Omicron, health care and what's really going on in America's hospitals
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
With the omicron wave, hospitals have been crushed by the surge in patients. But COVID is a symptom, not the cause of hospitals being overwhelmed. What needs to change? Dr. Vivian Lee joins Meghna Chakrabarti.
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| 0:48.8 | Five days ago, the Washington Post asked Dr. Laura Foreman to describe conditions |
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| 1:05.3 | I'm kind of being so much more contagious has made it really difficult. |
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