in baxter county in arkansas, only the third of the population has been fully vaccinated. one of the nations coronavirus hotspots. . we visited one of the hospitals there. >> hi. >> 39-year-old timothy could have never imagined being hit covid-19, and being hit this badly. >> he was another perfect example of doing fine, he was well enough at home. he got sick, but not sick enough. then all of a sudden he came in and he was more short of breath than usual. >> do not have the vaccine. i have to change my perspective on this whole situation. i definitely feel strongly about having the vaccination, making sure my family is vaccinated. >> what has it been like to walk these haoles the last couple months? >> very hard and scary. you see the same rooms at other patients have paed and that you have tried to save and the rooms continue to fill up as fast asou can get patients home and out of here. back then, it was not preventable. it has become preventable. at makes it even harder this time. it makes it extra hard. >> baxter county has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the u

reporter: baxter county has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the u.s. are underway to reach those who are still undecided. >> we thought it was really important to get the vaccine is we've seen cases have been rising. >> i'm not worried about myself, it is everyone around me. reporter: not everyone is on board. arkansas governor asa hutchinson sought first and when he toured the state this week. >> i would like to see our vaccination rate go up. i know we have some people here who just put it off. some are resisting it. >> we should all stand in line for an unproven, untested vaccine that doesn't even seem to really protect people, because people who got the vaccine -- >> statewide, 98% of the people who are hospitalized have not been vaccinated. >> according to new studies, 81% of the unvaccinated population is convinced they will not get it. >> i don't take any vaccines. i social distance. >> back at the hospital, timothy has one last message to health care workers and his family. >> to the doctors for helping me through this. continuing to get me thr

in baxter county, in the state of arkansas, only a third of the population has been fully vaccinateds coronavirus hotspots. angelica casas reports. hi. 39—year—old timothy could never have imagined being hit by covid—i9, and being hit this badly. he was another perfect example of doing fine, he was well enough at home — he got sick, but not sick enough — and then all of a sudden he came in and he was more short of breath than usual. i did not have the vaccine. it all came back to the struggles that i've had with my breathing. really, kind of, changed my perspective on this whole situation. i definitely feel strongly about having the vaccination and making sure my family's vaccinated. can you tell us what it's been like to walk these hallways in the last couple of months? it's been very hard and very scary because you see the same rooms that other patients have passed in that you've tried to save, and the rooms continue to fill up as fast as you can get patients home and out of here. back then, it wasn't preventable. now, it has become preventable. that makes it even harder this go ar

in baxter county, in the state of arkansas, only a third of the population has been fully vaccinatedasas has visited one of the hospital there. 39—year—old timothy could never have imagined being hit this badly by covid—i9. another perfect example of doing fine, well enough at home, got sick, but not sick enough, and then all of a sudden he came in and he was more short of breath than usual. can you tell us what it has been liked to walk in these always? —— lock these hallways? it has been very hard and very scary, because you see the same rooms that other patients have passed in that you have tried to save and the rooms continue to fill up as fast. back then, it was not preventable, now it has become preventable. that makes it even harder this go around than it was last time. it just never had itjust never had to happen. it makes it extra hard. baxter county has had the lowest vaccination rates in the us and efforts are under way to reach those who are still undecided. we felt it was really important to get the vaccine, we've seen cases have been rising. i get the vaccine, we've see

new york times" reports from the baxter regional medical center where fewer than one-third of residents are vaccinated and fewer people are protected in surrounding countieso covid patients per day. 22 of the units 32 beds were filled with coronavirus patients. in a single week the number of patients jumped by one-third. more than a third of patients are in intensive care. the retired national guard colonel says we tried everything that we can think of. for one in three residents i don't think there is a thing in the world we could do to get them vaccinated. he added that door knocking would probably do more harm than good given residents suspicions of federal intentions. joining us now staff writer ed young. his new reporting is on what the delta variant is doing to people. even now the country's hospitalizations are 1/7th as high as they were in mid january. but national optimism glosses over reality. for many communities this year will be worse than last. springfield's health care workers are experiencing the same ordeals they left behind. we have seen it before. . i can't even imagine, many died, but those that main it there this, to be going back to