Covid-19 in OKC (coronavirus)

[Pete]

The OK Dept of Health just sent an email saying today's update has been delayed due to technical difficulties.

[kukblue1]

I got my haircut at Capital City earlier this week. Everyone was wearing a mask and they seem very keen on keeping that as a policy. They did mention they are highly encouraging customers to wear masks, which sounds like they cut someones hair if they aren't wearing one. I would think that is up to the individual barber though. Seems like a high percentage of mask wearing there.

It's hit or miss at the few places i have gone. Some have mask some have no mask. Chick-fil-a still hasn't even open it's lobby at least on my part of town. Not sure if whataburger has but as of a week ago they were still closed.

[jerrywall]

The OK Dept of Health just sent an email saying today's update has been delayed due to technical difficulties.

The computers are a little... buggy?

[PoliSciGuy]

The OK Dept of Health just sent an email saying today's update has been delayed due to technical difficulties.

Definitely not suspicious after a week of rising case numbers and a massive presidential rally planned this weekend

[dankrutka]

The OK Dept of Health just sent an email saying today's update has been delayed due to technical difficulties.

Computers have the virus.

[jerrywall]

Definitely not suspicious after a week of rising case numbers and a massive presidential rally planned this weekend

I almost commented with "just wait for the conspiracy theories"...

[dankrutka]

I almost commented with "just wait for the conspiracy theories"...

From someone who seems to have an affinity for political science nonetheless. SMH.

[kukblue1]

Things look bad in OKC but I didn't realize how much worse they are in Texas! With community spread tending to follow major interstate routes, we may need to look into closing that southern border with them... =P

https://thehill.com/changing-america...-up-11-percent

I'm going to be positive today. Having only 2,793 people in the hospital when just Houston, San Antonio, Dallas adds up to 5 million alone doesn't seem overwhelming to me. Yeah it sucks people are getting sick but .05% of the population just based off of those 3 cities shouldn't be overwhelming the system.

[dankrutka]

I'm going to be positive today.

I try to be negative everyday during a pandemic.

[Bill Robertson]

I just got a very interesting call. I got tested a few days ago for the antibodies. I was expecting a letter but got a call asking me to donate plasma because I am positive. Wow.

[FighttheGoodFight]

I just got a very interesting call. I got tested a few days ago for the antibodies. I was expecting a letter but got a call asking me to donate plasma because I am positive. Wow.

Ever any symptoms?

[kukblue1]

I try to be negative everyday during a pandemic.

I know right. Does it really matter what the new numbers are today? Almost 1,500 new cases in a week. How many of them do you really think stayed home for 14 days and didn't go anywhere? How many people right now are feeling a little sick but don't want to go get tested cause if they test positive they might have to miss work? At some point unless you live in a total bubble your going to get it. You may not know you have it or had it but at some point your going to get it.

[Bill Robertson]

Ever any symptoms?

About mid March I had a bit of a sore throat, a degree or so of fever and just generally felt like crap for a week or so. And ever since then off and onI feel like someone is pushing on my chest trying to keep me from breathing. But not seriously enough that I ever worried about it. I did kind of wonder though.

[jerrywall]

I just got a very interesting call. I got tested a few days ago for the antibodies. I was expecting a letter but got a call asking me to donate plasma because I am positive. Wow.

The wife and I were talking about donating blood just so we can get the antibody test.

[FighttheGoodFight]

About mid March I had a bit of a sore throat, a degree or so of fever and just generally felt like crap for a week or so. And ever since then off and onI feel like someone is pushing on my chest trying to keep me from breathing. But not seriously enough that I ever worried about it. I did kind of wonder though.

Good news! Hope you get to feeling back to 100% soon.

[FighttheGoodFight]

In case anyone wants an update this is the latest from Kassie McClung:
@KassieMcClung
"Because I'm getting a lot of interest: I contacted a spokesman about an hour ago, who said he didn't have any more information on what the issues were but said the numbers will be published as soon as they have them."

"Hearing at least some local health departments didn't get their data from the state this morning, either, and they expected to get the data sometime this afternoon. This was said this morning, so they might have it by now."

https://twitter.com/KassieMcClung/st...292522496?s=20

[LocoAko]

Holy crap. 450 new cases....

(insert conspiracy theory about the delay here)

[Libbymin]

Just saw that too. Not good at all...

[FighttheGoodFight]

Ok wow.

We now have the fastest growth in the nation in cases. 111% in week.

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/statu...412124162?s=20

[Pete]

That's 2,149 new cases in just the last 10 days.

[soonerguru]

That's 2,149 new cases in just the last 10 days.

OMG. 450 in one day. If Bynum doesn’t shut down the rally he should be hitched from a wagon and run out of town. Holt better not downplay this either!

[Ohwiseone]

I keep thinking that "There is no way it can go higher."

Sad to see that I am wrong.

[Timshel]

Seems like a good time to repost this link to state-by-state R value estimates.

https://rt.live

The scary part - they only have numbers as of June 12th in the model. Going to be sky high after this week is processed. We were below 1 for the longest time and now we're the worst in the country. notgreatbob.gif

It will most definitely keep going higher and higher until people start taking masks, etc. seriously.

[PoliSciGuy]

And these increase in numbers will lead to increasing hospitalizations in the next week or two, and increasing deaths in the week or two after that.

We aren't in danger of a NY/Italy scenario of swamping our hospitals, but it is clear now that, barring drastic action (like requiring masks and actually enforcing social distancing) we're on our way to a very bumpy next 6 weeks or so...which puts us right into the beginning of the school year.

[Pete]

Almost nobody is wearing masks in OKC; I'd say less than 10% of the people I see out and about.

I've said it from the beginning, this is very strongly tied to politics. Tons of data show that the redder the state and county, the faster the infection rate is rising, especially where the governors are tightly aligned with the white house (and as I write this our governor is literally sitting in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue).

And of course all this is completely predictable given the current situation, at least if you happen to believe in science rather than politics.