By Jessie Christopher Smith and Nancy Marie Spears/Gaylord News
Feb. 23, 2021
Oklahoma’s Department of Health is working with tribes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Indian Health Service to better understand how vaccines will be administered to Native Americans. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense)
Oklahoma is pushing ahead with its COVID-19 vaccination drive despite severe winter storms that left thousands of people stranded in their homes and many without electricity and running water.
The state continues to lead most surrounding states in getting the first dose into residents’ arms, in spite of early opposition to the vaccine.