Oklahoma adds nearly 1,600 new COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths – KOCO Oklahoma City

ANSWERS TONIGHT FROM LOCAL HEALTH LEADERS, ABOUT THE EFFORT TO GET MORE VACCINAT.ED >> I AM ASKING EVERYONE ON THE FENCE TO GETHE T INFORMATION YOU NEED AND MAKE UP YOUR MIND AND GET THE VACCINE AND DO IT FOR THE CHILDREN. CHRISTINE: A STRONGER PUSH TONIGHT FROM THE OKLOMAHA CITY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. RIGHT WNO MORE THAN 2 MILLION OKLAHOMANS HAVE YET TO GET THEIR COVID-19 VACCINE. >> SOME PEOPLE STILL DON’T HAVE QUITE THE ACCESS, WHETHER IT’S TRANSPORTATION, OR AN ABILITTOY — INABILITY TO JUST COMMUNICATE TO GET WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. CHRISTINE: THE OKLAHOMA CITY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORTS 30 0,000 RESIDENTS STILL HAVEN’T RECEIVED THEIR FIRST DOSE. >> FROM HE SOUGHT SICK AND HOSPITALIZED AND GOD FORBID CHILDREN THAT ARE DYING BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY VENABLE, THAT IS WHEN WE WILL GET THE LAST ROOTS ATTENTION AND IT WILL BE TOO LATE. CHRISTINE: I ASKED WHAT’S BEING DONE TO CONVINCE THE 300,000 PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY WHO ARE VACCINATED TO GET VACCINATED. >> WE GO TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ULCOD OFFER A PLACE FOR US TO OFFER THE VACCINE TO MAYBE THOSE INDIVIDUALS, WHETHER THEY WERE IN MINORITY GROUPS, OR THEY DHA SOME TYPE OF REASON THAT THEIR ACCESS TO THE VACCINE WAS LESS GREAT THAN OTHERS. CHRISTINE: SO VEHA THE 300,000 COMPLETELY MADE UP THEIR MINDS ABOUT NOT GETTING VACCINATED? DR. MCGOUGH DOESN’T SEEM TO THINK SO. >> I THINK SOME MISTAKENLY BELIEVE THEY HAVE A DIAGNOSIS THAT MAKES THEM AT RISK AND THEY SHOULD NOT TAKE THE VACCINE. I WOULD SIMPLY SAY TO GET WITH YOUR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER. CHRIINE:ST MCGOUGH ALSO ADDS THAT THE POPULATION OF 300,000 INCLUDES CHILDREN 12 AND YOUNGER. OFFICIALS TELL ME THEY ANTICIPATE SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER, WE COULD SEE EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATIOFORN THAT GROUP, WHICH WILL THEN HELP THAT NUMBER GO DOWN. IN OKLAHOMA CITY, CHRISTINE