on the job to take care of all of us. whether it's to treat covid patients or those with very legitimate health care needs that are noncovid related. and that really is a front and center challenge at this moment. what is the situation in michigan hospitals right now? how much more capacity do you have? >> well, to give you a sense, we have approximately 875 fewer staffed in-patient hospital beds in michigan today than we had just a year ago. and nothing happened to those physical beds of course. the reality is we have lost so many of our hospital employees. but clinical and nonclinical employees. the covid-19 pandemic has had an awful lot to do with that. and, again, it's created vacancy rates at record highs in many of our member hospitals throughout the state of michigan. we need everyone that possibly can to be on the job to provide