About eight weeks after Oklahoma started its vaccine rollout, people with developmental disabilities, their caregivers and families are frustrated and disheartened they aren’t being prioritized in the state’s plan.
The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office has been tasked with attempting to return a $2 million stockpile of a malaria drug once touted by former President Donald Trump as a way to treat the coronavirus.
COVID-19 relief was meant to give a lifeline to hospitals, especially the small, rural facilities that struggled to stay open before 2020. But in states like Oklahoma, problems created by confusing guidelines could cause harm long after the pandemic.
Oklahoma officials had planned to use the unspecified number of shots released from reserve to give more people the first dose of the vaccine.
Federal and state officials have urged patience and warned that it will be several months before vaccines are widely available.
The state Department of Education presented Gov. Stitt with a proposal to order the reopening of school buildings in January, but he was not on board with the plan.
John Creter’s first semester as a teacher was not what he expected as the COVID-19 pandemic kept his school building closed and forced him to lead his middle school class online.
