As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changes its masking guidelines, doctors across Oklahoma are stressing the seriousness of the COVID-19 situation in the Sooner State.
Dr. Sam Ratermann, president of the Oklahoma Academy of Family Physicians and a family medicine physician with INTEGRIS Grove Hospital, says two-thirds of patients admitted to his hospital have COVID-19.
In addition, he says many of those patients are younger with more serious symptoms. The common thread between the patients- they are unvaccinated.
“I think the level of misinformation out there is really heartbreaking,” Dr. Ratermann said.
'It's gotta stop somewhere,' Oklahoma doctors concerned about rise of COVID-19 cases in Oklahoma (kfor.com)
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