Covid-19 in OKC (coronavirus)

[Timshel]

Shout out to Coven Salon in this regard. They have taken it very seriously since the beginning and continue to do so.

[kukblue1]

Way too slow for whatever reasons. Also, the 5 deaths occurred between April 5 and June 7. April? I wonder if other states are similar. I bet they are.

I still think they can only process so many test in a day. You could do 100,000 test in a day but if the machines that are analyzing the test can only do 10,000 in a day then shouldn't it be 10,000 test that day and not 100,000. I'm not sure it's currently working that way? I could be wrong.

[mkjeeves]

Thanks for the barber suggestions. I'll check those out.

[LocoAko]

Weldon Jack was taking it very seriously as well. Masks, gloves, etc. Here is their statement on their procedures: https://mailchi.mp/b4db8b5cd22b/holi...OHg5RSoLQ_gyA0

[Bill Robertson]

I still think they can only process so many test in a day. You could do 100,000 test in a day but if the machines that are analyzing the test can only do 10,000 in a day then shouldn't it be 10,000 test that day and not 100,000. I'm not sure it's currently working that way? I could be wrong.

I was really referring to deaths that don’t get reported for a month or two. I’ve just about stopped paying attention to new cases because they are so dependent on labs properly reporting and the total number of tests reported on a given day that they just aren’t as important as hospitalizations and deaths.

[dankrutka]

A new study found that shutdown orders prevented 60 million infections in the U.S. and about 285 million in China, according to The Washington Post.

[OkiePoke]

Going for my first haircut and need a recommendation for shops requiring everyone to wear a mask if anyone knows of one. Mine isn't doing either, barbers or customers, unless you request your barber to wear one then they alone will. There were 4 people in the shop when I stopped in to check. Not that big of a place and nobody wearing a mask.

I may have to cut my own from here on out.

https://www.capitalcityokc.com/

[Mott]

An article about the Springfield hair salon with two positive hairdressers, and there was no community spread, a good argument for masks, on servers and customers,
https://www.kansascity.com/news/coro...243395651.html

[kukblue1]

Mike Morgan
@MikeMorganKFOR
Health Alert from the front lines everybody! Marla says that the ER area at the hospital is getting noticeably busier. Fellow Okies, you be careful out there.

[Bunty]

Mike Morgan
@MikeMorganKFOR
Health Alert from the front lines everybody! Marla says that the ER area at the hospital is getting noticeably busier. Fellow Okies, you be careful out there.

If it means too many older Okies, say over age 50 and most definitely over 65 are showing up, then that fact needs well publicized, because in Oklahoma, over 80% of the virus deaths have happened to those over age 65. Far fewer people under age 50 die.

[kukblue1]

If it means too many older Okies, say over age 50 and most definitely over 65 are showing up, then that fact needs well publicized, because in Oklahoma, over 80% of the virus deaths have happened to those over age 65. Far fewer people under age 50 die.

We have had a few more deaths over the last couple days under 50 I think we are up to 12 now but 12 in what 3 months now. I agree if we start seeing an increase in the older population then it could be bad again real quick. Not that it isn't already bad.

[dankrutka]

An article about the Springfield hair salon with two positive hairdressers, and there was no community spread, a good argument for masks, on servers and customers,
https://www.kansascity.com/news/coro...243395651.html

Yup, this just adds to the mounting evidence that masks make a big difference. Wear them to protect others and ask them to wear them to protect you.

[OKC Talker]

This may be useful information (depending on your views on science):
https://nondoc.com/2020/06/10/the-nu...-covid-19-data

"...test positivity can be a bit misleading. The very high test positivity in March looks scary, but that is expected, since tests were scarce and priority was rightly given to those showing symptoms. But the shape of this line (really high to really low) does not necessarily mean that the virus has slowed down. As more tests became available, more healthy people took the test and drove the rate down, even as the number of positives coming back hovered in the same range.

What you want to watch is the slope of the positivity line—is it pointing up or down? Now that we’ve achieved a fairly steady high rate of testing, we probably won’t reach those high early positive percentages again. What we need to know instead is whether the test positivity rate is going up and down. If that line starts rising, it will be one of the first indicators of the feared “second wave” of infection that could follow as we reopen parts of our society."

[Bill Robertson]

This may be useful information (depending on your views on science):
https://nondoc.com/2020/06/10/the-nu...-covid-19-data

"...test positivity can be a bit misleading. The very high test positivity in March looks scary, but that is expected, since tests were scarce and priority was rightly given to those showing symptoms. But the shape of this line (really high to really low) does not necessarily mean that the virus has slowed down. As more tests became available, more healthy people took the test and drove the rate down, even as the number of positives coming back hovered in the same range.

What you want to watch is the slope of the positivity line—is it pointing up or down? Now that we’ve achieved a fairly steady high rate of testing, we probably won’t reach those high early positive percentages again. What we need to know instead is whether the test positivity rate is going up and down. If that line starts rising, it will be one of the first indicators of the feared “second wave” of infection that could follow as we reopen parts of our society."

Since testing has expanded I wonder how many people just decide to go take the swab to the back of your sinuses test just for the heck of it. And it’s been said on here from a source that has a contact that says that lab confirmed tests are all that get counted. If most people that are getting tested just to see what happens are getting the rapid test that isn’t being counted then that graph looks much better.

[OKC Talker]

The important part to me was that if test availability and the number of new tests have leveled off, it's much harder to explain away the increase of recent cases in OKC.

https://looker-dashboards.ok.gov/emb...y%20Selection=

[TheTravellers]

The important part to me was that if test availability and the number of new tests have leveled off, it's much harder to explain away the increase of recent cases in OKC.

https://looker-dashboards.ok.gov/emb...y%20Selection=

Increase due to Memorial Day parties, re-opening, and fairly widespread ignoring of mask-wearing?

[Bill Robertson]

Increase due to Memorial Day parties, re-opening, and fairly widespread ignoring of mask-wearing?

With the virus still out there of course reopening and lack of people practicing safety measures is going to raise the number of cases.

[PoliSciGuy]

146 new cases
2 new deaths
14 new hospitalizations

Things are definitely picking up. This wasn't even a huge testing day

[kukblue1]

146 new cases
2 new deaths
98(!) new hospitalizations

Things are definitely picking up. This wasn't even a huge testing day

Covid hasn't gone away at all the problem is people have thought it has gone away. When you see the same people every day at your local fast food place or Supermarket you start to think yourself will they haven't gotten sick so why would I. You see the people on News 9 no longer social distancing. Many people think oh I haven't gotten it by now I'm probably not going to get it and that's the wrong way to think. We have let our guard down too much

[Ohwiseone]

The numbers going up aren't good.

But, There are always going to be positives, So I guess we have to wait to see what the new average is. I am hopeful the numbers will go down some next week.

I dunno, I have gotten to the point that I guess I will just have to wait for Mayor Holt or someone to update. I know the virus still exists and it is going too.

[Martin]

98(!) new hospitalizations

i'm not seeing that on the site. the cumulative hospitalization graph shows 1092 today and 1075 yesterday. yesterday's executive report indicates 94 current hospitalizations, so an increase of 98 day-over-day would be pretty significant. the main page indicates 97 recoveries day-over-day next to the other figures you reported... did you perhaps get the two confused?

[jdizzle]

I doubt that 98 is accurate. We would have heard about this in the past 2 weeks, you know, when these tests were taken. Hospitals are not close to being overrun, so that number should not scare anyone.

Edit: 14 new hospitalizations, per NewsOK article. PoliSciGuy, you may want to update your post before you scare people who won't want to go double-check the info.

[PoliSciGuy]

i'm not seeing that on the site. the cumulative hospitalization graph shows 1092 today and 1075 yesterday. yesterday's executive report indicates 94 current hospitalizations, so an increase of 98 day-over-day would be pretty significant. the main page indicates 97 recoveries day-over-day next to the other figures you reported... did you perhaps get the two confused?

Yep, sure did, it's 14, not 98, new hospitalizations. My bad, I'll edit the original post

[kukblue1]

Well unless the number is wrong we had over 200 new cases today I would say I told you so but nobody wanted to hear it a couple weeks ago when I even suggested we would hit 200. I don't understand why people think this is gone away

[jdizzle]

Well unless the number is wrong we had over 200 new cases today I would say I told you so but nobody wanted to hear it a couple weeks ago when I even suggested we would hit 200. I don't understand why people think this is gone away

And most are already recovered by now. Again, the state is so behind, the numbers will never be accurate. So worrying about them is dumb at this point.