"I can respect people s choice to be able to CHOOSE to get some experimental drug if they want, but MANDATING this is absolute insanity," the patient said.
transplant list on september of last year, but finding the perfect match can be a long and grueling process. we need to make absolutely certain that we re matching up brittany with the appropriate organs. and while brittany was waiting for a transplant, her mother, tammy, passed away from covid. she was a single mom. she was the biggest cubs fan you could ever meet. she loved christmas. she s one that would listen to christmas songs year around. tammy was brittany s best friend and primary care giver. you know, when you would talk to brittany s mother, she would tell you she has one wish. her one wish was that her daughter, brittany, would be able to have that new lease on life that she deserves. sometimes good things really do come to those who wait. i ve been at northwestern since march 10th, waiting, and then november 2nd is when we got
bloggers, youtubers. reporter: as the delta variant continues to run rampant, health care leaders face a challenge. nearly 30% of their own ranks as of july still had not been vaccinated according to the covid states project. and as cases and hospitalizations remain high here in idaho, one official saying there s really only one word to describe the current situation awful. we re in the worst state that we ever have been in the pandemic. reporter: things right now so dire that last week, the state authorized hospitals the right to ration treatment. reporter: it comes even as the state still has no mask mandate. protesters staging mask burning rallies like this one in march. idaho also has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. the lack of restrictions causing frustration in neighboring washington state, where there is a mask mandate and where hospitals like this one in spokane are filling up with patients from idaho. doctors warning everyone from cancer patients
nearly 30% of their own ranks as of july still had not been vaccinated according to the covid states project. and as cases and hospitalizations remain high here in idaho, one official saying there s really only one word to describe the current situation. awful. we re in the worst state that we ever have been in the pandemic. reporter: things right now so dire that last week the state authorized hospitals the right to ration treatment. it comes even as the state still has no mask mandate. protesters staging mask burning rallies like this one in march. idaho also has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. the lack of restrictions causing frustration in neighboring washington state, where there is a mask mandate and where hospitals like this one in spokane are filling up with patients from idaho. doctors warning everyone from cancer patients to people on a transplant list could see delays in treatment. those patients who are impacted and their families, how do they take
he s made, he s going to maybe just perhaps raise more questions about our election. and what happens here will really show what s going to happen across the united states as other states consider doing audits like this. it s really all in his hands right now. all right. jen, thank you very much. i appreciate it. such important reporting from jen and the arizona republic. thank you. next, the covid crisis. so dire in some parts of the united states that hospitals are now choosing which patients to treat. everyone from cancer patients to people on a transplant list are waiting because resources are being diverted to covid. plus where is gabby petito s fiance? the search goes on. cnn obtains a new 911 call tonight. they ran up and down the sidewalk. he proceeded to hit her, hopped in the car, and they drove off. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez with a new ultimatum. why is she threatening to vote