Covid-19 in OKC (coronavirus)

[Pete]

Florida continues to add 10,000 cases every day.

Both Louisiana and Arizona have passed NJ for most per capita cases and both will likely soon pass New York which still has the most. Florida coming up very fast as well.

Oklahoma now 36th in per capita cases and quickly rising.

[soonerguru]

Florida continues to add 10,000 cases every day.

Both Louisiana and Arizona have passed NJ for most per capita cases and both will likely soon pass New York which still has the most. Florida coming up very fast as well.

Oklahoma now 36th in per capita cases and quickly rising.

Will we be a TOP TEN STATE?

[PoliSciGuy]

Florida continues to add 10,000 cases every day.

Both Louisiana and Arizona have passed NJ for most per capita cases and both will likely soon pass New York which still has the most. Florida coming up very fast as well.

Oklahoma now 36th in per capita cases and quickly rising.

On the positive side, Arizona and Texas appear to be starting to decline and Florida's case counts are leveling off. Louisiana is definitely concerning, and so too is our own state.

12 of the 13 dead were over the age of 65. I wonder how many were in LTCFs. We seem to be doing a bad job of protecting the most vulnerable.

[Pete]

On the positive side, Arizona and Texas appear to be starting to decline and Florida's case counts are leveling off. Louisiana is definitely concerning, and so too is our own state.

They have only recently leveled and are at unsustainable highs.

We continue to have about 70,000 new cases a day in the U.S. and that would have to come way, way down before there is any way to look at current trends as positive.

We also had over 1,100 deaths yesterday in the U.S. which is horrific.

[pw405]

If July continues to average 4 deaths per day, July is on track to be the pandemic's second most deadly month.

If July continues to average 649 new cases per day, we'll end the month with just over 20,000 cases:

[AP]

918 new cases today.

7-day rolling average is 750.

111 new hospitalizations, which is just slightly short of a record.


13 (!) more people have died, although only 2 in the last 24 hours.

The website says 975 cases.

[Pete]

The website says 975 cases.

That's in the dashboard which is all messed up.

At the top, it shows a total of 28,065 cases compared to yesterday's 27,147 which is a difference of 918. Those numbers were also in the daily email.

[AP]

That's in the dashboard which is all messed up.

At the top, it shows a total of 28,065 cases compared to yesterday's 27,147 which is a difference of 918. Those numbers were also in the daily email.

Ah, thanks for the clarification.

[kukblue1]

If July continues to average 4 deaths per day, July is on track to be the pandemic's second most deadly month.

If July continues to average 649 new cases per day, we'll end the month with just over 20,000 cases:

1,000 cases a day. Deaths going up. Hospitals at all time highs. Yet all we are doing are telling people to wear a mask. SMH Don't get me wrong I think mask help but so would shutting some things back down. Bars, Restaurants, Casinos would be a good start.

[C_M_25]

1,000 cases a day. Deaths going up. Hospitals at all time highs. Yet all we are doing are telling people to wear a mask. SMH Don't get me wrong I think mask help but so would shutting some things back down. Bars, Restaurants, Casinos would be a good start.

Look, I’m all for shutting stuff down if we need to, but let’s wait a couple weeks to see how this mask ordinance helps. I’ve seen plots from other cities that show a nearly 2 week lag between mask mandates and a reduction in covid numbers. No reason to hurt these companies if the masks get the numbers to drop.

[KTB]

My daughter got tested at CVS on 7/11/2020 and still has no results. They first told her 3-5, then 5-7, then 7-10 days. Its been 11 days and no results. We don't think she has it but a coworker was exposed so we thought it best to be tested to be safe. If tests can't be done within 2-3 days then this virus will continue to spread like wildfire. Don't go to CVS.

[soonerguru]

Look, I’m all for shutting stuff down if we need to, but let’s wait a couple weeks to see how this mask ordinance helps. I’ve seen plots from other cities that show a nearly 2 week lag between mask mandates and a reduction in covid numbers. No reason to hurt these companies if the masks get the numbers to drop.

I tend to agree with this take, although I think it would be reasonable to enforce distancing in restaurants and close the bars and gyms. To me, that would be the first step.

One problem we have is Moore, Mustang, Edmond, and Yukon don't seem likely to pass mask ordinances. The Edmond mayor, whom I know little about, is against any kind of involuntary mask policy. Hard to get a policy like that through your council when the mayor is personally opposed.

I don't understand the obstinacy some of these people have when they are hearing directly from hospital officials about the disappearing critical care capacity. And it will be folks in Moore, Edmond, Yukon, Mustang, etc. who will be using OKC's hospital services.

Mayor Holt doesn't want to continue issuing emergency proclamations, but it's hard to imagine he has the votes to set up more restrictive measures.

If I could wave a wand we would be 100% curbside and outside dining, bars closed, churches back to streaming services only, and a ban on gatherings of more than 10. We probably need measures like that for the whole state to really get this under control.

At the very least, restaurants should have to go to 50% capacity.

[Bill Robertson]

We wonder why the US isn’t doing well?https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/corona...rast-1.5033837

[Bill Robertson]

measures.

If I could wave a wand we would be 100% curbside and outside dining, bars closed, churches back to streaming services only, and a ban on gatherings of more than 10. We probably need measures like that for the whole state to really get this under control.

At the very least, restaurants should have to go to 50% capacity.

This I would be 100% for and I really don’t see how it would be that hard to do.

[jerrywall]

I tend to agree with this take, although I think it would be reasonable to enforce distancing in restaurants and close the bars and gyms. To me, that would be the first step.

One problem we have is Moore, Mustang, Edmond, and Yukon don't seem likely to pass mask ordinances. The Edmond mayor, whom I know little about, is against any kind of involuntary mask policy. Hard to get a policy like that through your council when the mayor is personally opposed.

I don't understand the obstinacy some of these people have when they are hearing directly from hospital officials about the disappearing critical care capacity. And it will be folks in Moore, Edmond, Yukon, Mustang, etc. who will be using OKC's hospital services.

Mayor Holt doesn't want to continue issuing emergency proclamations, but it's hard to imagine he has the votes to set up more restrictive measures.

If I could wave a wand we would be 100% curbside and outside dining, bars closed, churches back to streaming services only, and a ban on gatherings of more than 10. We probably need measures like that for the whole state to really get this under control.

At the very least, restaurants should have to go to 50% capacity.

The Edmond mayor doesn't have much in the way of any special power compared to the rest of the council. He's just another chair. The trouble is that there are 3 folks currently opposed to any sort of mask mandate, and two of them (Mayor O'Neil and Councilman Massey) won't budge at all. Chapman is the third "no" vote but he seems like he might be on the fence. My councilman, Davis, has been supportive of a mandate for weeks if not longer (I just know that is when I've spoken to him). The last councilman (Moore) is also now a strong supporter of a mask mandate, and he hadn't seemed supportive in the past, so I think they're making progress. Side note: Dan O'Neil is who we have to think for blocking the Spring Creek Expansion, and many other modern development projects. So that gives you a bit of his mindset.

[TheTravellers]

This I would be 100% for and I really don’t see how it would be that hard to do.

It takes political will, and that's sorely lacking. It would also set off the cries of "But the economy!!!!", which is somewhat valid because our relief and safety nets suck enormously, when they even exist...

[Bill Robertson]

It takes political will, and that's sorely lacking. It would also set off the cries of "But the economy!!!!", which is somewhat valid because our relief and safety nets suck enormously, when they even exist...

That’s true also. I sure hope mask wearing keeps up or even gets better and it proves to work.

[kukblue1]

Look, I’m all for shutting stuff down if we need to, but let’s wait a couple weeks to see how this mask ordinance helps. I’ve seen plots from other cities that show a nearly 2 week lag between mask mandates and a reduction in covid numbers. No reason to hurt these companies if the masks get the numbers to drop.

I think Dallas had less than 1,000 cases today first time in 18 days. They will work will everyone make it work?

[Bill Robertson]

The last hour might he been the scariest for me since this whole COVID crap started. After our 40th HS reunion a few years ago I started a FB group for people I went to grade school with in the 60s. A thread started in the group about the conspiracy theory of this virus thing being a way to create a cashless society. OMG! Within a few hours the thread blew up with my friends and their friends posting all of their beliefs that there is no virus and it’s just the government, banks, media, etc. trying to take complete control of everyone’s lives. So many of these friends are highly educated and in fairly high level professional positions in the companies they work for. And they believe in the conspiracy theories! I’m starting to think we, as a country, are in for a long road of **** because of the sheer number of people who just don’t get it or believe it.

[kukblue1]

The last hour might he been the scariest for me since this whole COVID crap started. After our 40th HS reunion a few years ago I started a FB group for people I went to grade school with in the 60s. A thread started in the group about the conspiracy theory of this virus thing being a way to create a cashless society. OMG! Within a few hours the thread blew up with my friends and their friends posting all of their beliefs that there is no virus and it’s just the government, banks, media, etc. trying to take complete control of everyone’s lives. So many of these friends are highly educated and in fairly high level professional positions in the companies they work for. And they believe in the conspiracy theories! I’m starting to think we, as a country, are in for a long road of **** because of the sheer number of people who just don’t get it or believe it.

Massive trouble if we don't have it under control by flu season. There will be the people that don't believe in Covid and go to work sick cause they think it's just the flu. Then there will be the people that are lining up at the hospitals cause they have a sore throat and think they have covid and want to get tested. Either way it's not going to be pretty if we don't get it under control now.

[TheTravellers]

The last hour might he been the scariest for me since this whole COVID crap started. After our 40th HS reunion a few years ago I started a FB group for people I went to grade school with in the 60s. A thread started in the group about the conspiracy theory of this virus thing being a way to create a cashless society. OMG! Within a few hours the thread blew up with my friends and their friends posting all of their beliefs that there is no virus and it’s just the government, banks, media, etc. trying to take complete control of everyone’s lives. So many of these friends are highly educated and in fairly high level professional positions in the companies they work for. And they believe in the conspiracy theories! I’m starting to think we, as a country, are in for a long road of **** because of the sheer number of people who just don’t get it or believe it.

I'm baffled as well by some of these people with their beliefs, and it'll probably take a "Woolery" to get them to believe (he was a vociferous denier, then his son caught it and literally one day after his latest denial tweet, he said "Oops, sorry, it's real" and then deactivated his Twitter account).

[Pete]

The last hour might he been the scariest for me since this whole COVID crap started. After our 40th HS reunion a few years ago I started a FB group for people I went to grade school with in the 60s. A thread started in the group about the conspiracy theory of this virus thing being a way to create a cashless society. OMG! Within a few hours the thread blew up with my friends and their friends posting all of their beliefs that there is no virus and it’s just the government, banks, media, etc. trying to take complete control of everyone’s lives. So many of these friends are highly educated and in fairly high level professional positions in the companies they work for. And they believe in the conspiracy theories! I’m starting to think we, as a country, are in for a long road of **** because of the sheer number of people who just don’t get it or believe it.

I graduated HS in 1978 and organize all my class reunions and thus am friends with just about everyone from my class on Facebook.

I don't unfriend anyone but I've hidden 90% of them.

This was a group from the best public HS at the time and most went on to college and beyond. And I'd say almost half don't even live in Oklahoma anymore.

Yet, it's generally an ignorant, hateful, racism-just-under the surface group of hundreds, all of us turning 60 this year.

Not coincidentally, we graduated with nearly 1,000 and didn't have a single person of color (not one!!) in our class. There may have been 2 or 3 black kids in a school of 3,200 and they were the very first, ever. This was 1978 in northwest OKC, not 1950 in Mississippi.


These things run deep and anyone around my age that grew up here were strongly shaped by an almost completely segregated state (Tulsa was just as bad if not worse). They are almost all universally afraid and distrustful of anyone that doesn't look like them. And in the current political climate, they eat up all the race-bating and deep state conspiracy theories with a big spoon.

[rezman]

^^ Pete, interesting that you bring that up. You may recall my mentioning in the past that I grew up in Warr Acres just a block over from PC high. Do you remember the Vann family that went to PC during the late 70’s and early 80’s?. All of them sports standouts and a father who was ALWAYS down on the sidelines supporting his kids. They were the first family of color to move into the neighborhood, and were good people.

[TheTravellers]

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Not coincidentally, we graduated with nearly 1,000 and didn't have a single person of color (not one!!) in our class. There may have been 2 or 3 black kids in a school of 3,200 and they were the very first, ever. This was 1978 in northwest OKC, not 1950 in Mississippi....

Interesting what a difference where you live makes, I was around 63rd/May, so I was in OKCPS, I ended up getting bus-ed to Northeast High from 79-83, it was pretty integrated. But then I know people that went to Edmond high schools and their experience was similar to yours.

[Pete]

Interesting what a difference where you live makes, I was around 63rd/May, so I was in OKCPS, I ended up getting bus-ed to Northeast High from 79-83, it was pretty integrated. But then I know people that went to Edmond high schools and their experience was similar to yours.

The OKC schools started forced busing in the early '70s and before that were almost completely segregated.

I remember when my oldest sister was a senior at PC in 1972, a basketball game with Northwest Classen (a previously all-white school that was forcibly integrated) had to be played behind locked doors because of racial problems at that school.

In 1974, we played a football playoff game at Tulsa Washington which was deep in highly segregated North Tulsa. The stadium was roped off and security stopped fans of either school from interacting. Even though both schools were orange and black. PC was 100% white and BTW was 100% black, so very easy to see who was with what team.

My sophomore year (1975), the week before we played U.S. Grant in football homecoming, there was a racially motivated shooting death at that school; their side of the stadium was kept completely empty.