“You have to go back and think about why we closed down in the first place,” Governor Kevin Stitt says.
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt is among the few who remember that the point of the shutdowns was to “flatten the curve” (i.e. slow the process of herd immunization by exposure to the virus enough to ensure that hospital capacity remains available for the few cases with complications), not to wait until nobody ever dies anymore, or a vaccine is ready. As this goal has been accomplished in his state (as in the vast majority of states), he is doing the right thing by lifting the restrictions.