will get really severe cases. and some tiny percentage will die. it is a numbers game. the more aggregate amount of illness that is floating around, the more kids contracted, the more kids get very sick. and that is exactly what is happening this summer in places in this country with low vaccination rates. last week the new york times looked at how covid hospital admission for children are spiking in states with low vaccination rates. that is a chart on the right of your scene, those are the ten vaccinated states, and blue s adult hospital admissions, which really speck. up a look at under 18, the red. now compare that to the left of your screen, those are the ten most vaccinated states, where you see a flat line. that is what you want to. sea and some of the worst examples of, this are playing out in mississippi. a state with just over 49% of its eligible population vaccinated. that is very low in the state rankings. in the six weeks since the
to think about loving your neighbor, not just yourself. that s what the president was trying to say. if we really want to get through this, we ve got to figure out how those 80 million people who still haven t rolled up their sleeves can see this as an opportunity and a responsibility, not just about them. you just mentioned children. i was looking at these statistics about children. i want to put them up because it s striking here. kids under 12 can t get vaccinated and the vaccination rates in lots of parts of the country for teenagers has been quite low. and we re seeing this huge divergence. i mean, you know, when you talk about what the collective responsibility is, in states that are lightly vaccinated you see these huge spikes in hospitalizations. and that s hospitalizations both for adults and kids under 18. you see it there on the right on your screen. the ten most vaccinated states. you basically see that flat line for kids under 18. there is a countable number of children
doing adequate testing in this country which is really frustrating. that people cannot wake up every morning, and simply know are they contagious or not? we the technology exists to do that but we re not doing it. but what we do know as you have been reporting on, anderson, is hospitals are becoming overwhelmed with patients in some parts of the country. regular-elective cases are getting cancelled. other non-covid-related diseases are getting substandard care, as a result of that. so, masks we know make a huge difference, for sure. um, the numbers sort of tell the story. what you are looking at on the screen there, anderson, regarding the vaccinations. i mean, just think about that. unvaccinated people, 17-times more likely to be hospitalized. do you see the line for vaccinated people in the hospital? yeah. that s that flat line at the bottom. you can barely see it. i mean, it s really can barely see it it s really an incredible story here of what s going on. and and i
took over half an hour to respond to a category one call, where a man suffered a cardiac arrest. professor kailash chand passed away, and his son, a doctor, believes the delay caused his death. every minute of delay counts in this situation when you have a cardiac arrest, because cpr is very important, but it will not in itself save the patient. it gives you a bit of time until someone gets a defibrillator. by the time the ambulance crew came, there was nothing to shock, it was a flat line, he was gone. you are doing really well, we are making good progress. services like this cancer hub at mile end hospital in london have been set up to alleviate demand elsewhere. thousands of procedures like colonoscopies have taken place since its launch in march. so no polyps, no cancer. during the pandemic, many patients failed to come to hospital because they were worried about coming into contact with the coronavirus. one of the benefits of this early diagnosis centre is that it s set away from
it was a flat line, he was gone. you are doing really. well, making progress. services like this cancer hub in london have been set up to alleviate demand elsewhere. thousands of procedures like colonoscopies have taken place since its launch in march. no polyps, no cancer. during the pandemic, many patients failed to come to hospital because they were worried about coming into contact with the coronavirus. one of the benefits of this early diagnosis centre is that it s set away from emergency care. it means if you go straight through those doors, you go into a safe, covid free zone. the nhs in england is set to receive an extra £5 billion over the coming months to respond to covid pressures, but health officials fear there will be further challenges as we head into the difficult winter months. anna collinson, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news a report into three deaths at a private specialist hospital warns of further lethal outcomes at similar institutions. cawston park hospital