For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic started, Oklahoma’s governor has used football as a symbol to try and get Oklahomans to take precautions for COVID-19.
The Oklahoma football season is scheduled to begin on Sept. 5 against Missouri State at home. In-state rival Oklahoma State is supposed to begin its season in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on Sept. 3 against Oregon State.
The Cowboys are already back to preparing for the 2020 season together, with Oklahoma restarting back up on Wednesday. Both programs do this amongst a spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
You can see all the data in the Twitter thread below.
Daily #COVID19 update via the Oklahoma State Department of Heath:
Record-breaking increase in new cases, which brings 7-day avg. to new high.
– 13,757 cases (+585)
– 387 deaths (+2)
– 315 hospitalizations (as of 6/29)
– 4.4% positive rate (as of 6/29) pic.twitter.com/qh6XPXCffY— Kassie McClung (@KassieMcClung) June 30, 2020
Governer Kevin Stitt has said he won’t mandate wearing masks in the state of Oklahoma, but he urged people to wear them on Tuesday in order, “to be able to watch OU and OSU stick it to the short horns on the football field in the fall.”
Got em, Coach. pic.twitter.com/gHm93VhxGP
— Eddie Radosevich (@Eddie_Rado) June 30, 2020
Masks are not mandated to be worn anywhere in the state of Oklahoma. Oklahoma head football coach Lincoln Riley send out a tweet with his mask on Apr. 11.
Got my custom mask ready!#SocialDistancing #WashYourHands #Takecareofeachother @clarkfornorman pic.twitter.com/RlXLdOnqOx
— Lincoln Riley (@LincolnRiley) April 11, 2020
Athletic director Joe Castiglione said in the past month that nothing has changed in regards to the football schedule yet.
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