COVID-19

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COVID numbers rising in Comanche County

Tim Farley

Thursday, January 6, 2022

LAWTON - COVID-19 cases at Comanche County Memorial Hospital and Lawton Public Schools were inching upward Monday as the Omicron variant continues to hit all parts of Oklahoma. CCMH reported 31 COVID patients hospitalized as of Jan. 3 with 22 being unvaccinated.

COVID-19 pandemic impacts on businesses

62% of Companies Predict Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels

From Staff Reports

Thursday, December 30, 2021

Looking back over the last two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, company experiences varied widely across the United States, with 32% saying they struggled quite a bit.

The Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City | Debi DeSilver/Ledger Photo

House leaders backtrack on special session for vaccines

M. Scott Carter - Capitol Bureau Chief

Thursday, December 9, 2021

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Republican leadership of the Oklahoma House of Representatives backtracked last week, announcing its support for a special session to address vaccine mandates, after previously saying vaccine proposals would not be considered in a special session. On Dec.

State Sen. Rob Standridge

Requiring worker vaccinations could cost employers $1M

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Friday, November 26, 2021

OKLAHOMA CITY — Employers could be liable for $1 million in punitive damages if they require their workers to be vaccinated as a condition of employment and subsequently an employee experiences an illness or injury that can be blamed on the shot.

A middle school student works on a laptop computer during class at Bridge Creek Elementary School in Blanchard on Nov. 21, 2019. (Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch)

Oklahoma Student Learning in a Pandemic: Test Results Show Heavy Toll

Jennifer Palmer from Oklahoma Watch

Thursday, October 7, 2021

Oklahoma students lost ground in nearly every grade and subject as they struggled to learn amid COVID-19 disruptions, newly released test score data shows.

A healthcare worker fills a syringe with Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Whitney Bryen | Oklahoma Watch

As state marks its 10,000th COVID-19 death, lagging areas show vaccination progress

Paul Monies - Oklahoma Watch

Thursday, September 30, 2021

More Oklahomans are reaching fully vaccinated status in ZIP codes that have been lagging most of the summer, according to the latest biweekly vaccination data from the Oklahoma State Department of Health. The statewide COVID-19 vaccination rate was 46.6% this week, compared to 54.

Nicci Francis

Masked, vaccinated and COVID-19 positive: Why some teachers say this year’s precautions are still not enough

Jennifer Palmer from Oklahoma Watch

Thursday, September 23, 2021

High school librarian Nicci Francis managed to avoid COVID-19 last year. Even after her husband, a teacher in Piedmont, the district where she also works, and her son tested positive in November, Francis managed to avoid the virus. She credits the safety measures taken by her district.

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Private employers struggle to understand, scramble to comply with federal vaccine mandate

Tim Farley

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Some local employers that would fall under President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate are taking a wait-and-see approach before requiring their workers to take the COVID-19 shots. Lawton’s Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. issued a one-line statement about the mandate.

State Sen. Carri Hicks, D-Oklahoma City, addresses the Senate Business, Commerce and Tourism Committee during her interim study Tuesday to learn why Oklahomans are not returning to work. Ledger photo by Tim Farley

Study addresses why workers aren’t back on the job during pandemic

Tim Farley

Thursday, September 23, 2021

OKLAHOMA CITY – Four plausible reasons for Oklahomans not returning to work after the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic were debated during a study hosted Tuesday by state Senator Carri Hicks, D-Oklahoma City.

Students who caught COVID have mostly recovered

Tim Farley

Thursday, September 23, 2021

LAWTON – Almost 90% of Lawton Public Schools students who have received positive COVID-19 test results since August 12 have recovered, according to district figures released Tuesday. Numbers show 280 of the 315 students have recovered from the illness with the remaining 35 still in isolation.

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