well, so we need we need to think more expansively and half a billion tests seems like a lot but we have 330 million americans. we are going to need a lot more. yeah. dr. zimmer, indiana as i mentioned is one of the states that the federal government s deploying resources to right now because it s being hit so hard. at your hospital, you re already at 127% capacity and you describe it as being underwater. what s going on there? it s just like that. it s like being underwater, trying to tread water and catch your breath, and then someone brings you someone to try to help and you re trying to keep them above water, too. um, we are overwhelmed. our our hospital is pulling every lever that we possibly can to try to open up more bed space, to try to bring in more nurses and techs and respiratory therapists and try to open up more zones. but right now, in the emergency
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and i think that s what we need people to do. i know in my community, i m begging people that are unvaccinated or that are due for their booster to get the next shot, to get the first shot if they haven t had any. um, this is absolutely a nonpartisan type of topic. we need everybody to get vaccinated and we need people to take care of one another and i don t know anybody that doesn t want to take care of their own family, their mother, their father, their grandparents, their love wd ones, their children. this is the way do it it is the vaccines. thank you so much, dr. zimmer. thank you, dr. reiner. out front next, president biden still confident his agenda is on track, telling reporters he and senator joe manchin will get something done, but what exactly can they accomplish? plus, a showdown on capitol hill. the january 6th select committee with a new warning to one of their colleagues after scott perry refuses to sit down with investigators.
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