. >> kareen wynter explains flurona. >> we're nearly 2 years into this pandemic, but it's just been really one wave after another with the latest surge that could once again put hospitals over the edge from the uptick in covid patients being admitted with new infections and severe staffing shortages at medical facilities with health care workers unable to treat those who are ill since they've also been sidelined by the virus. doctor thomas and county officials described the challenge local hospitals are now facing with the omicron virus being so much more transmissible. we do have a lot of our frontline health care workers who have contracted the virus to isolate. so it has caused the issue with staffing. it's the people that haven't been vaccinated. >> there are now in the hospital and we want to prevent that because even our hospital staff is getting sick and they have to quarantine for 5 days and then and then get a test to show that they are negative. so all that's going to have an impact on all on and on. just about every segment of of our life in the next few weeks. doctor also menti