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27 Jan, 9 tweets, 3 min read
I'll do a couple of threads on interesting #okleg bills on health. Here is one on vaccines.
HB 1653 by Rep. Humphrey requires drug makers to notify providers if their shots contain "human parts, animal parts, metals in any quantity, tracking devices, or any DNA-altering properties."
oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?…
SB 679 by Sen. Bullard says local governments, school districts etc can't "through direct or indirect means, compel or coerce any person under its jurisdiction to receive any immunization."
webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22…
We have a few bills — including HB 1671 by Rep. Kevin West and HB 1057 by Rep. Olsen — outlawing vaccination requirements for employees oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?…
HB 2478 by Rep. Sean Roberts requires providers to report any adverse effects of a vaccine to the department of health within 24 hours oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?…
HB 2580 by Rep. Stearman creates the Maintaining the People's Rights Act. It bans discrimination and segregation based on vaccine status. (continued in the next tweet) oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?…
HB 2580, defines vaccine status-based discrimination in part as: "Restricting in any way the enjoyment of any advantage or privilege enjoyed by others receiving any service, financial aid, or benefit provided to other similarly situated members of the general public."
SB 831 by Sen. Stephens bars OSDH from entering "immunization records or other data of an individual into any database or system including, but not limited to, the Oklahoma State Immunization Information System without the prior written informed consent"

webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22…

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27 Jan
We're getting an update on vaccinations from Deputy Commissioner of Health Keith Reed. About 600,000 Oklahomans have registered through the portal, and about 100,000 appointments have been scheduled.
Reed: Keep in mind the scheduling portal is not the only way to get a vaccine. It is the way to get one through health departments and pandemic providers. You can contact pharmacies and doctors.
Reed: The waiting period between doses is 3-4 weeks. "That's the minimum time period to wait." The CDC issued a guidance that efficacy is the same up to 6 weeks apart. That being said, Oklahoma is aiming to get second doses into arms at the beginning of the window, not the end.
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25 Jan
The Oklahoma Senate Health and Human Services Committee is hearing from the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, which administers Medicaid. I won't really be live tweeting but will share some highlights.
OHCA CEO Kevin Corbett: OHCA's budget request is $210 million — close to 20 percent — over the prior year. "Suffice it so say a large part of that is expansion."
Kevin Corbett: There will be a few savings with partner agencies that will offset some of the cost. For example, we have mental health programs that now all use state funding, but under expansion, we'd get a federal share. "We think the net benefit of that is about $17 million."
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4 Jan
Oklahoma's coronavirus vaccine update has started. We're hearing from Commissioner of Health Lance Frye. "We have an appointment set for every single dose we have in Oklahoma." (As of this weekend, the state had administered about a third of its doses on hand.)
Frye: We will have an appointment app, which will go live on Thursday. We will have more information on that then.
We're now going to hear from Deputy Commissioner of Health Keith Reed, who has been overseeing vaccines.
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8 Dec 20
We're hearing from the Healthier Oklahoma Coalition. We're starting with an update on CDC recommendations from Dr. George Monks, president of the Oklahoma State Medical Association.
Monks: The CDC is now recommending masks outside if you can't distance. Also, you should wear them within your own home if someone does have COVID in the home. Masks protect the wearer as well as the people around them.
Monks: About 1.9 million people live in a jurisdiction with a face mask mandate. That's about half the state.
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7 Dec 20
Watching Happiest Season. I knew this woman brought her girlfriend to Christmas without coming out and said they were just friends.
But she LIED to the girlfriend for SIX MONTHS, saying she came out to them and told them about the gf that summer!!
Like I knew she was blindsided but I didn’t know it was because the person she loves had deceived her about something so important! I hate her!!
The boyfriend invite I am triggered
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24 Nov 20
Covering this now. Hearing from Dr. Hausheer. Image
She introduced Dr. Aaron Wendelboe. He says COVID-19 has become the third-most common cause of death in the United States. "In Oklahoma, we have observed a doubling of cases ... since Oct. 1." We're expected to double again by Dec. 15.
Wendelboe: That doesn't need to be the case. We can curb transmission and prevent those cases and those deaths.
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