Covid-19 in OKC (coronavirus)

[PhiAlpha]

I wonder if the weekends play a factor in it.

nm Pete covered it.

[Rover]

Did my three week grocery run today at Sams. Everyone was wearing masks and using good distance measures. Good to see!

Did the same, at the one on May. About 10-25% we wearing masks, and hardly anyone but me wearing gloves.

[Teo9969]

Executive Order report for 4/6 is out:

340 cumulative hospitalized
161 currently hospitalized
51 deceased

37.65% have left the hospital alive.

[oilmud]

I can’t see in any way the positives are relevant. Hospitalized and deaths seem to be the most important

[BBatesokc]

Did the same, at the one on May. About 10-25% we wearing masks, and hardly anyone but me wearing gloves.

Yeah, I only see about 10-20% wearing masks when I get out. Less wearing gloves. I get the mask wearing and don't find it odd anymore when I see people wearing them and I definitely think there are people that should. I personally don't get the gloves. I've yet to observe anyone wearing them correctly.

[RustytheBailiff]

Yeah, I only see about 10-20% wearing masks when I get out. Less wearing gloves. I get the mask wearing and don't find it odd anymore when I see people wearing them and I definitely think there are people that should. I personally don't get the gloves. I've yet to observe anyone wearing them correctly.

Well, I 've been wearing gloves so that I do not get the virus on my hands.


Wearing gloves in the hospital
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Gloves are called personal protective equipment (PPE). Other types of PPE are gowns, masks, and shoe and head covers.

Gloves create a barrier between germs and your hands. Wearing gloves in the hospital helps prevent the spread of germs.

Why Wear Gloves
Wearing gloves helps protect both patients and health care workers from infection. Here are the directions:

When to Wear Gloves
Gloves help keep your hands clean and lessen your chance of getting germs that can make you sick.

Wear gloves every time you touch blood, bodily fluids, bodily tissues, mucous membranes, or broken skin. You should wear gloves for this sort of contact, even if a patient seems healthy and has no signs of any germs.

Choose the Right Gloves
Containers of disposable gloves should be available in any room or area where patient care takes place.

Gloves come in different sizes, so make sure you choose the right size for a good fit.

If the gloves are too big, it is hard to hold objects and easier for germs to get inside your gloves.
Gloves that are too small are more likely to rip.
Some cleaning and care procedures require sterile or surgical gloves. Sterile means "free from germs." These gloves come in numbered sizes (5.5 to 9). Know your size ahead of time.

If you will be handling chemicals, check the material safety data sheet to see what kind of gloves you will need.

DO NOT use oil-based hand creams or lotions unless they are approved for use with latex gloves.

If you have a latex allergy, use non-latex gloves and avoid contact with other products that contain latex.

Removing Gloves
When you take gloves off, make sure the outsides of the gloves do not touch your bare hands. Follow these steps:

Grab the top of your right glove with your left hand.
Pull toward your fingertips. The glove will turn inside out.
Hold onto the empty glove with your left hand.
Put 2 right-hand fingers in the top of your left glove.
Pull toward your fingertips until you have pulled the glove inside out and off your hand. The right glove will be inside the left glove now.
Throw the gloves away in an approved waste container.
Always use new gloves for each patient. Wash your hands between patients to avoid passing germs.

[BBatesokc]

Well, I 've been wearing gloves so that I do not get the virus on my hands. ....

The problem is, people put on the gloves and then cross contaminate literally everything.

Example: A person puts on their little blue gloves as they get out of their car at the grocery store. Then they proceed to touch the cart and every item they put in your basket. In the mean time they are checking their phone for calls, texts, or to simply read their grocery list. They might also touch their face or any other part of their body or their clothing. They then head to the register and proceed to get into their purse and/or wallet, touch their money or credit cards. Then they touch the credit card scanner and put everything back into their purse. After that they head to the car - opening the car door and unloading everything into the car. Only after getting into the car do many people even bother to take the gloves. off. Too late folks, you've already done a dozen things completely wrong.

Same goes for the gas station, etc.

I'd rather wear no gloves - the virus isn't absorbed into the skin - and remain mindful that I need to constantly wash my hands and apply sanitizer. I see no benefit to the gloves other than in very specific situations; hospital setting or while directly caring for someone who is positive or in a high risk group.

[EastCoastGator]

BBatesokc---thank you!

All these people think they are so immune with gloves on, when in reality everything you just described is happening. Way easier to just throw some sanitizer on or wash your hands. Simply gives people a false sense of security and then they do everything the same.

[TheTravellers]

The problem is, people put on the gloves and then cross contaminate literally everything.

Example: A person puts on their little blue gloves as they get out of their car at the grocery store. Then they proceed to touch the cart and every item they put in your basket. In the mean time they are checking their phone for calls, texts, or to simply read their grocery list. They might also touch their face or any other part of their body or their clothing. They then head to the register and proceed to get into their purse and/or wallet, touch their money or credit cards. Then they touch the credit card scanner and put everything back into their purse. After that they head to the car - opening the car door and unloading everything into the car. Only after getting into the car do many people even bother to take the gloves. off. Too late folks, you've already done a dozen things completely wrong.

Same goes for the gas station, etc.

I'd rather wear no gloves - the virus isn't absorbed into the skin - and remain mindful that I need to constantly wash my hands and apply sanitizer. I see no benefit to the gloves other than in very specific situations; hospital setting or while directly caring for someone who is positive or in a high risk group.

Yep, we do the same as you. Just shop in the store, don't touch your face, don't touch your phone, put your credit card back in a pocket that doesn't have anything else in it after you pay, put hand sanitizer on as soon as you unload the groceries into your car, wash hands at home, unload groceries, take bags to trash, wash hands again, wipe off credit card, wash clothes, pretty much done.

[mkjeeves]

Yep, we do the same as you. Just shop in the store, don't touch your face, don't touch your phone, put your credit card back in a pocket that doesn't have anything else in it after you pay, put hand sanitizer on as soon as you unload the groceries into your car, wash hands at home, unload groceries, take bags to trash, wash hands again, wipe off credit card, wash clothes, pretty much done.

Ditto. Next time with gloves on for an additional barrier. Hands get sanitized either way.

[jn1780]

Yeah, that's the problem with gloves. Makes people lazy when it comes to washing their hands or anything else they may touch. Better to assume your hands are your worse enemy that constantly need to be washed.

Gloves in the healthcare setting are meant to be an added level of protection for the patient in case the doctor or nurse doesn't do a good job at washing their hands which happens a lot. Glove immediately goes in the trash afterwards.

On another note, masks are good way to keep you from touching your face.

[OkiePoke]

I'm not a glove wearer, but I have been considering only when getting fuel.

One glove to touch the buttons and nozzle, bare hand to handle card. Obviously, dispose of glove after I put the nozzle back in the holder.

[mkjeeves]

I'm not a glove wearer, but I have been considering only when getting fuel.

One glove to touch the buttons and nozzle, bare hand to handle card. Obviously, dispose of glove after I put the nozzle back in the holder.

They work for that. Put them in the trash can by the pumps when you are done. Then sanitize your hands.

Gloves remind me not to touch my face or anything I don’t want to contaminate but I probably learned that wearing gloves while working, when touching my face would mean putting dirt, grease, paint, and what have you on it. I suppose some people never learned that.

[BoulderSooner]

They work for that. Put them in the trash can by the pumps when you are done. Then sanitize your hands.

Gloves remind me not to touch my face or anything I don’t want to contaminate but I probably learned that wearing gloves while working, when touching my face would mean putting dirt, grease, paint, and what have you on it. I suppose some people never learned that.

this I think is a key point

[TheTravellers]

I'm not a glove wearer, but I have been considering only when getting fuel.

One glove to touch the buttons and nozzle, bare hand to handle card. Obviously, dispose of glove after I put the nozzle back in the holder.

And don't put your card back in your wallet after it's been in the card reader, put it in a pocket with nothing else in it.

[SoonerDave]

I work on my family's cars a lot, and almost always use gloves to limit the grease/oil/yuck from the car to my hands. You learn quickly not to touch things that you don't want to get dirty, and also how gloves do (and don't) work.

[Rover]

I'm not a glove wearer, but I have been considering only when getting fuel.

One glove to touch the buttons and nozzle, bare hand to handle card. Obviously, dispose of glove after I put the nozzle back in the holder.

Great. I do this and keep wipes in my car to wipe down my credit card before putting it back in my wallet.

[TheTravellers]

...

On another note, masks are good way to keep you from touching your face.

Only if they fit properly and you don't have to adjust them.

[BoulderSooner]

pretty interesting stuff in this

https://news.yahoo.com/sweden-found-...103003618.html

[AP]

Exactly what I would expect from a National Review piece.

[TheTravellers]

pretty interesting stuff in this

https://news.yahoo.com/sweden-found-...103003618.html

Doing things that are evidence- and science-based, nice to see somebody doing it that way.

[jdizzle]

Doing things that are evidence- and science-based, nice to see somebody doing it that way.

Didn't a certain political figure in this state get lambasted for advocating something like this?

[turnpup]

Noticed this morning some of the cashiers at Homeland wearing masks. All appeared to have on gloves. We haven't been to any fast food drive-throughs since this began, and I was curious what those personnel are wearing as they prep and serve.

[TheTravellers]

Didn't a certain political figure in this state get lambasted for advocating something like this?

Yeah, he did, his order was for elderly and susceptible populations to isolate, very similar. I'm not sure, though, if Sweden's approach is scalable to our larger population and complexity - they have 10 million people, the US has 35 times that many, just as a starting point, not to mention more people coming in and out of the country, they don't have 50+ different states/territories that are all uncoordinated, all the political party BS here in the US, etc.. At least Sweden's method might be the way to get out of what we're doing currently.

[Bill Robertson]

Yep, we do the same as you. Just shop in the store, don't touch your face, don't touch your phone, put your credit card back in a pocket that doesn't have anything else in it after you pay, put hand sanitizer on as soon as you unload the groceries into your car, wash hands at home, unload groceries, take bags to trash, wash hands again, wipe off credit card, wash clothes, pretty much done.

Me too. This is as safe as we can get.