November 17, 2020

‘They’ve Been Following The Science’: How The Covid-19 Pandemic Has Been Curtailed In Cherokee Nation-STAT

While the United States flounders in its response to the coronavirus, another nation — one within our own borders — is faring much better. With a mask mandate in place since spring, free drive-through testing, hospitals well-stocked with PPE, and a small army of public health officers fully supported by their chief, the Cherokee Nation has been able to curtail its Covid-19 case and death rates even as those numbers surge in surrounding Oklahoma, where the White House coronavirus task force says spread is unyielding. STAT, 11/17/2020