here at baton rouge general in louisiana, they had one i.c.u., but they opened up eight more just for covid patients. >> i'm worried about dying and leaving her all alone. >> reporter: jeffrey oakes and his wife, karri, are in the i.c.u. with covid-19 together. it's their second time contracting the virus. they thought they had natural immunity after the first time, and so they waited to get vaccinated. >> the delta variant is really, really nasty, and anyone who thinks that they can just come through this, they're wrong. >> reporter: dr. chris thomas is their physician. >> we have two pandemics. we have a pandemic of a delta virus that's ravaging our community, and we have a pandemic of misinformation. i'm just frustrated that we've gotten to the point where we allow misinformation to equal medical science. they're not the same. >> reporter: louisiana set a record today-- they have more covid hospitalizations than at any other point in the pandemic. the last time they set that record was yesterday. today, louisiana's governor