Mississippi hospitals are at the breaking point due to a crush of COVID cases. ICUs are full, meaning that if you have a heart attack or a car crash, you will be at risk of not being able of getting the same kind of care you would have been able to get before this newest wave of the pandemic.

Marshall Ramsey, a nationally recognized editorial cartoonist, shares his cartoons and travels the state as Mississippi Today’s Editor-At-Large. He’s also host of a weekly statewide radio program and a television program on Mississippi Public Broadcasting and is the author of several books. Marshall is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and a 2019 recipient of the University of Tennessee Alumni Professional Achievement Award.