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As I’m sure you all know, the coronavirus pandemic has quickly swept across the United States. The virus has now been reported in all 50 states, and numbers continue to rise daily here in Oklahoma. It’s hard to think that life was normal a little more than a week ago, but now cities across the United States are facing mandatory closures and encouraging people to stay home.

The Senate had the chance to hear from Gary Cox, the Oklahoma Commissioner of Health, and he informed us of steps the Department of Health is taking to mitigate the spread of the virus. Community spread has been confirmed in...