KATHERINE: DAVID, ALEXANDRA, EXPERTS I SPOKE WITH STRESS CEON AGAIN, UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS CAN PUT YOU AT A HIGHER RISK OF SEVERE COVID-19 ILLNESS, AND IF YOU AREN’T -- ARE IN NEBRAS ANDKA STILL UNVACCINATED, YOU ARE SIX TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE HOSPITALIZED DUE TO THE VIRUS. IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, THE NUMBER OF BREAKTHROUGH CASES OF COVID-19 REMAINS LOW, AT 1.3%. HEALTH DIRECTOR DR. LINDSAY HUSE SAYS THE NUMBER OF VACCINADTE PEOPLE WHO DIED IS EVEN LOR.WE >> THE DEATH RATE OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED AND GONE ON TO DEVELOP COVID IS UP .01%. SO CERTAINLY STILL A VERY LOW RATE THERE. KATHERINE: ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT DATA, CHINF IECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT DR. RENUGA VIVEKANANDAN SAYS YOU’RE AT MUCH HIGHER RISK, IF YOU DON’T GET THE SHOT. >> 95% OF THE PATIENTS DYING IN NEBRASKA ARE UNVACCINATED,ND A 94% OF THE PEOPLE GETTING HOSPITALIZED INEB NRASKA ARE UNVACCINATED. KATHERINE: SHE SAYS THEY’RE STILL RESEARCHING WHY CERTAIN HEALTH CONDITIONS CAN RAISE YOUR RI SK FOR A SEVERE CASE OF COVID. >> CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, DIABETES, HIGH BLOOD PRESSE, YOUR WEIGHT, IF YOU HAVE A HIGH BMI, BODY MASSND IEX, SO L A OF THINGS CAN PREDISPOSE YOU, ONCE YOU GET COVID-19, TO HAVE SEVERE DISEASE. KATHERE:IN DATA FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY HEALTH SHOWS 88% OF THE COVID PATIENTS WHO DIED HAD AT LEAST ONE OTHER HEALTH CONDITION. NEARLY 40% HAD CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. RENAL AND NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS ROUND OUT THE TOP THREE. DR. VIVEKANANDAN SAYS YOUR BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO JUST GET THE SHOT, THEN LATER, GEAT BOOSTER, IF YOU’RE ELIGIBLE. >> SO WHAT WE’RE LEAINRNISG THAT THE IMMUNOCOMPROMIS,ED ELDERLY, YOU MIGHT NEED THAT TREXA SHOT TO BRING THAT IMMUNE RESPONSE HIGH. IT’S NOT THAT THE VACCINES ARE NOT WORKING, THE VACNECIS ARE WORKING. YOU JUST MIGHT NEED A LITTLE BIT EXTRA BOT.OS -- A LITTLE TBI OF AN EXTRA BOOST. KATHERE:IN DOCTORS SAY THE DELTA VARIANT HAS PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN BREAKTHROUGH CASES OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, BUT YOU WILL BE REMO PROTECTED AGAINST THAT STRAI