fully vaccinated and has received the covid booster. he said he was last at the pentagon on thursday and followed all covid precautions the short time he was there. as omicron cases surge in the u.s., experts warn hospitals are bracing for a slew of new patients who remain unvaccinated. here s what one doctor says to expect in the coming weeks. where i live hospitals are having to start to think about canceling elective procedures taking staff, moving them into places to care for critically ill patients. this is going to spread throughout the united states in the next few weeks. i m hopeful the places that are hit hardest, places like new york, rhode island, michigan will crest but we re going to see this wave travel out across the country and down through the south. it s going to go to places where the vaccination rates are much lower than they are in the
procedures, taking staff, moving them into places to care for critically ill patients. this is going to spread throughout the united states over the next several weeks. i m hopeful that the parts that are hit hardest now, places like new york and, again, massachusetts, rhode island, michigan, will start to crest within the next two weeks. but we re going to see this wave travel out across the country and down through the south. and it s going to go to places where the vaccination rates are much lower than they are in the northeast and places like that, mid-atlantic. and for that reason hospitals are likely to see a lot of sick people because many more people are unvaccinated there. so it s going to be a very rough four to six weeks across the country now. people need to really prepare for that. i think you certainly see more people when you re out and about wearing masks, but a lot of folks wearing cloth masks. so with the omicron variant being more transmissible, do