Covid-19 in OKC (coronavirus)

[BG918]

Traditions are important, but so is individual and communal health. We are canceling our family Thanksgiving tradition because it would be difficult to hold safety. There’s just too many families. If your family can’t hold your events outdoors and socially distanced then you *should* consider cancelling. But if you can adapt it to be outdoors and socially distanced then enjoy it. We’re going to adapt it and meet with small groups in safer set ups.

Unfortunately many people will be spreading it around during the upcoming holidays. I know my family still plans to get together just like we would any other year.

[Jersey Boss]

We will have a vaccine and much better treatment by Christmas. Patience people patience. We are getting closer every day

Not this year we won't. At least not a vaccine that has been approved with sufficient clinical trials.

[FighttheGoodFight]

A vaccine that gets approved this year will not be available to everyone until at least mid year 2021. High risk populations might get it first but I wouldn't expect much until Spring.

[OkiePoke]

The way this is going, I'm not planning on attending Thanksgiving this year. I'm not even sure if my family will be having one. Way too many people outside of my bubble to worry about and too many older family members that are high risk.

[Midtowner]

Just passed a miestone for me as I am having to move a client's court date because she came down with COVID. This isn't a hoax folks.

[Pete]

I usually have about 20 of my family over for both Thanksgiving and Christmas, including a bunch of kids.

I'm trying to rethink this but not sure how to do it safely.

We might just get together for Christmas and let everyone do their own thing on Thanksgiving.

[David]

It makes no damn sense to have standard holiday gatherings right now. Doing so is going to get people killed.

14 Dallas family members get COVID-19 after virus denier’s party, 1 dead and another on life support
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This could be any of us.

[Pete]

I also have a few family members well into their 60's...

I'm not sure what I'm going to do but it doesn't seem responsible just to go ahead as normal and just hope.

[Pete]

774 new cases today; 7-day rolling average is 1,127 down slightly from all-time highs.

792 hospitalizations, down 1 from all-time high.

ICU is 301 (+8), an all-time high.

154 new cases in OK County.

2 additional deaths.

[jerrywall]

I usually have about 20 of my family over for both Thanksgiving and Christmas, including a bunch of kids.

I'm trying to rethink this but not sure how to do it safely.

We might just get together for Christmas and let everyone do their own thing on Thanksgiving.

I have a pretty large family and we normally gather up on my mother's side on Christmas Eve and father's on Christmas day. Both gatherings tend to have 20-40 people. Thanksgiving is just one gathering but it's normally a good 20 folks.

Our plan is to keep Thanksgiving small this year (less than 10 folks). For Christmas, we're planning on doing a bunch of caroling. We figure if we spread out going and visiting relatives over the course of a few days, we can still see everyone, without spreading around germs. Go by, drop gifts off on their porch, and sing songs and wish them happy holidays from a safe social distance.

[soonerguru]

I also have a few family members well into their 60's...

I'm not sure what I'm going to do but it doesn't seem responsible just to go ahead as normal and just hope.

We will be having a nuclear-only gathering of the three of us in our household. We will schlep leftovers to the in-laws and do some Facetime.

[Libbymin]

We usually gather with about 40 people for Thanksgiving but not this year. We're doing just immediate family.

[sooner88]

We usually gather with about 40 people for Thanksgiving but not this year. We're doing just immediate family.

Ours is generally 40-50, and we're sticking to our immediate family. While we would love to keep with tradition, we have a wide range of family members from newborns to late 60's and we don't feel comfortable having that large of a group in one house.

[Libbymin]

Ours is generally 40-50, and we're sticking to our immediate family. While we would love to keep with tradition, we have a wide range of family members from newborns to late 60's and we don't feel comfortable having that large of a group in one house.

Yes and we also have all come home from Thanksgiving before and several of us had colds the following week. Lots of kids at this gathering (aka germ factories). Not a great precedent for something like this. I will miss seeing everyone, but it's just not worth the risk.

[Canoe]

Yes and we also have all come home from Thanksgiving before and several of us had colds the following week. Lots of kids at this gathering (aka germ factories). Not a great precedent for something like this. I will miss seeing everyone, but it's just not worth the risk.

Germ factories? What a funny thought.

[pw405]

Today's state hospital #'s are out: 821 in the hospital. 319 Patients in the ICU. (95% of hospitals reporting). Both are new all-time highs.

[FighttheGoodFight]

Yep....

3:30pm today Stitt and Fry giving an update on hospital capacity and surge plan.

[soonerguru]

Today's state hospital #'s are out: 821 in the hospital. 319 Patients in the ICU. (95% of hospitals reporting). Both are new all-time highs.

I want to know where all of the minimizing Covid deniers on this forum disappeared to.

All we heard was how spiking new cases were irrelevant and only hospitalizations matter.

[soonerguru]

Yep....

3:30pm today Stitt and Fry giving an update on hospital capacity and surge plan.

Why would anyone waste their time listening to this? “Oklahoma’s doing great! Wear a mask if you choose to, or not. Our surge plan is in effect and we have this under control.”

[Bill Robertson]

Why would anyone waste their time listening to this? “Oklahoma’s doing great! Wear a mask if you choose to, or not. Our surge plan is in effect and we have this under control.”

Exactly what he'll say. He could almost record one and play it every week.

[Jersey Boss]

I want to know where all of the minimizing Covid deniers on this forum disappeared to.

All we heard was how spiking new cases were irrelevant and only hospitalizations matter.

They are in Sweden getting some of that herd immunity.

[Pete]

We were discussing plans for the holidays...

As things continue to ramp up and hospital and ICU space becomes limited, it would really, really suck for you or someone in your family to get very sick around the holidays.

Not only are beds becoming scarce, but you can also absolutely predict a surge due to students returning from campus and tons of gatherings.


As they say, everything is fine until it isn't. And I'd be very worried about getting seriously ill in the next few months.

[Pete]

And BTW, think of the enormous cost of all this...

Fully 14% of Oklahomans do not have any sort of health insurance (near the bottom of the U.S., of course) and another 35% has public health insurance.

The incredible cost will be shared by all of us, including the "it won't happen to me" crowd.

[Pete]

1,475 new case today, a record for a Tuesday.

7-day rolling average now 1,151, just off record highs.

18 additional reported deaths, an all-time high.

Hospitalizations 821 (+29), well above the previous all-time high.

Same for ICU at 319 (+18).


Something needs to be done. We still aren't to the holidays or cold/flu season.

[FighttheGoodFight]

The worst part being these hospitalizations and deaths are lagging indicators. Our high numbers now will hurt us in a month only compounding the problem.

I'm sure Stitt will once again find a decent number from John Hopkins or some other source to ignore the WH report or any other thing that might make it look dire.