Covid-19 in OKC (coronavirus)

[d-usa]

They will ship two sets of doses. With the unique storage requirements of the Pfizer vaccine there is no real way of holding onto anything for the second dose. So if you get X this time, the same people will get the same number of doses in 3 weeks.

[HangryHippo]

Both mRNA (Pfizer and Moderna) vaccine candidates are two doses.

[Jeepnokc]

Is there a good site or paper that explains the difference between vaccines and which one we should take or at least give us enough information that we can make an informed decision on which one to choose when we get an opportunity to take the vaccine?

[PoliSciGuy]

now if i remember correctly.. the pfizer vaccine is a two dose vaccine... so that's really only about 25k people, correct?

No I believe they provide enough to complete the entire dose, so it'll be around 80k shots for 40k doses.

[Libbymin]

Is there a good site or paper that explains the difference between vaccines and which one we should take or at least give us enough information that we can make an informed decision on which one to choose when we get an opportunity to take the vaccine?

This remains to be seen, but I wouldn’t be surprised if this ends up being a situation where you get what you get and don’t necessarily have the option of choosing a specific vaccine.

[Bellaboo]

Is there a good site or paper that explains the difference between vaccines and which one we should take or at least give us enough information that we can make an informed decision on which one to choose when we get an opportunity to take the vaccine?

I heard a medical professional the other day when asked this question - he said the best vaccine is the one you can get when offered. Both are over 90 % effective.

[GoGators]

Is there a good site or paper that explains the difference between vaccines and which one we should take or at least give us enough information that we can make an informed decision on which one to choose when we get an opportunity to take the vaccine?

I was listening to an interview on NPR last week with an infectious disease expert about this very question. He basically said that all of the current vaccines work similarly and you should just take the first one that is available to you and not worry about which one it is.

Vaccine Expert: Once A COVID Vaccine Is Available, 'Don't Overthink It. Don't Wait'

"One of the questions that I'm asked all the time is, 'Hey, doc, which vaccine are you waiting for?' And the answer is ... I'm going to take any of those vaccines that's made available to me that's authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration," he says. "Don't overthink it. Don't wait. Get what vaccine you can."

[Pete]

1,737 new cases reported today. 7-day rolling average now 2,696.

15 additional deaths; 7-day rolling average now 13.4.

As of last night, hospitalizations were 1,718 (+65) for an all-time high. ICU was 461 (+29), another record.

[PoliSciGuy]

Hopefully this downward trend indicates real change and not just a short term leftover from Thanksgiving

[jedicurt]

Hopefully this downward trend indicates real change and not just a short term leftover from Thanksgiving

i think it's fewer testing.... i have asked a bunch of people who tested before they went to Thanksgiving, if they have tested now that they have returned home, and almost all of them have said that they didn't feel a need to

[PoliSciGuy]

And we're now at the "setting up field hospital tents to prep for COVID overflow" stage of the pandemic. Ugh.

https://twitter.com/KOCODillon/statu...29736477450242

[TheTravellers]

Good read on the continuing work on vaccines and what will have to continue for years. Had heard the trials relied on a pretty small number of cases, but didn't know how small, which is in the article.

Covid-19 vaccine efficacy results are not enough

[TheTravellers]

And we're now at the "setting up field hospital tents to prep for COVID overflow" stage of the pandemic. Ugh.

https://twitter.com/KOCODillon/statu...29736477450242

Of course we are, does anybody with any knowledge of science and how the US population is behaving expect anything different? It's going to get horrible-r for a while, nothing will get better until the vaccine gets rolled out in a major way.

[TheTravellers]

Americans likely infected with COVID far earlier than 'first' US case: CDC study

[soonerguru]

Hopefully this downward trend indicates real change and not just a short term leftover from Thanksgiving

Gotta love your optimism, but this is probably just a statistical lag from non-reporting over the holiday. The next three weeks or so are going to be a complete nightmare. Hopefully the mayor's strong press conference will mitigate this somewhat for people who pay attention to news and listen to experts.

I suspect that number of people (who would even listen to the mayor) is less than half of the adult population in the OKC Metro, meaning more than half went about their lives like nothing is going on.

[PhiAlpha]

Americans likely infected with COVID far earlier than 'first' US case: CDC study

Duh, lol. A friend of mine out in CA thinks he and all of his friends got it back in November of 2019. All tested negative for the flu and had all the symptoms.

[Thomas Vu]

Duh, lol. A friend of mine out in CA thinks he and all of his friends got it back in November of 2019. All tested negative for the flu and had all the symptoms.

I also mentioned possibly having for it, and nobody here believed it due to my lack of contact with anybody from Wuhan.

[PoliSciGuy]

I also mentioned possibly having for it, and nobody here believed it due to my lack of contact with anybody from Wuhan.

You probably didn't have it. That study has some issues re: specificity and cross-reactivity to seasonal coronaviruses circulating at the time: https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/sta...44891516895234

[Pete]

As of today, slightly more than 5% of all Oklahomans have been infected with Covid-19.

That's one in 20 people; almost 200,000 total.

[dankrutka]

This video of an Oklahoma nurse who lost her mother and husband is heart wrenching: https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/20...olduan-vpx.cnn

I’m sure he doesn’t feel it, but Stitt should feel shame for the rest of his life for playing politics while his constituents died.

[BDP]

Hopefully this downward trend indicates real change and not just a short term leftover from Thanksgiving

I guess there is the possibility that the increased testing before Thanksgiving identified some potential asymptomatic spreaders that, in turn, actually did what they were supposed to do and isolate, but I doubt that would be enough to offset those who were infected and participated in family gatherings.

Either way, it takes at least a week for the data to reflect a change in transmission rates. For those infected on Thanksgiving day, a lot of would not test positive before today.

[BDP]

As of today, slightly more than 5% of all Oklahomans have been infected with Covid-19.

That's one in 20 people; almost 200,000 total.

This is just detected cases, too.

[Bunty]

Oklahoma physicians dispute claims that COVID-19 is just another flu-like virus: https://www.fox23.com/news/local/okl...=snd-autopilot

FROM ARTICLE: "Oklahoma physicians are fighting back against the common claim that COVID-19 is just another influenza-like virus. Dr. George Monks with the Oklahoma Medical Association said Tuesday people are throwing out the common misconception that the coronavirus is just another virus as an excuse to not wear a mask and take other precautions when the data shows, COVID-19 is ten times deadlier than the flu.

“In Oklahoma, we have about 85 average flu deaths a year,” Monks said. “With COVID ever since this thing began we are now to almost 1,800 people. That’s not flu-like numbers.”

[soonerguru]

Oklahoma physicians dispute claims that COVID-19 is just another flu-like virus: https://www.fox23.com/news/local/okl...=snd-autopilot

FROM ARTICLE: "Oklahoma physicians are fighting back against the common claim that COVID-19 is just another influenza-like virus. Dr. George Monks with the Oklahoma Medical Association said Tuesday people are throwing out the common misconception that the coronavirus is just another virus as an excuse to not wear a mask and take other precautions when the data shows, COVID-19 is ten times deadlier than the flu.

“In Oklahoma, we have about 85 average flu deaths a year,” Monks said. “With COVID ever since this thing began we are now to almost 1,800 people. That’s not flu-like numbers.”

OMG are people still making the "this is like the flu" argument? FML They should be ignored completely at this point.

[FighttheGoodFight]

OMG are people still making the "this is like the flu" argument? FML They should be ignored completely at this point.

You really can't talk these people away from it. I have listened and brought up evidence and you get met with "Well they are just making up COVID deaths and they aren't really that high."

It's really sad.