OKC Central Chat recap: OKC Mayor David Holt addresses coronavirus-related concerns
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Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt joined Steve Lackmeyer in this week's OKC Central Live Chat, answering questions related to the city's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

![Lacie Morgan, left, and her children, fifth-grader Paizley Morgan, 11, sixth-grader Sheckler Morgan, 12, and fourth-grader Journey Morgan hold signs as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/sq150-82af2431dede52b444e308239b88017f.jpg)
![Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/sq150-b4a213153291a9a982e9b03d2902ba48.jpg)
![Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/sq150-5211526f22948b0714e1d2a51c1b838c.jpg)

![Lacie Morgan, left, and her children, fifth-grader Paizley Morgan, 11, sixth-grader Sheckler Morgan, 12, and fourth-grader Journey Morgan hold signs as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Photo - Lacie Morgan, left, and her children, fifth-grader Paizley Morgan, 11, sixth-grader Sheckler Morgan, 12, and fourth-grader Journey Morgan hold signs as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-82af2431dede52b444e308239b88017f.jpg)
![Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman] Photo - Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-b4a213153291a9a982e9b03d2902ba48.jpg)
![Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman] Photo - Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-50d735cd06a9a4e6f1430a6d88f8aefb.jpg)
![Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman] Photo - Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-b337a06caf464d3d1800f35a8fa6ecb0.jpg)
![Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman] Photo - Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-a47dd92f7b197a7543bfaf149af07d21.jpg)
![Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman] Photo - Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-95a7b4b5fa7f7373030c8d026070a72c.jpg)
![Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman] Photo - Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-5211526f22948b0714e1d2a51c1b838c.jpg)
![Oakridge Elementary students first -grader Isaac Madden 6, left, fifth-grader Emma Madden, 11, third-grader Evan Madden, 8, along with their three-year-old brother Hudson Madden hold signs as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman] Photo - Oakridge Elementary students first -grader Isaac Madden 6, left, fifth-grader Emma Madden, 11, third-grader Evan Madden, 8, along with their three-year-old brother Hudson Madden hold signs as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-85b7586be4d800eb6ee68bc054f16cef.jpg)
![Vehicle line up at Oakridge Elementary before starting a faculty caravan through neighborhoods around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman] Photo - Vehicle line up at Oakridge Elementary before starting a faculty caravan through neighborhoods around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-93f04a90d4550399c18be715df303f4d.jpg)
![Cars are decorated as they wait to start an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan in neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman] Photo - Cars are decorated as they wait to start an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan in neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-ee355cc3d8701f28e2f423b2c3148a4c.jpg)
![Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman] Photo - Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-007d247df661b27ea9adc6f060beba98.jpg)
![Michelle Flipski, a kindergarten teacher assistant hands kindergarten teacher Lindsey Scott poster baord to decorate before an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan through neighborhoods around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman] Photo - Michelle Flipski, a kindergarten teacher assistant hands kindergarten teacher Lindsey Scott poster baord to decorate before an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan through neighborhoods around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-9f39f51696786d2c31091d86a4dace28.jpg)
![Julie Rutledge, a secretary Oakridge Elementary, waits in a car before an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan through neighborhoods around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman] Photo - Julie Rutledge, a secretary Oakridge Elementary, waits in a car before an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan through neighborhoods around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-23eb9edf2c50e10b27299d32b792ea36.jpg)
![Michelle Flipski, a kindergarten teacher assistant, gets in her car before starting an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan through neighborhoods around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman] Photo - Michelle Flipski, a kindergarten teacher assistant, gets in her car before starting an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan through neighborhoods around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-648fad880c25a92b97e2d3ce6f7c446c.jpg)
![Noah Garvie, 6, an Oakridge Elementary kindergarten student, holds a sign as he waits for an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan through neighborhoods around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman] Photo - Noah Garvie, 6, an Oakridge Elementary kindergarten student, holds a sign as he waits for an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan through neighborhoods around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-eb68d5d07605bb00aa45396f7eb357f2.jpg)

Steve Lackmeyer is a reporter, columnist and author who started his career at The Oklahoman in 1990. Since then, he has won numerous awards for his coverage, which included the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, the city's... Read more ›