NPR: In Ohio, some hospitals are running out of beds because of the COVID surge

"Not only is taking care of incredibly sick and dying people difficult, but the anxiety of not being sure when you come in each day if you're able to give the kind of - the absolute best care that you want to give with the limited resources and being stretched so thin, it's, frankly, heartbreaking," she said. 

Wall Forrester told NPR that the mask mandates and mandates around closing schools and businesses haven't been as effective as hoped because not everyone is following those mandates. 

"Really, what we need people to do is get their boosters if they have already been vaccinated. If they've been hesitant at this point, now's the time," she said. "They're at very, very high risk of becoming infected because of how efficiently and fast this omicron variant is spreading. They are at risk for - the people who are unvaccinated right now are the people who are getting hospitalized. They're the people dying, unfortunately, of this infection. And they're at high risk of - even if they get a low or a mild disease, they're at risk of infecting their families, their friends, their neighbors, co-workers. So, really, we need people to get vaccinated."

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