On behalf of the city’s Black community and all people of moral conscience, Black Lives Matter Oklahoma City Chapter held a press conference to issue the following demands to city leaders responsible for the crisis at hand in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday defended the state’s $2 million purchase, saying the drug was showing some promise. His health secretary attributed buying the 1.2 million hydroxychloroquine pills to something that happens in the “fog of war.”
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Community grants will focus on Oklahomans’ access to care and supporting the state’s health care professionals and nonprofits during the pandemic.
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The governor’s plan was met with immediate resistance from the Oklahoma State Medical Association and Democrats in the state House of Representatives.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma (BCBSOK), Oklahoma’s largest member-owned health insurer, announced today it is waiving member cost-sharing, including deductibles, copayments and coinsurance, related to treatment for COVID-19.
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Fifteen people in Oklahoma with coronavirus have died, state health officials said Saturday.
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If the state continues with its current loose “social distancing” measures up to 70 percent of all Oklahomans are at risk for infection, hospitals would be overrun within a month and tens of thousands could lose their lives by summer.