The Vaccine Scheduler Portal is operational to allow eligible Oklahomans to schedule their COVID-19 vaccination. Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) will provide a daily end of day update on progress throughout the week of January 11.
This week we have the Indian Pioneer Paper of Ella Herring, a Chickasaw citizen. This oral history was recorded by W. P. A. fieldworker John F. Daugherty on November 3, 1937, at Mrs. Herring’s residence in Sulphur.
While 2020 has certainly been one of the most challenging years in modern history and recent memory, there is hope on the horizon that better days are ahead. Although the world is still reeling from the destruction caused by the coronavirus pandemic, glimmers of hope are brightening more each day with the discovery, development and delivery of safe and effective vaccines to save lives and eliminate COVID-19’s stranglehold on society. Indeed, this scientific achievement is coming faster than any other time in human history, and for that, we can and should be exceedingly grateful.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article is from a Long Beach, California, newspaper. Date unknown. Circa 1940’s.
When this year began, none of us expected to face a global pandemic that would steal hundreds of thousands of American lives, inflict unprecedented damage on our economy, disrupt business as usual and uproot life as we know it. But although the United States certainly did not create the coronavirus crisis, our country has led in the mission to eliminate the virus and restore our way of life by seeking to deliver a vaccine in record time. As we celebrate Christmas this week and look toward 2021, I am grateful that vaccines are already beginning to reach frontline health care workers and the most vulnerable in our communities, providing hope for better days ahead.
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