Covid-19 in OKC (coronavirus)

[PoliSciGuy]

There are steps to take before shutting things down again, such as required social distancing at restaurants and other places where people gather; limiting crowds to no more than 50, etc.

Basically, we would go back one step rather than al the way to shutdown.

Yeah with better mask usage/requirements and shutting down bars I think we could get this back to a manageable level. I don't see us going back to the April measures unless things get *really* out of hand. I just don't know what Stitt and others are waiting for. AZ, TX, SC, FL all show that this thing isn't going to just magically level off by itself. The sooner you act, the more lives you save, the sooner the curve moderates.

[Pete]

Texas now has a record number of hospitalizations and their numbers continue to increase.

[chuck5815]

I think a lot of folks would wear the masks if they were required. Problem is, almost anything made mandatory must be enforced by the Police Department, and the George Floyd Fiasco has shown us we have some real Phi Beta Kappas wearing blue.

Very tough situation.

[Pete]

I just don't know what Stitt and others are waiting for. AZ, TX, SC, FL all show that this thing isn't going to just magically level off by itself. The sooner you act, the more lives you save, the sooner the curve moderates.

Stitt is never, ever going to shut things down again after going on record countless times about how well Oklahoma is doing and then mocking people for being careful.

We just better pray things don't get crazy bad because state leadership is not going to do much now, if anything.

[Ohwiseone]

I understand the Mayors reasoning, and he is right that is unenforceable. But still, even if he implemented it, it would still be something.

[Pete]

I just don't know what Stitt and others are waiting for. AZ, TX, SC, FL all show that this thing isn't going to just magically level off by itself. The sooner you act, the more lives you save, the sooner the curve moderates.

Stitt is never, ever going to shut things down again after going on record countless times about how well Oklahoma is doing and then mocking people for being careful.

We just better pray things don't get crazy bad because POTUS and state leadership are not going to do much now, if anything.

[jerrywall]

From the mayor's press conference...

"Wearing a mask is not a political statement. Not wearing a mask is not a political statement. Wearing a mask is a statement that you value not just the lives of others, but you value your own."

[Libbymin]

I wish more people understood what it actually meant to be "recovered" from COVID-19.

https://www.sfgate.com/news/editorsp...g-15347792.php

What they don’t tell you about surviving COVID-19

'Recovered' doesn't mean healthy again

Most people who catch the new coronavirus don’t experience severe symptoms, and some have no symptoms at all. COVID-19 saves its worst for relatively few.
ICU nurse Sherie Antoinette has seen the serious cases first hand.

“When they say ’recovered,’ they don’t tell you that that means you may need a lung transplant,” Antoinette wrote in a Twitter post. “Or that you may come back after discharge with a massive heart attack or stroke, because COVID makes your blood thick as hell. Or that you may have to be on oxygen for the rest of your life.”

Antoinette’s tweet prompted a flurry of responses from former COVID-19 patients, family of patients and nurses working on the frontline of the disease.

I'm currently in the hospital after having a heart attack caused by clotting that resulted from COVID 19. I have a stent in my heart and need to wear a heart monitoring vest at all times. Now I face months of recovery including physical and occupational therapy. I'm only 29.
—Dan

I went into acute kidney failure and needed dialysis. I now have asthma, chronic cough and an irregular heartbeat. I have conditions I never had before, plus I’m wiped all the time. I hope this gets better, but you [Sherie] are on the money. And, mine was considered a low-moderate case.
— Stephanie McCarroll

These are my observations (of hospitalized patients):
1) Everybody is so swollen their skin has blisters and is so tight it looks like it’s about to burst, from head to heel. And skin so dry peeling and flaky that to slather Vaseline on every shift is almost necessary — all over.
2) Everybody’s skin is weeping clear fluid and has sores and the skin just slides off with slightest turn or rub, all over the body.
3) Everybody’s blood is thick as slush. Can’t figure out what’s making it clot like that, but it’s dark and thick.
4) Everybody’s kidneys are failing. Urine dark or red, which could contribute to the swelling, but we don’t know yet.
5) Everybody has an abnormal heart rhythm. Not sure of the cause. But even without underlying heart problems, it’s not beating normally.
6) Seems counterproductive, but the ones that are not breathing on the ventilator have to lay flat on their stomachs to breathe better. And even some on the ventilator are on their stomachs. And the slightest turn for some is what leads to their almost immediate death. Bathing, cleaning and turning to prevent skin breakdown causes most to code blue, so a decision has to be made on which is most important.
7) Everyone has a Foley catheter and a rectal tube — incontinent of bowel and bladder.
8) Everybody on tube feeding. Everybody.

I spent 10 days on a ventilator last March with ARDS [Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome] and I'm still on oxygen. Going home is just the beginning of the next steps in recovering. Every aspect of my life has changed for the worse. Please support and help anyone you know who survived. And wear a mask!
— Nurse @liveV4Vendetta

I'm just getting over a "mild" case after over two months. There's scarring in my lower right lung and my stomach and digestion are a mess like never before. But I'm coughing way less and can take walks again.
And, btw, this is the third time in two months that I've "gotten better." I'm just hoping it's the last and it doesn't all come back AGAIN.
— Eli

I’m a nurse on a COVID floor, I caught it. I am a relatively healthy 24-year-old and could barely walk up a half flight of stairs. My blood pressure skyrocketed, chest pain was debilitating. I’m 8 weeks out and still feeling the chest pain and shortness of breath. This is no joke.
— Alicia

I had COVID for over 60 days. I’m 33 years old, was super healthy, pescatarian, 125 pounds, and ran and did yoga every day. I couldn’t walk for two weeks besides a couple steps. It was the worst illness of my life.
I didn’t realize I had COVID symptoms for weeks. Here were the early signs:

- Waking up sweaty (I normally don’t sweat at night).
- Slight sporadic chills but no fever (or I thought I had no fever bc I only took my temp during the day).
- I could smell fine but would have weird smells like metallic or gas. Also, tasted metallic in the past 2-3 weeks. Apparently, a metallic taste or smell is related to lung problems.
- Loose stool but not terrible.
— Covid teacher (To read more about her symptoms and treatment, see her blog.)

I "recovered" March 29. I was born 65 years ago with chronic bronchitis that usually popped up maybe twice a year. Now, after COVID-19, I have acute bronchitis attacks 3-4 times a month and get winded walking to the mailbox.
— Hollis Charles

I got COVID in March, and in May, developed symptoms of encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome that leave me bedridden for days at a time. I’m so glad someone mentioned this so I know that I’m not the only one experiencing this.
— @PinkkYaYa

My mom worked on a COVID ward and contracted it, spent a month in ICU. She’s lucky enough to be home now, but she struggles to get up stairs and it’s going to be a long road to recovery. Thank you for everything that you do.
— Leanne

My coworker — an otherwise totally healthy 30-year-old — is still having issues breathing, two full months later. We’ve got patients coming back to the ER after they’re “recovered” because they can’t breathe or they get a blood clot. It’s so insane.
— Andi

I had it back in March and did 6 days on a ventilator. To date, I’m still short of breath with little exertion. I have pains all over that I have never had before. I’ve noticed I don’t urinate as much as I use to. And my legs & feet keep swelling so large no shoes fit. Even flops.
— Melly B.

I’m a healthy, active 23 year-old and I still have significant lung damage two months after I’ve “recovered.”
— Laney Whitney

Yeah, my mom "recovered" mid-May, except she had *nothing* left. Couldn't even eat or drink, they wanted to surgically insert feeding tube into her stomach. I had to invoke her DNR instructions, that SUCKED. She passed May 25. Thanks for all you do, be safe, good luck.
— @DevinCojones

Worst sickness ever. Left me and my husband sick and weak for almost two months. Almost killed my perfectly healthy 41-year-old nephew. Took down a 36-year-old friend with two bouts of pneumonia. Wear a freaking mask, people. How hard is that?
—Padma’s mom

My husband and I caught COVID two and a half months ago. While my symptoms were mild, he nearly had to be admitted because he couldn't breathe, and now, a month after he's recovered, we've discovered he has PERMANENT LUNG DAMAGE.
This is not “just the flu.” It isn't.
— Sue Mii

I had a "mild" case in February. I wasn’t hospitalized. Still extremely ill with a myriad of symptoms, including inflammation and lots of pain for 3 weeks. I have no doubt this virus causes permanent damage. Talk with someone who's had it before you decide to go without a mask.
— Leicia Faye

The lucky ones — if you can call them that — recover, but not in the sense that their lives are back to normal. For some, the damage is permanent. Their organs will never fully heal.

[Bunty]

Having to wear a mask isn't about being denied freedom and liberty. Instead, it's about protecting all your freedom and liberty. Those still opposing masks may not understand that until they end up in ICU at the hospital. That seems to include many of our political leaders.

[mkjeeves]

From the mayor's press conference...

"Wearing a mask is not a political statement. Not wearing a mask is not a political statement. Wearing a mask is a statement that you value not just the lives of others, but you value your own."

Short version...
If it gets worse we will roll back to former stage. You should wear a mask.

[TheTravellers]

‘Heartbreaking’: Global experts alarmed at signs US has ‘given up’ fight to stop COVID-19

“The U.S. will endure much higher, persistent negative effects from something that other countries have solved; we’ll normalize it and convince ourselves nothing can be done,” Rozier tweeted.

[David]

Anyone have a link to Holt's statement from today?

[Jersey Boss]

Stitt is never, ever going to shut things down again after going on record countless times about how well Oklahoma is doing and then mocking people for being careful.

We just better pray things don't get crazy bad because POTUS and state leadership are not going to do much now, if anything.

What makes it worse now is Stitt stripping the authority of mayors to act in the best interest of their locale. Sickening.

[TheTravellers]

What makes it worse now is Stitt stripping the authority of mayors to act in the best interest of their locale. Sickening.

Dillon's Rule state, happens a lot here (https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/capi...849a29c8a.html), and yes, it's sickening.

[jerrywall]

What makes it worse now is Stitt stripping the authority of mayors to act in the best interest of their locale.

In what ways (I haven't seen anything about this and couldn't find anything just now)?

[mkjeeves]

Anyone have a link to Holt's statement from today?

I haven’t seen a text version. Here’s the video. It starts around 18:30 https://www.facebook.com/cityofokc/v...6124967172113/

[Bunty]

‘Heartbreaking’: Global experts alarmed at signs US has ‘given up’ fight to stop COVID-19

“The U.S. will endure much higher, persistent negative effects from something that other countries have solved; we’ll normalize it and convince ourselves nothing can be done,” Rozier tweeted.

Of what good has the economy gained from trying to normalize things if most businesses end up closing, due to lack of help from employees being positive and others having to quarantine? Maybe the gamble is it won't be that way.

[TheTravellers]

Interesting article, haven't ever thought about this.

The right way to breathe during the coronavirus pandemic

[Ohwiseone]

In what ways (I haven't seen anything about this and couldn't find anything just now)?

I am still trying to dig up the actual text of the bill, but this is from an AP report.

Among the changes the bill makes is to strip local officials of the authority to separate ill or exposed people, issue vaccinations and take other steps to prevent, manage and contain health threats. Instead, it would give the governor the power to delegate local officials certain authorities.

I believe this bill is a response to the Norman Mayor making much more drastic changes regarding church re-openings, after stitt said they could re-open.

[Jersey Boss]

In what ways (I haven't seen anything about this and couldn't find anything just now)?

It is SB 1102. While I am well aware of Dillons rule, this legislation stripped local authority powers that were previously awarded to local officials. The powers previously granted were in the Catastrophic Health Emergency Powers Act.

[BoulderSooner]

Here is a week over week comparison of new cases, current week first, last week second:

Tuesday: 295 vs. 228
Monday: 218 Vs. 186
Sunday: 478 vs. 158
Saturday: 331 vs. 225
Friday: 352 vs. 222
Thursday: 450 vs. 146
Wed: 259 vs. 117

Total: 2,383 vs. 1,282

So, almost double last week, which had been the highest week since this began.

do you have the # of tests given per day??

[Jersey Boss]

do you have the # of tests given per day??

The number of tests/day has no meaning unless the % of positives accompany the info.

[soonerguru]

I am still trying to dig up the actual text of the bill, but this is from an AP report.



I believe this bill is a response to the Norman Mayor making much more drastic changes regarding church re-openings, after stitt said they could re-open.

She did not take “more drastic actions.” She just tried to extend the closure of churches to in-person services a couple more weeks. That whole thing smacked of a political hit job against her by the AG.

[FighttheGoodFight]

do you have the # of tests given per day??

Dillon posts them daily. Tests staying pretty flat with positive rate increasing the last weeks.

https://twitter.com/kocodillon/statu...848796161?s=21

[mkjeeves]

https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/