The mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, says pleas from its overburdened hospitals to enforce mask-wearing are being ignored.<br />Mayor G.T. Bynum says Tulsa hospitals are unable to meet the demands — but neither the governor nor the communities relying on these hospitals are responding.<br />Business Insider reports roughly 68% of people occupying Tulsa hospitals are from communities outside it, which Tulsa cannot regulate.<br />The rising cases of both COVID-19 and seasonal influenza are harming the ability of city employees to receive care.<br />Bynum said one employee was denied hospital care until they developed pneumonia, and another was sent home with a 106-degree fever.
