Covid-19 in OKC (coronavirus)

[kukblue1]

I would like to see more detailed numbers for OKC and the State. I saw Tulsa did release some. How many of the 630 in the Hospitals are under the age of 50? What is the age in OKC of people infected?

[mkjeeves]

I found out yesterday one of my friends tested positive late last week. Thought he had a sinus infection. Doctor tested him. Wife feels fine and hasn't gotten test results yet. That make the third person I personally know, but the first in the metro. He lives in Yukon, has a retail store in Edmond. The other two live in CO and CA. One recovered fairly quickly. The other one has been ill for weeks.

[Ronnie Jackson]

Rather interesting flex: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26...AnH6s5wQOpkOJI

[TheTravellers]

The Constitution doesn’t have a problem with mask mandates

[PoliSciGuy]

Rather interesting flex: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26...AnH6s5wQOpkOJI

That’s about influenza, not COVID-19. Completely different viruses. The vast, vast, vast evidence out there proves that masks do help prevent COVID-19 transmission. Here is but a sampling:


https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001468

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001737

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0843-2

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/l...142-9/fulltext

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10...aff.2020.00818


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[soonerguru]

I would like to see more detailed numbers for OKC and the State. I saw Tulsa did release some. How many of the 630 in the Hospitals are under the age of 50? What is the age in OKC of people infected?

I read today that 34% of hospitalizations in Oklahoma are for people under 50.

[soonerguru]

This thing is really decelerating. Apparently it doesn’t enjoy our warm summers.

Bwahahaha! How did I miss this nugget?

[Pete]

We had better get this thing somewhat under control before the real cold and flu season, otherise things are going to get way, way worse.

[soonerguru]

We had better get this thing somewhat under control before the real cold and flu season, otherise things are going to get way, way worse.

Stitt isn't going to do anything.

[gopokes88]

It’ll be alright.

[Bill Robertson]

I read today that 34% of hospitalizations in Oklahoma are for people under 50.

It also seems that there are more news stories of younger people having serious cases.

[Libbymin]

Apologies if this has already been mentioned in this thread but we apparently went from 3 million to 4 million cases as a country in the last 15 days. By comparison, it took us 99 days to get to 1 million cases, 43 days to go from 1 million to 2 million, and 28 days to go from 2 million to 3 million cases. Scary to think of how quick this thing is picking up steam.

[C_M_25]

It also seems that there are more news stories of younger people having serious cases.

I’m not necessarily disagreeing with this, but you have to be careful what you interpret from the news. It seems like the media has really pushed stories of younger people struggling with this disease as well as stories of old old people who have had few issues with it.

[C_M_25]

I just noticed that the school board is not mandating masks in schools. It will only be a strong suggestion...whatever that means. We’re in trouble when school start back because of our gutless leaders.

[soonerguru]

It also seems that there are more news stories of younger people having serious cases.

The young person in my family is definitely suffering serious issues. Not hospitalized yet, fortunately.

[Bill Robertson]

I just noticed that the school board is not mandating masks in schools. It will only be a strong suggestion...whatever that means. We’re in trouble when school start back because of our gutless leaders.

At least OKC isn’t going to be in classrooms for 14 weeks. A lot can change in that length of time.

[FighttheGoodFight]

I believe all the bigger school districts have mandated masks for kids over 10 already?

I believe I saw that was the case for Norman, Edmond but not sure about OKC since they just pushed back the start.

[Bill Robertson]

I believe all the bigger school districts have mandated masks for kids over 10 already?

I believe I saw that was the case for Norman, Edmond but not sure about OKC since they just pushed back the start.

The news story about OKC moving the start date does say masks will be provided to students but not mandatory. Staff and visitors will be mandatory. Makes no sense to me.

[kukblue1]

Apologies if this has already been mentioned in this thread but we apparently went from 3 million to 4 million cases as a country in the last 15 days. By comparison, it took us 99 days to get to 1 million cases, 43 days to go from 1 million to 2 million, and 28 days to go from 2 million to 3 million cases. Scary to think of how quick this thing is picking up steam.

Now Strain much easier to transmit. They don't think it's any more deadly which is a good thing but transmits easily .

[soonerguru]

The news story about OKC moving the start date does say masks will be provided to students but not mandatory. Staff and visitors will be mandatory. Makes no sense to me.

I will be surprised if they reopen before next spring. Also, the State Superintendent indicated she would require masks in all schools that open.

[kukblue1]

We had better get this thing somewhat under control before the real cold and flu season, otherise things are going to get way, way worse.

Real ugly. Like I posted earlier your going to have the people going to work cause they think it's a hoax and just the flu. Then your going to have the people lining up at the hospitals and clinics to get tested to see if it's either the flu or Covid. It will be really bad. Any little sore throat or stuffy nose and people are going to freak out and frankly I don't blame them.

[OKCRealtor]

I've been following this thread for awhile but haven't posted yet. I appreciate the tons of great info here posted by many. My wife and I have been taking it more serious that most but there are still an alarming number of people who aren't obviously.

I know a handful of people now firsthand who have gotten it and I also know a couple people in the same family that have now gotten it twice. March and just recently. The person I personally know didn't have any issues the first time but got hit harder this time. Likely different strain. I just thought I would share as it's really alarming that one can catch it twice in 4 months and have a totally different experience.

[pw405]

We had better get this thing somewhat under control before the real cold and flu season, otherise things are going to get way, way worse.

Ya... I have a feeling we haven't seen the worst of this yet. Schools re-opening presents an additional transmission vector, regardless of how many precautions schools do or don't take, and even if kids spread at a significantly reduced rate, consider:

-680,000 students. (Pre-K to 12th)
-42,000 teachers
-1,800 schools
~2,300 support staff (Estimated count, feels too low)

All of these people haven't been reporting to a common building for ~8 hours/day over the last ~4 months. SOME level, hopefully minimal, of community spread will occur. I know many schools are giving online options, but even if half of these people start reporting to school, I still feel like schools present countless opportunities to spread.

All of this among rising case counts, rising death tolls, a rising backlog in pending cases, hospitals stressed, and no real escape plan from the state.

If cases accelerate after the first 6 weeks of school, that puts us in a REALLY bad place going in to fall/winter cold & flue season.

Trust me, I understand the dire need to have kids in school.... I Just don't even know what to make of this whole situation. One of those times I'm glad I never became a parent.

Of course, the silver lining here is that enough seniors die because of this, maybe there WILL be some Social Security left over for Millennials?

[AP]

https://mobile.twitter.com/GeorgeMon...91843383267328

George Monks
@GeorgeMonks11
Yesterday,a pt sick with COVID was in an ER at 830am in need of a hospital bed.Unfortunately,the current crisis has brought us to the point that it took until after 530pm before the one and only bed in the entire Tulsa metro area became available. We are at the end of the runway.

[kukblue1]

Channel 4 just said Mike Morgan older sister passed today in Tulsa from Covid. This crap is real people.