Covid-19 in OKC (coronavirus)

[Scott5114]

Apparently, cases can not be traced to the Trump Rally in Tulsa?

Why would the Oklahoma County Health Department be doing contact tracing in Tulsa County?

[Jeepnokc]

From Tulsa City/County Health Department
https://apnews.com/ad96548245e186382225818d8dc416eb

[Bunty]

Why would the Oklahoma County Health Department be doing contact tracing in Tulsa County?

I don't know. I was wondering if anybody in OKC thought they got the virus at the Tulsa Trump Rally.

[soonerguru]

Apparently, cases can not be traced to the Trump Rally in Tulsa?

That is not what I said. The Tulsa Health official said they have traced cases to the Trump rally. I was referencing the claim that OKC’s surge related to the protests.

[jerrywall]

The Tulsa Health official said they have traced cases to the Trump rally.

I haven't seen that anyone has reported any cases traced to the rally. I did see the one official speculating that various large events "likely" contributed to the surge. Has there been any actually traced cases to the rally?

[PhiAlpha]

I haven't seen that anyone has reported any cases traced to the rally. I did see the one official speculating that various large events "likely" contributed to the surge. Has there been any actually traced cases to the rally?

The headlines I’ve seen related to the rally are extremely misleading. The only quotes I’ve seen are that they’ve seen a surge in cases two weeks after a weekend with SEVERAL large gatherings, the trump rally and associated protests and the Juneteenth celebration being three of them. The headlines created blaming only and definitely the Trump rally when literally no one has gone on record stating that it was the definitive cause is the media at its worst again. They’ve been chomping at the bit to post those headlines for two weeks.

[jerrywall]

The headlines I’ve seen related to the rally are extremely misleading. The only quotes I’ve seen are that they’ve seen a surge in cases two weeks after a weekend with SEVERAL large gatherings, the trump rally and associated protests and the Juneteenth celebration being three of them. The headlines created blaming only and definitely the Trump rally when literally no one has gone on record stating that it was the definitive cause is the media at its worst again. They’ve been chomping at the bit to post those headlines for two weeks.

I'm sure the rally has contributed. Doesn't take a genius to guess that. But only 6k people attended that rally. I'm sure there are a lot more people at the various Tulsa churches every weekend. Let's not even get to bar gatherings, Memorial Day, the 4th of July, etc. Plus, we've been watching the numbers. The surge was happening before the rally and I'm not sure if we've seen a specific bump from it. If the Rally was the major driving source of Tulsa's surge, the numbers would be a lot smaller, IMO.

[soonerguru]

The mayor of Tulsa is in damage control mode. “Let’s not talk about the rally,” he said. The mayoral election is next month.

[mugofbeer]

It seems to me the age group of those showing up as infected would tell some of the story. If it's 20 - 30 somethings for the most part, it would signal looking at bars, lake gatherings, etc. If its 50+s, the Trump rally and/or churches would be the targets.

[soonerguru]

It seems to me the age group of those showing up as infected would tell some of the story. If it's 20 - 30 somethings for the most part, it would signal looking at bars, lake gatherings, etc. If its 50+s, the Trump rally and/or churches would be the targets.

Something caused the cases in Tulsa County to dramatically increase over Oklahoma County in the last three weeks.

[TheTravellers]

https://www.statnews.com/2020/07/08/...pay-the-price/

[DowntownMan]

Something caused the cases in Tulsa County to dramatically increase over Oklahoma County in the last three weeks.

They have been higher there all along. Not just the last few weeks

[kukblue1]

They have been higher there all along. Not just the last few weeks

Almost impossible when some test only take a couple days to get back or right away in a hospital and other test are taking up to 12 days. Who the hell knows when the got affect at this point unless that was the only place they went. Would you be able to tell? I don't go many places for me yes but i bet for many especially younger people they would have no clue

[Pete]

603 new cases today.

[Pete]

3 additional deaths.

89 (!) new hospitalizations, by far the largest day-over-day increase.

5.1% positive test rate, which is also trending up.

[jerrywall]

89 (!) new hospitalizations, by far the largest day-over-day increase.

Out of curiosity, are you getting this by tracking the "Patients currently hospitalized" total (which is at 453 today) and looking at the change from day to day or is it somewhere else?

[Pete]

Out of curiosity, are you getting this by tracking the "Patients currently hospitalized" total (which is at 453 today) and looking at the change from day to day or is it somewhere else?

There is a new cumulative number provided in the daily press releases.

It is not the same as the total currently hospitalized which actually fell 5 from yesterday.

[Timshel]

89 (!) new hospitalizations, by far the largest day-over-day increase.

Not good. And will probably be overlooked by the currently hospitalized number going down 5. Which, don't get me wrong, is a good thing, but 89 new hospitalizations does not bode well at all for other numbers the next couple of weeks. I wish there were better resources for the geographic dispersion of the hospitalizations without having to look at the numbers manually. Would be interesting to be able to easily see where the increases are coming from and where the decreases are coming from.

(Was typing this as Pete also posted the information that currently hospitalized went down by 5).

[Pete]

Florida just announced 120 additional deaths in one day, the largest daily increase.

[LocoAko]

Remember when Gov. Stitt said, "We will continue to watch the data every day, and we will pull back if we see our cases spike or our hospitalizations increase” back in April?

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[HangryHippo]

remember when gov. Stitt said, "we will continue to watch the data every day, and we will pull back if we see our cases spike or our hospitalizations increase” back in april?

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i 'member

[TheTravellers]

Remember when Gov. Stitt said, "We will continue to watch the data every day, and we will pull back if we see our cases spike or our hospitalizations increase” back in April?

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I do and you do and lots of other people do, but does he?

[Pete]

Remember when Gov. Stitt said, "We will continue to watch the data every day, and we will pull back if we see our cases spike or our hospitalizations increase” back in April?

From https://twitter.com/KOCODillon:

[oklip955]

He'll most likely do nothing since alot of people still don't believe this is a problem, just hype. Look at Edmond city council meeting and see what the public opinion is. I think he will follow the public opinion.

[PhiAlpha]

I'm sure the rally has contributed. Doesn't take a genius to guess that. But only 6k people attended that rally. I'm sure there are a lot more people at the various Tulsa churches every weekend. Let's not even get to bar gatherings, Memorial Day, the 4th of July, etc. Plus, we've been watching the numbers. The surge was happening before the rally and I'm not sure if we've seen a specific bump from it. If the Rally was the major driving source of Tulsa's surge, the numbers would be a lot smaller, IMO.

Agree completely.