Covid-19 in OKC (coronavirus)

[Jersey Boss]

And schools like this in Norman . . .

In an email obtained by The Transcript, Community Christian School Principal Barbara Ohsfeldt detailed the school’s plans for the school year, noting that CCS will not be implementing any new procedures in response to the pandemic.

The school emailed parents after being contacted by multiple families regarding its school year plans. CCS’s fall semester began on Thursday, Aug. 20.

“Our plans are to continue normal school from August to May,” the email reads. “1. We will not be wearing masks. 2. Classrooms will be normal. 3. We will eat in the cafeteria as we have always done. 4. We will have recess for elementary school students. We will clean our classrooms and all other areas as if we were in the flu season.


https://www.normantranscript.com/new...49d53bd3b.html

This is the same group who had graduation a couple of months ago with no masks and people sitting side by side.
I question the quality of the education here. Science classes must be really informative.

[Bill Robertson]

And schools like this in Norman . . .

In an email obtained by The Transcript, Community Christian School Principal Barbara Ohsfeldt detailed the school’s plans for the school year, noting that CCS will not be implementing any new procedures in response to the pandemic.

The school emailed parents after being contacted by multiple families regarding its school year plans. CCS’s fall semester began on Thursday, Aug. 20.

“Our plans are to continue normal school from August to May,” the email reads. “1. We will not be wearing masks. 2. Classrooms will be normal. 3. We will eat in the cafeteria as we have always done. 4. We will have recess for elementary school students. We will clean our classrooms and all other areas as if we were in the flu season.


https://www.normantranscript.com/new...49d53bd3b.html

There just aren’t words to describe such total stupidity!!!

[jerrywall]

There just aren’t words to describe such total stupidity!!!

"Criminal" "Negligent" "Careless" "Thoughtless" "Ignorant"

Those are the nice words I could use....

[Roger S]

There just aren’t words to describe such total stupidity!!!

On the contrary... there are quite a few actually.

[FighttheGoodFight]

It is wild because some of the other Christian schools are following basic guidelines that public schools are (OCS and CHA). What the heck are they doing at CCS?!

[d-usa]

School: “God will protect us and keep us from getting sick!”

God: *makes people who become scientists and use knowledge to protect people, and the knowledge to create tools to protect us*

School: “it’s a mystery how God works though, so we shouldn’t do anything except trust Him and not do anything that makes us look like we don’t trust Him.”

God: *confused staring*

[jn1780]

So it seems that our numbers are staying steady for the state, but hot spots are moving and smaller cities and rural areas are making up for the drop in the big cities?

Yep, because suppression occurs roughly between 1.5 to 2.5 percent and the rural areas are not there yet. Don't know how much difference masks makes between that 1.5 to 2.5 percent, but suppression is a prerequisite to seeing sustained downward trend. Just ask Hawaii or Illinois. Illinois is just now showing signs of peaking out(1.79% currently) and they have had a mask mandate since May and Hawaii is currently seeing a surge in cases. Hawaii, is seeing some moderation now, but is that real or are they hitting testing capacity limits?

Mainstream media just now started noticing Brazil's numbers coming down. Guess where their at? 1.78% infected https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...dcc_story.html

You don't have to take my word for it, just look at where a certain state/county peaked and calculate the percentage of population infected on that date. You start noticing the same pattern all across the country.

I will be watching Tulsa county very closely these next couple of weeks. They are at 2.0 percent now, so they are close to the point where thesis says they should start another leg down. We shall see...

[soonerguru]

I think we are at a "plateau," to use the word Kevin Stitt did when our state was experiencing a dramatic and unprecedented spike in new cases in July. It just happens to be nearly at the top of daily new cases for the pandemic. So, if we are averaging over 700 cases a day that is way too many. I expect the opening of schools and universities will lead to another spike.

[TheTravellers]

School: “God will protect us and keep us from getting sick!”

God: *makes people who become scientists and use knowledge to protect people, and the knowledge to create tools to protect us*

School: “it’s a mystery how God works though, so we shouldn’t do anything except trust Him and not do anything that makes us look like we don’t trust Him.”

God: *confused staring*

+1,000,000

[TheTravellers]

University Of Arizona Prevented Coronavirus Outbreak On Campus By Testing Wastewater

[jerrywall]

University Of Arizona Prevented Coronavirus Outbreak On Campus By Testing Wastewater

That is smart. If they were doing this at local universities I'd feel a lot better about my kids having to be back in school (well, the one I let return).

[Pete]

710 new cases today. Last 2 Fridays wre 1,077 and 794 respectively.

8 more reported deaths; 2nd highest Friday ever.

[Pete]

Revved by Sturgis Rally, COVID-19 infections move fast, far

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The hundreds of thousands of bikers who attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may have departed western South Dakota, but public health departments in multiple states are trying to measure how much and how quickly the coronavirus spread in bars, tattoo shops and gatherings before people traveled home to nearly every state in the country.

[oklip955]

You just have to look at the increased number of cases in South Dakota. It had been in the 100's and now in the 300's. The bikers most likely stopped in a number of small towns on the way up and on the way home to get gas, food, etc and spread it around the local folks since South Dakota doesn't have a require masks.

[TheTravellers]

I read that aggregated cellphone data showed that Sturgis attendees have visited 61% of the counties in the US - [sarcasm] yay, go virus! [/sarcasm]

[OKCRT]

I read that aggregated cellphone data showed that Sturgis attendees have visited 61% of the counties in the US - [sarcasm] yay, go virus! [/sarcasm]

There's just so many Drama Queens out there you just don't know what's real and what is Fake news.

[PhiAlpha]

I read that aggregated cellphone data showed that Sturgis attendees have visited 61% of the counties in the US - [sarcasm] yay, go virus! [/sarcasm]

For the record, my dad and his group of 10-15 that went up there are all in the clear so far.

[David]

For the record, my dad and his group of 10-15 that went up there are all in the clear so far.

Are any of them quarantining themselves, just to be cautious after that much traveling?

[Bunty]

This is the same group who had graduation a couple of months ago with no masks and people sitting side by side.
I question the quality of the education here. Science classes must be really informative.

136 children died during the 2019-2020 flu season. So far, 36 children have died from COVID-19 with 21 states having zero deaths. Maybe the school is going by that. If only few of their kids and teachers are out with COVID-19, don't be surprised if the school goes on with what it is doing, or not doing.

[LocoAko]

1093 new cases.

IIRC that's the highest one-day total in about a month.

[kukblue1]

1093 new cases.

IIRC that's the highest one-day total in about a month.

And yet they tell me masks are working. Just exactly how are they working when a good 10% of the population refuse to wear them a good 50% don't wear them correctly

[Bill Robertson]

They’re working for the 50% of wear them right. Think what the numbers might be otherwise.

[pw405]

1093 new cases.

IIRC that's the highest one-day total in about a month.

Ya, it looks like August 5th had 1,101 and then August 1st (Saturday) had 1,244. Strange that on both of these high case Saturdays in August (The 1st and 29th) , the Saturday case # was higher than the Tuesday case #.

[C_M_25]

And yet they tell me masks are working. Just exactly how are they working when a good 10% of the population refuse to wear them a good 50% don't wear them correctly

I was wondering how long it would be before people started running their mouths about masks although I suspect you are being sarcastic. Masks are obviously helping. Schools, on the other hand, are not helping.

[LocoAko]

And yet they tell me masks are working. Just exactly how are they working when a good 10% of the population refuse to wear them a good 50% don't wear them correctly

This seems like quite the strawman argument. The data shows that municipalities with mask mandates have lower virus rates than those without, and we're looking at statewide numbers here. Of course masks aren't effective when people don't wear them or wear them properly. Maybe your problem is with the enforceability of the mandates rather than the efficacy of masks themselves?