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Frank Lucas: “For every 10 people who are hospitalized with COVID-19…”

Featuring: Frank Lucas, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, District 3

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Mitchell Talks Conversation: U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.)

Published | Video Starts at 09:54

If you look at where we are now in Oklahoma, Scott, the good news, of course, is 58% of eligible Oklahomans are now fully vaccinated. Thank goodness. But there's some bad news, too, Scott. According to state Department of health, For every 10 people who are hospitalized with COVID-19, every 10, eight of them were never vaccinated. Eight of them, the that could be dramatically reduced. And if you look at the Federal numbers, nationwide, 25% of the intensive care unit beds, that's where we provide maximum healthcare. (09:54–10:06)

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Asserts that 80% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Oklahoma were unvaccinated.

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