Covid-19 in OKC (coronavirus)

[Mott]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-h...y-researchers/
The idea is that masks keep you from getting a high dose of virus, and a lower level of illness.

[Pete]

We have now passed 200,000 deaths and 7 million cases in the U.S. and everything seems to be trending up again.

The CDC has been saying for a long time that we had to get things under control before cold/flu season. Instead, we are already at a very high baseline.

All signs point to a very bad and deadly winter.

[PaddyShack]

I was just told to come back to the office after working from home for 6 months... Not too happy with it as not everybody is being told to come in, they just want a minimum number of warm bodies occupying the building. Of course they put in all of these guidelines and what not, but I just don't see why cause more people to be out and driving to and from work when the number of cases and deaths are not decreasing... All in the name of corporate culture and collaboration.

[Pete]

1,101 new cases today as the unprecedented number of consecutive 1,000+ case days have now reached 5 and 6 of the last 7 (the exception being 970). The 7-day rolling average is 1,098, an all-time high.

189 new cases in OK County.

522 currently hospitalized statewide.

2 additional deaths.

[kukblue1]

Mask up OKC mask up mask up for you for me for OKC please I had to go to Home Depot today to get something and then I had to pick up a friend that had a flat tire at a local tire shop. Half the people even on a Monday morning at Home Depot didn't have a mask and nobody inside the tire dealership accept my friend had a mask on. I honestly felt safer at the casino a week ago at least there I could social distance the Mask thing is much becoming like the first shut down people are tired of it and over it you're going to start seeing less and less mask-wearing

[Bits_Of_Real_Panther]

I was just told to come back to the office after working from home for 6 months... Not too happy with it as not everybody is being told to come in, they just want a minimum number of warm bodies occupying the building. Of course they put in all of these guidelines and what not, but I just don't see why cause more people to be out and driving to and from work when the number of cases and deaths are not decreasing... All in the name of corporate culture and collaboration.

What are people with children remote schooling supposed to do?

My company is keeping work from home in effect , and they are expecting mid 2021 to be the earliest for returning, assuming vaccines and whatnot.

I wonder if companies will require vaccination proof to return, as a liability reduction. I suppose if a clean drug test is required why not a vaccine requirement?

[Jesseda]

where does oklahoma rank now with the average new cases each day? Just curious because with our state population and case totals each day it seems pretty high.

[Pete]

where does oklahoma rank now with the average new cases each day? Just curious because with our state population and case totals each day it seems pretty high.

We are currently 25th but continuing to climb.

About to pass California which was once viewed as a big hotbed and a place that is way, way more dense.

[Bill Robertson]

Another sign of burnout or not caring anymore?
I just left the Walmart on SW104 & I44. They’ve reopened the second entry/exit and the aisle directional markers are gone. I don’t think either of these are really much of a spread threat if you use your brain when shopping but it seems to be a trend of everything lightening up as far as precautions.

[jn1780]

Just kidding says CDC.

If a virus is truly "airborne" that's bad news for containment. Probably why they are trying to walk back their statement.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/21/healt...nce/index.html

[PoliSciGuy]

Well, that's one reason for the increase:

Over the weekend, the number of #COVID19 cases in Fort Supply, OK, skyrocketed. Pretty sure this is from the William S. Key Correctional Center. Went from 31 cases on Friday to 828 cases today.

[d-usa]

The problem with the term “airborne” is that it Is both a level of precaution as well as a way of transmission.

In a hospital setting, “airborne” precautions mean that you need N95 masks for protection because the pathogen is small enough to travel in the air rather than having to rely on droplets and you need negative pressure rooms because the pathogen can remain suspended. “Droplet” precautions mean that the pathogen has to travel ok droplets, which are bigger and can be mitigated by regular masks, and these droplets can only travel so far before gravity takes over and they fall to the ground.

This thing is just flat in both categories, it floats like airborne, but spreads on droplets. The airborne status depends, as it always has, on the droplets being sufficiently aerosolized to flat further. But they still are droplets and can be filtered via regular masks.

[d-usa]

Well, that's one reason for the increase:

That makes Oklahoma County look even worse as a percentage of overall cases then.

[d-usa]

Also, big turnout for the Deer Creek Protest to force the district back to 5 days a week:

[Roger S]

...They’ve reopened the second entry/exit and the aisle directional markers are gone.

Not that anyone ever bothered to follow these guidelines.... Well I put it at 0% of the non mask wearing customers and about 15% of the mask wearers.

[PaddyShack]

What are people with children remote schooling supposed to do?

My company is keeping work from home in effect , and they are expecting mid 2021 to be the earliest for returning, assuming vaccines and whatnot.

I wonder if companies will require vaccination proof to return, as a liability reduction. I suppose if a clean drug test is required why not a vaccine requirement?

So my company has a pretty strict WFH policy that states you must have a distraction free work area with a door that can be closed while at home. So if you send your kids to school or daycare and they are not in your home while at work then it is fine. For those that don't have that and have children at home, they either need to come to the office or go to part-time. Most people are coming to the office 2-3 days of the week, but the idea is to start increasing the number of colleagues in the office. the culture here is that the office is your primary place to get work done and WFH is a privilege... they seem to pick and choose what parts of the pandemic to believe in.

[Bill Robertson]

Also, big turnout for the Deer Creek Protest to force the district back to 5 days a week:

There looked like a similar turnout in Edmond last week.
I’ve about given up on any hope for “social sanity”. I’m just planning on a continual rotation of my N95 masks and staying stocked up on hand sanitizer and wipes for the foreseeable future.

[Jersey Boss]

Not that anyone ever bothered to follow these guidelines.... Well I put it at 0% of the non mask wearing customers and about 15% of the mask wearers.

Having to walk down an extra 2 or 3 aisles is good exercise for everyone, including WalMart shoppers.

[Mott]

Took the wife’s Subaru to Bob Moore in Edmond, in front of us at the service counter was a women with a tRump mask in her hand. Then went to Natural grocery, and several non maskers. Why would you spend more money on organic groceries, and not wear a mask to protect your health?

[d-usa]

There looked like a similar turnout in Edmond last week.
I’ve about given up on any hope for “social sanity”. I’m just planning on a continual rotation of my N95 masks and staying stocked up on hand sanitizer and wipes for the foreseeable future.

I’m glad the protest happened, and that it exposed the group for their true size and level of support. It’s easy to hide behind Facebook group size numbers, online petition responses, and Facebook polls and claim that your cause has wide support. The online turnout so far has been 10% of families demanding 5 days, which is their best case scenario if we assume it’s not multiple people from the same household or out of district folks responding. So there have always been 90% of families in support of their current AB schedule.

But now they went “public” with the protest and walkout, and the district knows just how small this vocal group truly is.

[jerrywall]

Took the wife’s Subaru to Bob Moore in Edmond, in front of us at the service counter was a women with a tRump mask in her hand. Then went to Natural grocery, and several non maskers. Why would you spend more money on organic groceries, and not wear a mask to protect your health?

The Natural Grocers isn't a surprise to me. The biggest anti-mask covidiot in Edmond is the owner of Conscious Community Co-op, an organic grocer. There's a big overlap in the organic/natural crowd and antivaxxers/antimaskers.

Out of curiosity, was this the Natural Grocers in Edmond proper (33rd and Blvd) or the one that's technically OKC, but services west Edmond (164th and Western)? That one is terrible in terms of compliance/safety measure when I checked them out, and while they have signage saying masks are required, there's no attempt at enforcement. The problem is, will OKC enforce the mandate there?

[TheTravellers]

The Natural Grocers isn't a surprise to me. The biggest anti-mask covidiot in Edmond is the owner of Conscious Community Co-op, an organic grocer. There's a big overlap in the organic/natural crowd and antivaxxers/antimaskers.

Out of curiosity, was this the Natural Grocers in Edmond proper (33rd and Blvd) or the one that's technically OKC, but services west Edmond (164th and Western)? That one is terrible in terms of compliance/safety measure when I checked them out, and while they have signage saying masks are required, there's no attempt at enforcement. The problem is, will OKC enforce the mandate there?

No. Have they actually enforced it anywhere? Has anybody seen any private business in OKC enforce it? I haven't.

[Bill Robertson]

No. Have they actually enforced it anywhere? Has anybody seen any private business in OKC enforce it? I haven't.

Nor have I. Walmart, as maligned as they are by many, is one of the few places with someone at the door stopping non mask wearing people and suggesting that you wear a mask if you don’t have one on. But people walk on by unmasked anyway.

[BoulderSooner]

Took the wife’s Subaru to Bob Moore in Edmond, in front of us at the service counter was a women with a tRump mask in her hand. Then went to Natural grocery, and several non maskers. Why would you spend more money on organic groceries, and not wear a mask to protect your health?

because once again the mask doesn't protect you it protects people from you

[Bill Robertson]

because once again the mask doesn't protect you it protects people from you

And this is something I gave up on in the beginning. My masks protect me and others. But me first. In that way I guess I’m as bad as the selfish non-maskers but at least I’m on the right side of selfish.