know how much longer i can do this and i m brand new, you know? but then at the same time, it s very rewarding what we do. reporter: the new wave of covid-19 is flooding michigan s healthcare system. overwhelming doctors and nurses admissions to hospitals statewide have risen 43% over the past month. currently, there are more than 100 people being treated for covid-19 at belmont hospital. by comparison, in july, hospitalized covid patients were only in the single digits. the influx of patients has taxed this hospital so much so, the department of defense dispatched a joint task force support unit to help. i mean, the pace is very, very fast. um, the need is is is
midwest, ohio, kentucky, indiana. parts of the specific port northwest, and it s an open question of whether we re gonna see a delta surge in the northeast, now the kids are back that school, and the weather is getting cold. so this is going to have to course its way through the population. the national average looks very encouraging. but they are being driven by sharks in the clients in the south. you re seeing infections level being picked up in other parts of the country. so tonight fully one quarter of all the americans, eligible for a vaccine have yet to receive their first shot, hospitalized covid patients mostly unvaccinated continue streams staffing and resources at hospitals around the country. and the death toll, it s hovering just over 2000 people every day. back with us tonight, doctor emergency physician, in florida international, university of