Covid-19 in OKC (coronavirus)

[Bunty]

I had all but quit going to the movies long before Covid-19 because of ****head behavior from other patrons at the theatres (bringing dinners in, vaping, cell phone use, etc.).

I avoid going during peak times, such as on weekends.

[Bunty]

Think of the legal liability. It would be off the charts. Also, how would they decide who gets tickets if there are even fans present?

Require ticket buyers to sign a statement that says they won't sue from being sick.

[TheTravellers]

Probably because they just shut it down for the first time ever so they can clean. Seeing that news made a lot of people go "they haven't been shutting it down for cleaning already?" maybe?

I think it's like Denny's (or The Kettle, I believe, in Edmond, where they had to close for a remodel, but couldn't find the keys since they had been open 24x7 for years) where they never close, but close off rotating sections so each can be deep cleaned. I'm sure they've closed parts of it at various times over the years, but never completely closed the entire system at once.

[TheTravellers]

I'm wondering where to buy some things that Homeland (18th/Classen) or Sprouts (63rd/May) doesn't have, and we don't shop at Walmart, Target, or Crest and don't order online from Walmart or Amazon (yeah, I know - gasp, shock, how does one even live like that ). Looking for paper towels, napkins, disinfectant wipes, flushable wipes, Kleenex, dishwasher detergent, Jet-Dry. And strangely enough, neither Sprouts nor Homeland had a boneless pork butt (have a good carnitas recipe we want to try). Homeland's meat guy said he'd have to cut some, and came out with a pork shoulder instead of a butt, which is why I called him a meat guy and not a butcher.

[Pete]

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Have you tried Aldi?

[TheTravellers]

^

Have you tried Aldi?

Thank you, never really shopped there, and even though it's right up the street, didn't think of it, will give them a try.

[Pete]

Thank you, never really shopped there, and even though it's right up the street, didn't think of it, will give them a try.

It's unusual and it took me a while to understand and appreciate it.

If you don't care for it after a visit or two, I would encourage you to keep going. There are good reasons for their massive success, they just might not be obvious when taken by how different it is.

[Mr. Blue Sky]

What about Eley's? They have a really good butcher.
I'd second Aldi, too, for lots of things.

[TheTravellers]

What about Eley's? They have a really good butcher.
I'd second Aldi, too, for lots of things.

Eh, last time we went to Eley's, it was crowded, people literally rubbing against each other as they went by, too social-distancing-noncompliant for us. That might apply to Aldi too, not sure what their procedures are, but if they're safe enough, we'll give them a shot, thx.

[Edmond Hausfrau]

It's unusual and it took me a while to understand and appreciate it.

If you don't care for it after a visit or two, I would encourage you to keep going. There are good reasons for their massive success, they just might not be obvious when taken by how different it is.

There is an excellent podcast somewhere about Trader Joe's explaining that one of the brother's owns Aldi's. They are Germans and they are fascinating. I had never tried Aldi but between that podcast and 2 Instacart orders from them, I am a fan.

[kukblue1]

So between the 1st and the 7th we had 712 new cases which was a 18% increase from the week before and things only partially opened on the 24th. Be interested to see the numbers on the 14.

[jerrywall]

So between the 1st and the 7th we had 712 new cases which was a 18% increase from the week before and things only partially opened on the 24th. Be interested to see the numbers on the 14.

I'd be willing to be that's a smaller increase than the increase in testing over the same time period. That's why I focus more on the hospitalizations and deaths numbers.

[kukblue1]

I'd be willing to be that's a smaller increase than the increase in testing over the same time period. That's why I focus more on the hospitalizations and deaths numbers.

Do they listed the number of test being processed? Do they have the capacity now to process more of the test or are they testing more but still can only run 2,000 thru the machine in a day?

[Bill Robertson]

Do they listed the number of test being processed? Do they have the capacity now to process more of the test or are they testing more but still can only run 2,000 thru the machine in a day?

They do list the number of results reported each day. For instance on the April 8 report there were 2148 test results reported with 96 being positive. On 5-8 there were 4845 tests reported with 121 being positive. So 2697 more tests with only 25 more positives.
I just did two five day periods. April 6-10, 10,372 tests, 607 positive. May 1-7 (5days, May 2-3 don’t have a report) 19,146 tests, 658 positives. 8,774 more tests with only 51 more positives.

[Pete]

Updated for Saturday:

[Bunty]

In S. Korea, it took just one contagious person to force a back peddle. The lesson to be learned is that Oklahomans better keep practicing social distancing in coming months and avoid gatherings not doing it.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world...mage=BBZaM5o|4

[brian72]

It's time for Herd immunity. Enough said.

[catcherinthewry]

It's time for Herd immunity. Enough said.

I wasn't with you until you said "Enough said", then I was convinced. Thank you, brian72.

[kukblue1]

In S. Korea, it took just one contagious person to force a back peddle. The lesson to be learned is that Oklahomans better keep practicing social distancing in coming months and avoid gatherings not doing it.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world...mage=BBZaM5o|4

I would take a lot more in American than something like this for another shut down. Unfortunately I would think it would start taking our hospitals to fill up before we come close to another shut down.

[Jersey Boss]

I wasn't with you until you said "Enough said", then I was convinced. Thank you, brian72.

[dankrutka]

Now, that said, you could end up being 100% right, but I just can't see the presence of a confirmed vaccine being the one and only litmus test for sports returning in some form.

It'll certainly be interesting and I admit that I could be wrong that sports will have no fans this year. There's a lot of complex factors, but there are a few primary reasons for my pessimism.

First, states and universities will have uneven policies. Some universities may cancel football all together while others will want to move forward with fans. What happens when a university says they'll have fans and the opposing university/state says they won't let their players play in front of fans.

Second, schools and universities are risk averse. What happens when a player, coach, or fan dies from contact at one of these sporting events. It seems like even a single case nationwide will send alarms to everyone else. Maybe I'm wrong, but most schools and universities do not want preventable deaths attributed to them.

Third, there's no way to isolate high school or college players and personnel. If the NBA comes back, they're going to do so in a bubble of limited contact and testing with millions of dollars and workers to make it happen... and they still don't know if they can pull it off. How will schools or universities achieve anything similar.

I'd love to see schools and universities figure this out in a way that's safe. We'll see...

[dankrutka]

It's time for Herd immunity. Enough said.

Step up. Have you purposely caught COVID-19 yet? Until then you're not walking the walk. Enough said.

P.S. I do not think you should purposely contract COVID-19. I think that's actually very dangerous to your health.

[soonerguru]

Question: once a vaccine becomes widely available, will things go back to 2019, when we know the flu exists, but no one gives a crap about it? Or will people still live in fear of it even then, and fear every hand they shake has some new virus? Or will there be a happy medium? Just curious, since from my Facebook feed, there are only those on either side.

You can get a flu shot. Why do you continue to parrot this completely debunked comparison?

[OKC Guy]

You can get a flu shot. Why do you continue to parrot this completely debunked comparison?

The flu shot is a hit or miss. They have to make it so far in advance and “guess” which of the 100 strains to make and only make 2 or 3 strains per year. Its very low percent in hitting it right.

[Bill Robertson]

Take the flu reference out of the question of jdizzle’s and I think it’s a very good question.
I think there will be many different levels of behavior after a vaccine is found. From some never going back to the normal that they went by pre COVID. Some will take some varying amount of time to reach some varying level of pre COVID normal and some picking up normal like it never happened at all.