While many more businesses are open now than were open a few months ago, and few states still have stay-at-home orders, the U.S. still has a ways to go to get to a full reopening. That won’t occur until we achieve widespread vaccination and curb the coronavirus pandemic. In the meantime, some states have put a temporary pause on moving to the next stage of reopening, or have even reversed course and closed certain businesses again due to surges in COVID-19 transmission.
In order to determine the states with the fewest coronavirus restrictions, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 14 key metrics. Our data set ranges from whether restaurants are open to whether the state has required face masks in public and workplace temperature screenings. Read on for the state ranking, additional insight from a panel of experts and a full description of our methodology. |
Oklahoma & #2, South Dakota; are leading the way in restoring economic opportunity & civil liberties.
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High Praises For Oklahoma's Medical Industry CNN has kept a very helpful database of Covid testing results and medical numbers for the 50 states, and also tabulates the US territories. Their numbers show Oklahoma as having the 10th highest saturation of infections, per capita (approaching 10% of our population). But Oklahoma is also the 10th lowest fatalities from Covid, per capita. The comparison of those 2 data points reveal a massive accomplishment for Oklahoma's public health response & mobilization, and an equally proficient medical services industry.
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Oklahoma Congressman, Markwayne Mullin, spoke with Tulsa talk Radio, KFAQ; about his quick actions when the rioters threatened the US Congress. He explains why he overruled the capitol security and how they handled his objections.
We've posted a transcript, along with the audio podcast link.
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