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Convoy Rolls Through Oklahoma City to Protest COVID-19 Mandates<\/a><\/p>\n

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR)\u2014 A group of truck drivers called \u201cThe People\u2019s Convoy,\u201d trekked through Oklahoma City on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The convoy started in Adelanto, California on Wednesday and is making its way to the Washington D.C. area with the mission to peacefully protest against COVID-19 mandates, as well as ending the state of emergency declared in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last 23 months of the COVID-19 pandemic have been a rough road for all Americans to travel: spiritually, emotionally, physically, and \u2014 not least \u2014 financially,\u201d said The People\u2019s Convoy in a press release. \u201cWith the advent of the vaccine and workable therapeutic agents\u2026 it is now time to re-open the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As the convoy came through the metro Sunday, Oklahoman\u2019s lined the highways in support.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe live in America, we have the freedom to do what we want. We have medical freedom, and nothing should come in the way of that,\u201d said Scott Spivey, a convoy supporter.<\/p>\n

David Barnes, another supporter, told KFOR \u201cthe convoy is just basically a statement of people that are uniting across the country.\u201d He added he was there to \u201csupport our freedom and the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n

CDC to significantly loosen pandemic mask guidelines Friday
\nOn Friday, the CDC eased its guidelines. The new guidelines say 70% of the U.S. population is in counties where the coronavirus is considered to be posing a low or medium threat to hospitals. Therefore, people living there don\u2019t need to wear a mask indoors.<\/p>\n

The agency is still advising that people, including schoolchildren, wear masks where the risk of COVID-19 is high. That\u2019s the situation in about 37% of U.S. counties, where about 28% of Americans reside.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma State Medical Association President, Mary Clarke, sent KFOR a statement saying in part, \u201cthough many of the mandates have been halted, COVID is not over. It\u2019s still crucial for people to be COVID-aware, continue to be vaccinated, wear masks in crowded areas \u2013 especially if they are at risk of severe infection \u2013 and wash hands frequently.\u201d<\/p>\n

The total number of COVID-related deaths in the United States is approaching one-million since the pandemic began nearly two years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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