mary mahew, thank you for being here.ing to hospital administrators across the state, and we know florida is suffering with a lot of new cases and a lot of hospitalizations. what are you hearing from them? how are things there? >> first of all, we have today nearly 17,000 covid hospitalizations across the state. and that is combined with unusually high volumes of very ill non-covid patients, along with emergency rooms that are overcrowded and full. so boots on the ground, we are at unprecedented levels in terms of the demand on the system, which is strained. very few i.c.u. beds, very few beds generally available around the state. >> brangham: i know there is a real shortage of nurses, to command a lot of those beds. i know this was a crisis that preceded the pandemic. but, obviously, it seems like the pandemic has only exacerbated this. >> first of al, nurses are the heart and soul of our hospitals. we have many health care professionals throughout the organization. our nurses, our respiratory therapists, our e.r. staff,