Surging COVID-19 hospitalizations strain U.S. health care system

The Biden administration says Americans will be able to request free rapid COVID-19 tests starting next week. CBS News national correspondent Manuel Bojorquez has more on rising infections and the strain on U.S. hospitals. Then, Dr. Andre Campbell, a critical care physician and a professor at the University of California at San Francisco, joins Jamie Yuccas on CBSN to discuss the latest.

[DaSick]

These comments alone show why America is still failing and having more deaths everyday than any other country in tha world 😔

[truthinknowledge]

What the authorities and medical professionals should be doing is advising people to live a more healthy lifestyle and offer alternative early covid treatments that have peer reviewed research.

[chrisw]

did he say there's no complications from the vaccines? um

[austinbennett]

Thank god the Supreme Court is still American

[tomhaggerty]

No early treatments for Americans. Let's give Billions in tax money to Corporations making worthless test kits. Let's go Brandon!

[ziggy]

The shortsightedness of this administration is mind boggling.

[barrycarey]

To be honest I’m not surprised Omicron is affecting Americans differently to say South Africa, because of (a) the average age of the older population is lower in SA, but the main reason is that America has massively a higher number of people with co-morbidities ie 43% of the population chronically obese. Ppl with heart conditions, high blood pressure, diabetes and so on, so yes in America more ppl will be hospitalised. I do have sympathy for them tho as their country is all about healthcare for profit . Healthcare for everyone is not an entitlement in the US like it is in other countries . What saddens me is those ppl that have those co-morbidities being wilfully lead to believe they will be ok without a vaccine. I wonder how many ppl as they gasp their last breathes wish they had made a different choice.

[ylckobt]

They just send you home to rest and drink water they don’t actually treat you

[Joshua-rbhv]

Just curious is there anybody who believed these people?? If you do there are therapist available

[jimperkins]

Please Reserve all Booster Jabs for Democrats

[AD-itzr]

I gotta get tested, I gotta get tested 🤪

[MrJonas]

In states like New Jersey where Omicron first spread, cases are now dropping, so we won't have to worry about this for much longer. Also, for those of you who want Trump back in 2024 with where we stand on Covid being one of the issues, I can't understand how you all are turning a blind eye to the fact that Trump didn't have to deal with Omicron. If he were to deal with that variant, I can guarantee that things would have been just as bad or even worse. Speaking of which, when Trump gives his whole speech on Jan. 6 in Arizona tonight, hopefully if will cause you all to realize that re-electing him in 2024 is not the right solution to the problems with the current admin.

[GreenCaliforina]

I have omacron and 2 other people bo live on my floor in my apartment building, but luckily it's mild and just need rest water and Sudafed

[diggorypat]

If you want covid just go to the hospital or a covid testing area

[HeartDocAndrew]

"Surging COVID-19 hospitalizations strain U.S. health care system" so let's #ConvinceItForward

[claudia]

Essa vacina faz mais mal do que bem. Elas são responsáveis por estas variantes (omicrõm/h3n2 etc).
Faça uma análise de como era a sua imunidade antes e depois das vacinas.

[nebojsaborkovich]

", Testing testing"--- Yes you got it.

[charlesfriscia]

Not because of covid but because you fired most of our nurses..So yeah we're short-handed...You see we don't suffer from the consequences but you do...However you wanna do it!!!

[flossyraven]

Reporter: my friends my friends my friends.

[spiritwolf_master]

I really hope that I die from heart failure so much 😥