Oklahoma pauses Johnson & Johnson vaccine amid new complications mcalesternews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mcalesternews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
OU announced its university-wide masking policy will remain through the spring semester in a Friday afternoon email.Â
The requirement applies to all employees, students, patients and visitors inside university facilities and vehicles or outdoors on campus where social distancing is not possible, according to the universityâs masking policy. This applies to individuals who received the COVID-19 vaccine or have recovered from the virus, according to the email.Â
COVID-19 vaccines are âeffective at protecting you from getting sick,â according to CDC guidelines released March 9. The guidelines, however, state medical officials are âstill learning how vaccines will affect the spread of COVID-19â and precautionary measures â such as wearing a mask, staying six feet apart from others and avoiding crowds â should be maintained.Â
Now that about 2.5 million more Oklahomans are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, local health professionals met Tuesday to discuss what âfully vaccinatedâ means and when itâs appropriate to start gathering again.You may think youâre good to go and youâre 100% vaccinated after getting your second dose of the vaccine. Health officials, however, said itâs not quite that simple.âWeâve certainly seen the numbers plummet,â said Dr. George Monks, president of the Oklahoma State Medical Association.Doctors and health experts said because of the vaccine, Oklahomaâs new COVID-19 case numbers are really looking good.âBut we canât back away. We canât let our guard down and let the virus regain its strength,â Monks said. âWe have to keep doing what we know is effective against the virus.âThey said even though we are heading in the right direction, we havenât reached herd immunity yet.âI estimate that s
Healthier Oklahoma Coalition
Health care and public health experts predict the disease caused by the novel coronavirus may end up being a cause of death for Oklahomans long after whatever marks the official end of the COVID-19 pandemic. There s a lot of people who didn t die who have a lot of chronic health conditions that are going to be going on forever, said Dr. David Chansolme, medical director of infection prevention at INTEGRIS Health, at a Tuesday virtual press briefing held by the Healthier Oklahoma Coalition. People with pulmonary fibrosis, people that might have had a heart attack, people that had a stroke that could lead to further things, too, Chansolme said. It ll be interesting to see how those are read out, because they may not have had these problems had they not been six weeks in an ICU with COVID. So it ll continue to be a challenge.
Norman City Council extends mask mandate to June, approves Norman Regional Health System expansion oudaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from oudaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.