dozens of covid-19 patients in baton rouge s our lady of the lake regional medical center. her oxygen low, her doctor says she might need a ventilator. just don t want anyone else winding up like me. especially when the vaccine is so easy to get now. reporter: the delta variant now prevalent in the bayou state. not only is it enormously infectious the delta variant is far more contagious, right? but that doesn t just mean i ll spread it to more people. it means when i inhale somebody else s breath i m getting a massive amount of virus. reporter: it is spreading everywhere in cities and rural areas. there s nowhere safe. if you re interacting in this community, you should be vaccinated and have a mask on because we re inundated with covid. reporter: ronnie smith, 47, says he thinks he got it from a friend outdoors. outdoors at a barbecue. he was planning to get the
i am furious with myself. reporter: why? because i was not vaccinated. reporter: not anti-vaccine, she says she just didn t get around to it. the 44-year-old is now one of dozens of covid-19 patients in baton rouge s our lady of the lake regional medical center. her oxygen low. her doctor says she might need a vert. ventilator. i don t want anyone else winding up like me, especially when the vaccine is so easy to get now. reporter: the delta variant now prevalent in the bayou state. not only is it enormously infectious. the delta variant is far more contagious, right, that doesn t mean i will spread it to more people. it means when i inhale somebody else s breath, i am getting a massive amount of virus. reporter: it is spreading everywhere, in cities and rural areas. there is nowhere safe. you should be vaccinated and
exhausting. extremely frustrating. tiring. and the fact that i am here now, i am furious with myself. why? because i was not vaccinated. not anti-vaccine, she just didn t get around to it. the 44-year-old is now one of dozens of covid patients in baton rouge our lady of the lake regional medical center. her oxygen low and her doctor said she might need a ventilator. just don t want anyone else winding up like me. especially when the vaccine is to easy to get now. now prevalent in the bayou state. and not only is it infectious. the viral doesn t mean i m going to spread it to more people, it means when i inhale
she says she just didn t get around to it. the 44-year-old is now one of dozens of covid-19 patients in baton rouge s our lady of the lake regional medical center. her oxygen low, her doctors say she might need a ventilator. i just don t want anyone else winding up like me. especially when the vaccine is so easy to get now. reporter: the delta variant now prevalent in the bayou state, not only is it enormously infectious the delta variant is far more contagious, right, but that viral load doesn t just mean i m going to spread it to more people, it also means when i inhale somebody else s breath, i m getting a massive amount of virus. reporter: it is spreading everywhere, in cities and rural areas. there s nowhere safe. if you re interacting in community, you should be vaccinated and you should have a mask on. we re inundated with covid. ronny smith, 47, says he thinks he got it from a friend outdoors. outdoors at a barbecue.
tiring. and the fact that i am here now, i am furious with myself. why? because i was not vaccinated. reporter: not anti-vaccine, she says she just didn t get around to it. the 44-year-old is now one of dozens of covid-19 patients in baton rouge s our lady of the lake regional medical center. her oxygen low. her doctors said she might need a ventilator. i just don t want anyone else wie winding up like me, especially when the vaccine is so easy to get now. reporter: the delta variant now prevalent in the bayou state. not only is it enormously infectious the delta variant is far more contagious, right? but that viral load doesn t mean i m going to spread it to more people. it means when i inhale somebody else s breath, i am getting a massive amount of virus. reporter: it is spreading everywhere, in cities and rural areas. reporter: there s nowhere