Covid-19 in OKC (coronavirus)

[king183]

I fully expect that unless there is a centralized delivery system that private docs will simply ignore all guidelines and this will be distributed first to anyone who can afford it.

There will be a centralized delivery system, coordinated through the CDC and McKesson, so private docs, as you call them, will not be able to get their hands on the vaccine until the tier 1 and 2 population has been vaccinated.

[oklip955]

I just looked at Worldmeter, the USA number of cases without Nebraska is over 201000 new cases today. Oh no....

[d-usa]

Oklahoma City County Health Department has a pretty good plan and has been working hard on being ready. We are one of their administration partners, and I’m in constant communication with them.

That’s part of what makes this frustrating now. I know people are tired and worn out and have the good old pandemic precaution fatigue. But we’re not looking at a scenario of doing all this for some unknown point of time in the future with no end in sight. We have companies putting in applications for approval now, we are planning out the mass vaccination sites, we have a plan and a fairly solid timeframe. To quote some superhero movie: we are in the endgame now.

[OKIENW]

Oklahoma City County Health Department has a pretty good plan and has been working hard on being ready. We are one of their administration partners, and I’m in constant communication with them.

That’s part of what makes this frustrating now. I know people are tired and worn out and have the good old pandemic precaution fatigue. But we’re not looking at a scenario of doing all this for some unknown point of time in the future with no end in sight. We have companies putting in applications for approval now, we are planning out the mass vaccination sites, we have a plan and a fairly solid timeframe. To quote some superhero movie: we are in the endgame now.

Good luck on the vaccine. Zero chance I'll be in line for one.

[Bill Robertson]

Good luck on the vaccine. Zero chance I'll be in line for one.

There should be enough of us that will to make it work. And for those that won't you'll just be taking your chances.

[Pete]

3,663 new cases today. 7-day rolling average now a record 2,960.

21 additional deaths reported.

Hospitalizations at 1,505 (+77), a record by a fair margin.

ICU is 450 (+29), another record.


We have almost quadrupled the number of new daily cases in just 6 weeks.

[Libbymin]

The OSDH is now allowing asymptomatic covid-19 positive nurses continue to work in hospitals. This is the dire situation we’re in.

[TheTravellers]

The OSDH is now allowing asymptomatic covid-19 positive nurses continue to work in hospitals. This is the dire situation we’re in.

Incredibly stupid. Do the nurses *have* to work, or do they *want* to? Do they not have sick leave or other paid time off, can they just not show up and be docked for their pay? If I was a positive asymptomatic nurse, the *last* thing I'd personally want to do is possibly contribute to the spread.

[Rover]

Incredibly stupid. Do the nurses *have* to work, or do they *want* to? Do they not have sick leave or other paid time off, can they just not show up and be docked for their pay? If I was a positive asymptomatic nurse, the *last* thing I'd personally want to do is possibly contribute to the spread.

Are they just treating Covid patients? If so, where’s the danger?

[TheTravellers]

Are they just treating Covid patients? If so, where’s the danger?

That relates to what I was asking. Do they?

[Libbymin]

Are they just treating Covid patients? If so, where’s the danger?

The danger is in potentially infecting other doctors and nurses. The ONA has come out against this move already.

[BDP]

Are they just treating Covid patients? If so, whereÂ’s the danger?

I'm dead serious, and I am not being facetious at all when I ask: Do you understand how infectious diseases work?

Or maybe, (very facetiously), do you think there's an island where we're sending these positive health care workers so they can only work with positive patients alongside positive physicians?

[BDP]

Incredibly stupid. Do the nurses *have* to work, or do they *want* to? Do they not have sick leave or other paid time off, can they just not show up and be docked for their pay? If I was a positive asymptomatic nurse, the *last* thing I'd personally want to do is possibly contribute to the spread.

The thing is that most health care workers don't really differentiate between "have" to or "want" to when it comes to helping people.

And everyone has sick leave for COVID reason right now. The CARES act dictates it. But that's ending soon. It's in Congress's hands in about a month to decide whether that continues.

[liirogue]

And everyone has sick leave for COVID reason right now. The CARES act dictates it. But that's ending soon. It's in Congress's hands in about a month to decide whether that continues.

Unfortunately not the case. Healthcare workers are excluded, as well as private businesses with more than 500 people.

[TheTravellers]

The thing is that most health care workers don't really differentiate between "have" to or "want" to when it comes to helping people.

And everyone has sick leave for COVID reason right now. The CARES act dictates it. But that's ending soon. It's in Congress's hands in about a month to decide whether that continues.

GTK about the sick leave, but unfortunate that health care workers are excluded.

And yeah, for health care docs, nurses, etc., it's kind of a calling-type of thing, so that's kind of why I asked. If they're super-short-staffed, and a nurse is asymptomatic, they probably feel like they should be there doing their job alongside their colleagues and trying to not let people die. But *should* they be there when they're asymptomatic, what's the priority... Not easy.

[Bunty]

Hopefully, it goes without saying that people need to take precautions more than ever from the virus and not trust their luck. Even a fireman can get covid so bad that he has been on life support in the hospital for days:

https://www.stwnewspress.com/news/re...346df7819.html

[Bits_Of_Real_Panther]

Unfortunately not the case. Healthcare workers are excluded, as well as private businesses with more than 500 people.

Bummer that paid sick leave is so difficult to come by. Incentive should be in place be to limit infected persons from infecting others, no matter the size of organization.

[oklip955]

Hopefully, it goes without saying that people need to take precautions more than ever from the virus and not trust their luck. Even a fireman can get covid so bad that he has been on life support in the hospital for days:

https://www.stwnewspress.com/news/re...346df7819.html

Just a note, the term is firefighter, Not all firefighters are men. I'm retired from Edmond. But yes, its bad. Not all firefighters are under 50, there are a few older ones. Even the younger ones can get an extremely bad case. I read on some of my firefighter news pages that firefighters are dying of covid.

[Pete]

3,406 new cases today. 7-day rolling average now 2,886 down slightly from yesterday's all-time high.

10 additional reported deaths. 7-day rolling average now 15.1; all-time high is 15.7.


Hopsitalizations/ICU won't report until Monday night.

[d-usa]

It feels like it was so recent that 1,000+ was uncommon and we were stunned when we passed 2,000 for the first time...

[Bill Robertson]

It feels like it was so recent that 1,000+ was uncommon and we were stunned when we passed 2,000 for the first time...

It wasn't that long ago.

But then I remember telling my wife that when the state hit 1000 total cases we'd take it seriously and stop going out. That seems like ancient history.

[Bill Robertson]

I'm actually proud of our Church today. Last Christmas they had, if I remember right, 7 or 8 Christmas "Eve" services starting on the 22nd. Probably 14 or 15 thousand people total. This year they are going online only by recording one service and putting it on the web around the 22nd to watch anytime you want. Such a responsible and though thing to do.

[Bunty]

So, let's look at numbers based on outcome of a masked vs an unmasked city in Oklahoma:

Masks required: Lawton pop. 93,714, total positive cases: 2762, total deaths: 25

Masks not required: Enid pop. 50,122, total positive cases: 3055, total deaths: 33

It abundantly clear, a mask mandate has worked.

[oklip955]

Edmond pop. 94,000, Late mandate that many ignore, total positive cases 6476, total deaths 35. It works if people will follow it. Edmond's needs some endorsement

[Sharona21]

Top Canadian Pathologist On COVID: 'Greatest Hoax Ever Perpetrated'

https://www.bitchute.com/video/FDHQAE2utrXL/