i m here to tell you we re tired, we re exhausted and we re literally on the edge. of those in american icus right now, just under 32% of adults are being treated for the virus. the other two-thirds are not. that s a notch below where we were during the peak of delta when 38% of icu patients had covid, but it is also significantly higher than we were just a month ago there s new development in major cities like new york and miami where roughly half the people admitted for care are being treated for something other than covid and then testing positive we are now admitting patients who have incidental infections who might be earlier in their disease, and who are more contagious. we are seeing people showing up and finding out that they also have coronavirus in addition to the reason that they are there. yet admitted for covid-19 or not, doctors say there is a common thread. most of the patients who are admitted to the hospital are unvaccinated for those who are being admitted to
tired, we re exhausted, and we re literally on the edge. reporter: of those in american icus right now, just under 32% of adults are being treated for the virus. the other two-thirds are not. that s a not below where we were during the peak of delta, when 38% of icu patients had covid, but it s also significantly higher than we were just a month ago. there s also a new development in some major cities, like new york and miami, where roughly half the people admitted for care are being treated for something other than covid and then testing positive. we are now admitting patients who have incidental infections, who might be earlier in their disease, and who are more contagious. we are seeing people showing up and finding out that they also have coronavirus in addition to the reason that they re there. reporter: yet admitted for covid-19 or not, doctors say that there is a common thread. most of the patients who are admitted to the hospital are unvaccinated. for those who are bein
or risk their lives on behalf of american interests, now seeking freedom and safety in this country. those people are dangerous, she says. the silent virus with no political affiliation, nothing to demagogue, stalking its way through american icus, who cares. freedom, freedom, freedom. i guarantee you there will be more south dakotans killed by there virus than have been killed by refugees or killed by members of al qaeda or the taliban. guarantee. that doesn t matter to people like her as they whip up the frenzy about fear of the other, the impure fifth column of people electric other places coming to defile america. the ideological and rhetorical concept of the 20 years of the war on terror, that fear, that assessment of the risk, all the while we allowed the public health infrastructure, not to mention or information ecosystem to deteriorate which brought us