Many hospitals lack the beds for an influx of people infected by the Omicron variant, with intensive-care units already swamped by a combination of Delta and serious non-Covid cases
influx of Omicron-driven cases
, because their intensive-care units are flooded with patients needing urgent care for serious conditions like heart disease and cancer as well as the Delta variant. The risk hospitals will be overrun is increased by widespread staffing shortages, hospital executives said. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, warned on Sunday that the fast-moving Omicron variant
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