Top Tulsa officials on Wednesday said at-risk people should not attend President Trump's Saturday rally there as the city set a daily record for most new COVID-19 cases.
their ability to sue the campaign should they contract the virus at the event, for which Trump has claimed more than 1 million people have requested tickets.
"Tulsa is experiencing double the amount of new cases it experienced in March and April when restrictions on large gatherings and businesses were still in place." the suit said, adding,"It would take only a few infected individuals — who are likely asymptomatic and have no idea that they are infected — to infect hundreds if not thousands more."
Dr. Lance Frye, the commissioner of the Oklahoma State Department of Health, said in a Wednesday statement that health officials appreciated the president's campaign taking measures to make the event safer, adding that"individuals looking to attend Saturday’s event, or any other large-scale gathering, will face an increased risk of becoming infected with COVID-19 and becoming a transmitter of this novel virus.
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