The health director added that he was “concerned about our ability to ensure the president stays safe” in an indoor arena without social distancing
Don’t catch it. Photo: Getty Images After the president faced a wave of criticism for announcing a rally on Juneteenth in Tulsa — a city still reckoning with one of the nation’s worst acts of racist violence — his campaign decided to move the show to Saturday, June 20. But the Tulsa health director is requesting that Trump push the date even further into the summer to mitigate the potential of a super-spreader event as the state faces record days of new coronavirus cases.
Though Oklahoma has not faced a significant outbreak to date, as the state enters phase three of reopening — which allows public gatherings of any size as long as attendees practice social distancing — Tulsa County is handling a record number of cases. The health department reports that the county’s seven-day rolling average for COVID-19 cases has spiked from 24.9 cases on June 7 to 51.
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