Thousands gather at Oklahoma State Fairgrounds to get COVID-19 vaccine Share Updated: 6:00 PM CDT Apr 7, 2021 Share Updated: 6:00 PM CDT Apr 7, 2021
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Show Transcript UNTIL 6 PM TONIGHT. ANYONE EVEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE AN APPOINTMENT CAN OUT HERE TO THE STATE FAIRGROUNDS AND GET EITHER THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON THE MINDANA OR THE PFIZER VACCINE AND I’M TOLD THEY GIVING OUT MORE THAN 4,000 DOSES TODAY. THOUSANDS OF OKLAHOMA’S SHOWING UP TO THE STATE FAIRGROUNDS TODAY TO GET THEIR COVID-19 SHOT. IT REMINDS ME OF STANDING IN. WITH MY FATHER IN THE EARLY 1960S TO CHEW UP A SUGAR CUBE. AT THE TIME TO CRUSH POLIO AND NOW WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO CRUSH COVID-19 THE OKLAHOMA CITY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HOSTING ANOTHER MEGA VACCINE POD EVENT MAYOR DAVID HOLT AMONG THOSE IN LINE TODAY GETTING HIS SECOND VACCINE SHOT. WE ARE WITNESSING HERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TODAY RECEIVING A VACCINATION. THAT WAS CREATED IN RECORD TIME THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE
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“Our particular congregation has been impacted by COVID,” he said. “We could look at these five deaths that have occurred over the last year attributed to COVID. We even had two mysterious deaths that occurred before they started counting.”
Terrell and his wife, Beverly, went to one of the local vaccination clinics that Oklahoma-City County Health Department sponsored. This one took place in late March at Star Spencer High School, in northeast Oklahoma City, a historically Black community. The department worked with more than a dozen churches in the area to coordinate sign ups in their congregations.
The McCoys say they wanted to lead by example, and show what a blessing the vaccine can be. And to remind people this isn’t their first rodeo with shots.
For Voice of Hope pastor Terrell McCoy, the fight against the coronavirus is personal.
“Our particular congregation has been impacted by COVID,” he said. “We could look at these five deaths that have occurred over the last year attributed to COVID. We even had two mysterious deaths that occurred before they started counting.”
Terrell and his wife, Beverly, went to one of the local vaccination clinics that Oklahoma-City County Health Department sponsored. This one took place in late March at Star Spencer High School, in northeast Oklahoma City, a historically Black community. The department worked with more than a dozen churches in the area to coordinate sign ups in their congregations.
Oklahoma experts explain why men aren t getting COVID-19 vaccine as often as women Share Updated: 5:59 PM CDT Apr 6, 2021 Share Updated: 5:59 PM CDT Apr 6, 2021
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Show Transcript TO HERD IMMUNITY. YOU KNOW PEOPLE KIND OF BLAME IT ON SORT OF THAT SORT OF MACHO CULTURE, YOU KNOW AS IT TURNS OUT DOCTORS. I SPOKE WITH SAY PREVENTATIVE CARE LIKE GETTING VACCINATED IS SOMETHING MEN HAVE HISTORICALLY STRUGGLED WITH MEN IN GENERAL DON’T PURSUE PREVENTIVE SERVICES AS OFTEN OR AS WELL AS WOMEN DO THAT’S BEEN KNOWN FOR AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF LIVES OUT THERE THAT ARE TRYING TO KICK THEIR HUSBANDS TO GO GET THEIR COLONOSCOPY IN SOME SUGGESTS GETTING THE COVID-19 VACCINE HAS BECOME PARTISAN. SO IT’S FAIR TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IF MEN DON’T GO GET THE VACCINE THEY COULD BE KEEPING US FROM HERD IMMUNITY. YEAH, THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT AND THESE THESE MUCH MORE INFECTIOUS. VARIANCE OF THE VIRUS NEED EVEN MORE PERCENT TO PEOPLE T
The Oklahoma City-County Health Department is teaming up with several community partners to make 10,000 doses of all three COVID-19 vaccines available Wednesday at the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds.If you ve been waiting or selective with which vaccine you want, you are able to sign up for the event Wednesday and come out to the State Fair Park and get vaccinated. People can choose from Pfizer, Moderna or the Johnson & Johnson, also known as a Janssen vaccine.Officials urge people to sign up before they arrive. CLICK HERE to sign up now!OCCHD officials have seen a high demand the J&J vaccine, so 5,000 doses are available, with 2,500 Moderna doses and 2,500 Pfizer doses offered as well. If you are 16 and older, you can get the Pfizer vaccine with a parent or guardian on-site to give consent.If you are 18 and older, you can get the other two vaccines. Remember to bring your ID the site.While these vaccine pods are convenient, we spoke to health officials about why fewer people might b