This slogan for the Oklahoma State Department of Health projects assurance and confidence that the organization knows what the hell it’s doing, which is probably something you want in a state-run agency tasked with keeping data on the spread of contagious illnesses and overseeing community health departments that provide life-saving immunizations, wellness services, and other resources for Oklahomans.
But, unfortunately, since Commissioner of Health Gary Cox was appointed by our esteemed Governor, the slogan has come to be seen at best as a motto for arrogant, out-of-touch optimism and at worst a cruel joke accompanied by an apathetic shrug.
Via The Oklahoman…
Weeks before a novel coronavirus began killing people first in China and then around the world, the new health commissioner for Oklahoma stunned legislators by asking them for less money for the upcoming fiscal year.