The Omicron surge, in the words of two American doctors - a podcast by ABC Radio

After record breaking COVID numbers during the Omicron wave, Australian doctors are hoping hospital admissions have plateaued.

It's a similar story in the US, but on a much larger scale, with 2,500 people still dying every day, and 150,000 COVID patients in hospital at any given time.

Today, we hear from two American emergency room doctors on a system close to collapse, and the lessons for Australia.

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Dr Morgan Eutermoser, emergency physician, Denver Health, Colorado

Dr Jeremy Faust, emergency physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

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