Through her unique approach to storytelling, Rachel Maddow provides in-depth reporting to illuminate the current state of political affairs and reveals the.
Through her unique approach to storytelling, Rachel Maddow provides in-depth reporting to illuminate the current state of political affairs and reveals the.
what he thinks is causing it. we are very unfortunately in a position that we had hoped, that we had prayed, that we had worked very hard, to avoid. but quite simply, the delta variant is an absolute-game changer. superimposed, as it is in louisiana, on a state that is not sufficiently vaccinated. as of today, 45 hospitals in louisiana have requested additional assistance with staffing capacity. just as a point of reference to, sort of, show where we are and how quickly the covid situation has mushroomed. in baton rouge, right now, there are more people in the hospital with covid than there was in the entire state, just a month ago. 83.7% of the cases across louisiana right now are from the delta variant. the governor stressed the importance of getting vaccinated and masking up not only because of how much faster the delta variant is spreading but because of who was spreading it. the number-one age group spreading the virus right now in
to echo louisiana s governor, the delta variant has been an absolute-game changer. no one is seeing the impact of that more, firsthand, than the doctors and nurses in louisiana right now. joining us, now, is dr. mark, he is the emergency room medical director for our our lady of the lake hospital in baton rouge, louisiana. doctor, thanks for joining us tonight after what i can only assume has been a very long day for you and your colleagues. um, of the people you are seeing, of the people you are treating, are they mostly unvaccinated? are any of them vaccinated? are you seeing breakthrough cases? yeah, well, thanks for having me. we are we re seeing breakthrough cases but 80% of the patients that are being hospitalized right now are unvaccinated. and as y all said before, it s it s a younger group. it s 50% of these are under 50. a third of our patients are in the icu these last two weeks have been a nightmare. they ve been way worse than any two weeks, combined, of the
the nations from the revelations from internal cdc the washington post posted an article on last night where the delta variant appears to cause more severe illness then earlier variants and spreads as easily as chicken pox. maybe most importantly, the cdc presentation said that although vaccines may vaccinated people eight times less likely to get the detective area, if the vaccinated person gets a breakthrough case of the delta variant, they can spread it as easily as an unvaccinated person. to echo louisiana s governor, the delta variant has been an absolute game-changer, no one has seen the impact of that more than the doctors and nurses in louisiana right now. joining us now is doctor mark lapierre us, he is an emergency room doctor for our lady in the lake hospital in baton rouge, louisiana. doctor, thank you for joining us. after a day that i am sure was a long day for you and your call colleagues.