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Missouri hospitals strain to care for unvaccinated patients

Clip: 7/9/2021 | 5m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

Many in Missouri are unvaccinated. Hospitals are paying the price as delta variant spreads

The coronavirus' delta variant is battering many low vaccination areas in the U.S. Missouri is among the top five states in terms of new cases and hospitalizations, with nearly 7,600 new confirmed or probable cases and seven deaths the past week. Hospitals are straining to respond. Erik Frederick, the chief administrative officer at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, joins Stephanie Sy to discuss.

07/09/2021

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