Covid-19 in OKC (coronavirus)

[C_M_25]

The vaccine that’s on its way is pretty exciting stuff; however, the news reported today that what we have of Pfizer’s vaccine today, is all we’re going to have until June!! Apparently, Pfizer gave the trump administration an opportunity to buy more earlier this summer and they declined. Now Europe has purchased their remaining stock. Now, I don’t necessarily blame this administration as they were trying to spread their risk out to multiple potential vaccine candidates. That being said, our archaic processes probably kept them from making an educated decision. For instance, the FDA only reviews data after the trials hence our delay. The equivalent group in Europe does a rolling review of these vaccines as data comes out so that they can make a decision quicker. Hence why they have already approved the vaccine. It would have been nice if we did that as we could have bought as much of that vaccine as we could once we started seeing promising results.

Thinking about that vaccine brings hope and many questions though. How long till we can get that vaccine? Will it kill covid or just prevent a serious reaction? Can we still get and spread it even after getting the vaccine? That question makes me nervous as children will not be vaccinated. I would hate to get my kids sick multiple times! What about mutations? There’s already a sign (in Wuhan) of another covid variant emerging that is not as severe. Will life go back to normal?? Next year will be very fascinating.

[soonerguru]

Thankfully, Crabtree asked Stitt to rescind the appointment, so we don't need to worry about her.

https://twitter.com/KOCODillon/statu...58432315645957

I saw that and I enjoyed Stitt's silly complaint about the evil teachers' union doing her in. LOL. He tried to play a fast one and got burned.

[soonerguru]

The vaccine that’s on its way is pretty exciting stuff; however, the news reported today that what we have of Pfizer’s vaccine today, is all we’re going to have until June!! Apparently, Pfizer gave the trump administration an opportunity to buy more earlier this summer and they declined. Now Europe has purchased their remaining stock. Now, I don’t necessarily blame this administration as they were trying to spread their risk out to multiple potential vaccine candidates. That being said, our archaic processes probably kept them from making an educated decision. For instance, the FDA only reviews data after the trials hence our delay. The equivalent group in Europe does a rolling review of these vaccines as data comes out so that they can make a decision quicker. Hence why they have already approved the vaccine. It would have been nice if we did that as we could have bought as much of that vaccine as we could once we started seeing promising results.

Thinking about that vaccine brings hope and many questions though. How long till we can get that vaccine? Will it kill covid or just prevent a serious reaction? Can we still get and spread it even after getting the vaccine? That question makes me nervous as children will not be vaccinated. I would hate to get my kids sick multiple times! What about mutations? There’s already a sign (in Wuhan) of another covid variant emerging that is not as severe. Will life go back to normal?? Next year will be very fascinating.

The news report is that Pfizer offered to sell more of the vaccines to the US in August, and the Trump administration said, "no thanks." So, yeah, June.

[soonerguru]

I’ve heard, from friends, that the “Shipt” application is a pretty nice way to get your groceries or electronics delivered. Of course, I am very particular about my produce, especially on the avocados and onions. Can’t use it for that reason.

I have had the best success using Shipt. They have a solid platform for communicating with your shopper. We've noticed that some items that are available in the store don't show to be available in the app. It's easy to deal with: we call the store and affirm the products are there, then add a "special request" in the order. You can also just tell your shopper through text. There are a few glitches but after doing if for seven months we are pretty pro. You can add notes under each item, such as, "please ensure sell by date on the lettuce and that it looks crisp in the packaging."

Occasionally we get Whole Foods delivered by Amazon. No such platform for notes or special requests exists on Amazon, and the shopper never contacts you, and you have no way to contact them, so we have had several frustrating experiences. Often, we get insanely large cuts of meat, like three-inch steaks and chops, which for a family of three (with two iight eaters) is ridiculous. The best bet if ordering through Amazon is to just get the pre-packaged cuts. I have no idea why a company as good as Amazon representing a retailer as excellent as Whole Foods would be such a disappointing experience.

[Pete]

Top 10 state!

All 12 states without a state-wide mask mandate have GOP governors.

[Pete]

2,297 new cases today; 7-day rolling average is 2,377 (peak was 3,271 on 11/28).

11 additional deaths; 7-day rolling average is 12.3 (peak was 22.4 on 12/5).

Hospitalizations are 1,698 (peak was 1,734 on 12/3)

ICU is 469 (peak was 482 on 12/4).

[OKCretro]

the numbers seem to be going down a little. Lets hope that trend continues and its not just a computer glitch for a few days.

[FighttheGoodFight]

We are 3rd nationally in positivity ranks and per 100 in hospital beds. White House Taskforce summary out today. https://twitter.com/l_e_whyte/status...352283138?s=20

[catcherinthewry]

We are 3rd nationally in positivity ranks and per 100 in hospital beds. White House Taskforce summary out today. https://twitter.com/l_e_whyte/status...352283138?s=20

That's a bad combination.

[catch22]

We are 3rd nationally in positivity ranks and per 100 in hospital beds. White House Taskforce summary out today. https://twitter.com/l_e_whyte/status...352283138?s=20

So close to #1. Let's keep winning!

[Outhunder]

Oklahoma Standard

[PhiAlpha]

We are 3rd nationally in positivity ranks and per 100 in hospital beds. White House Taskforce summary out today. https://twitter.com/l_e_whyte/status...352283138?s=20

Well that’s better than being ranked 3rd nationally in negativity!!! Who wants that? No Debbie downers here!

[Pete]

2,307 new cases today; 7-day rolling average 2,017 (high was 3,318 on 11/26).

23 more reported deaths; 7-day rolling average 12.1. (high was 22.4 on 12/5).

Hospitalizations are 1,745 (+47); (high was 1,782 on 12/2).

ICU is 465 (-4); (high was 482 on 12/4).

[soonerguru]

Hopefully this isn't just a data glitch like occurred last week when we thought numbers were declining.

[oklip955]

Looking at the state dept of Health statistics right now there is only 3% of adult icu beds available in the state. That translates to 34. The other day when the % was at 3% there were only 33. Not a good time to have a major medical issue.

[Pete]

Hospitalizations and ICU levels are still very high and we likely haven't seen the full effect from college kids returning home and the Thanksgiving holiday in general.

[Libbymin]

I'm really hoping the post-Thanksgiving numbers end up not being as bad as feared, but I just don't think we're quite at the point where we're seeing that wave just. We'll probably start to see it later this week and into next week.

[Libbymin]

The Frontier
@readfrontier
Frustrated with recent news stories on the crisis facing hospitals, Gov. Kevin Stitt has asked state health care leaders to limit their criticism. | via @benfelder_okc




Kassie McClung
@KassieMcClung
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“On that call Stitt said if doctors didn’t stop “fearmongering” about capacity issues it could force him to impose a ban on elective surgeries, which would be a financial hardship for many hospitals.”

[David]

Holy crap.

For reference:
https://twitter.com/readfrontier/sta...96352659677192
https://twitter.com/KassieMcClung/st...96694604505088
https://www.readfrontier.org/stories...vid-19-crisis/

Last month, a frustrated Stitt called Jim Gebhart, president of Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City, about recent news reports featuring doctors at the hospital, according to two senior staff members at Mercy who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the phone call.

On that call Stitt said if doctors didn’t stop “fearmongering” about capacity issues it could force him to impose a ban on elective surgeries, which would be a financial hardship for many hospitals.

[Pete]

Fearmongering like telling the truth about what is going on in hospitals by people actually working on the front line instead of politicians creating spin to deflect criticism for their own inaction and purposely hiding reports from the White House task force?

It will be very interesting to see who runs against him when his current term is up.

[Pete]

BTW, I forget who called this when the news first broke about Stitt suddenly deciding to move the state health lab from OKC to Stillwater, but now he's actively seeking to privatize that facility.

[Libbymin]

Fearmongering like telling the truth about what is going on in hospitals by people actually working on the front line instead of politicians creating spin to deflect criticism for their own inaction and purposely hiding reports from the White House task force?

It will be very interesting to see who runs against him when his current term is up.

I think former State Rep. Ervin Yen has said he wants to run against him already.

[Bill Robertson]

Sorry for the oh woe is me but I'm feeling sorry for myself this week. I posted this on another board in a COVID discussion that is currently on a tangent of how it is really affecting you personally. Read or not. I feel better just writing it.

"My daughter took her family (her, husband, two kids of theirs and three of his) to California for a week over Thanksgiving. Saw lots of FB posts with lots of people. She's having a second birthday party for my grandson in a couple of weeks. I'm not going. I haven't even seen my granddaughter that's 6 months old at all, period. My daughter isn't happy with me. Her and I had a few years during her high school/college years that she wouldn't acknowledge my existence and I'm afraid I see that possibility again. But I've had this damn virus twice and the second time was worse than the first. The past month was one of off and on fever of around 100, (97.6 is normal for me) stomach and chest pains, having to stop and catch my breath just to stand up, waves of nausea, waves of hot flashes, the runs like I've never had before, blurred vision spells and twitching eyelids. Plus though probably brought upon myself, panic attacks not at all helped by all the reading I've done on the virus getting worse as the symptoms continue in some cases and often very quickly. This time the first symptoms were on Nov 10 and now on Dec 9 I'm celebrating 3 days without symptoms except for extreme exhaustion and a lesser version of the runs. Which I expect to live with for at least weeks based on the first time. If a third would be even worse I don't want to even imagine. So I'm not risking it, period.

[Bill Robertson]

OK, another oddball COVID related question. I just saw a brand new Clorox spray/wipes commercial. Commercial production and air time costs money. Stores can't get/keep Clorox spray/wipes as it is so why advertise? This thing is making the whole world go crazy!

[king183]

I think former State Rep. Ervin Yen has said he wants to run against him already.

He's a former State Senator and he's not very popular/well known. He lost his primary and likely would have lost the general election even if he had won his primary. He's not what we'd call "likeable," but he's definitely very intelligent and he's serious about health policy.