Covid-19 in OKC (coronavirus)

[HangryHippo]

Politics

Where?

[king183]

Could you imagine the outrage if this were a visible, tangible threat. While the numbers are real, it does not have the magnitude of for example a Greyhound bus with 43 people on it crashing off a bridge every day killing everyone on board.

Why won't people take this seriously? My social media feeds are vastly different with my friends back in Oklahoma, versus here in Colorado. Seems like party-cental in Oklahoma while everyone on my feed here ks a little more restrained. The occasional get together but very limited to how many people, and usually at a residence and not a bar.

I think that really says more about your friends (not in a judgmental way). My feed of friends in Oklahoma is filled with people who haven't been out partying, eating, or doing much of anything and are expressing the anxiousness to get the vaccine and return to normal. Same for my friends in Colorado, California, and Texas.

[FighttheGoodFight]

If anyone is interested there is now a site for the WH reports that were previously hidden so you can enjoy them!

https://beta.healthdata.gov/Communit...homa/w3en-az48

[David]

Stitt thinking he could just keep those reports hidden away from the public has worked about as well as pretty much all of his other plans.

[d-usa]

But now they are Biden reports and can be ignored without political consequences.

[Canoe]

2,686 new cases today; 7-day rolling average 2,679.

65 (!) additional reported deaths, a single-day high. 7-day rolling average is 43.3, an all-time high.

Under the new reporting protocol, hospitalizations continue to go down: 1,322 (-132).

ICU is similar, 368 (-42).

These numbers seem to point to an increase in the leathality of the virus. Or maybe less people are getting tested in the last few weeks? Something odd is happening with the numbers. Has anyone seen an explanation?

[Pete]

I think that really says more about your friends (not in a judgmental way). My feed of friends in Oklahoma is filled with people who haven't been out partying, eating, or doing much of anything and are expressing the anxiousness to get the vaccine and return to normal. Same for my friends in Colorado, California, and Texas.

He has younger friends, that's probably why.

But I have all ages and just today found out my best friend's wife (59) contracted Covid. And it's zero surprise because neither one of them are the least bit careful and I've avoided them both to a large extent. I am having minor surgery next week and so I'll be tested soon and hopefully they did not pass it on to me.

And of course it's 100% political. People on the right listen to leaders and talking heads that have done everything in their power to minimize this entire situation and the political leanings of anyone almost completely dictates how seriously they take Covid-19; all types of research confirms this.

[FighttheGoodFight]

These numbers seem to point to an increase in the leathality of the virus. Or maybe less people are getting tested in the last few weeks? Something odd is happening with the numbers. Has anyone seen an explanation?

It is about a month after Christmas. The spike usually takes about 3 weeks until the deaths come. Death has always been a lagging indicator.

[TheTravellers]

Politics

And low levels of education/science knowledge.

[TheTravellers]

What Frustrates Nurses The Most Right Now In The COVID-19 Pandemic

[catch22]

He has younger friends, that's probably why.

But I have all ages and just today found out my best friend's wife (59) contracted Covid. And it's zero surprise because neither one of them are the least bit careful and I've avoided them both to a large extent. I am having minor surgery next week and so I'll be tested soon and hopefully they did not pass it on to me.

And of course it's 100% political. People on the right listen to leaders and talking heads that have done everything in their power to minimize this entire situation and the political leanings of anyone almost completely dictates how seriously they take Covid-19; all types of research confirms this.

I admit my example is 100% anecdotal, as my friends in Oklahoma tend to be younger, while my friends in Colorado are slightly older than me. But, to your point it seems age isn't the prime factor in people ignoring guidelines - blatantly.

[securityinfo]

Our genius Governor is trying to sell back the $2M worth of Hydroxycloriquine he bought.

https://www.readfrontier.org/stories...xychloroquine/

In April, Gov. Kevin Stitt, who ordered the hydroxychloroquine purchase, defended it by saying that while it may not be a useful treatment for the coronavirus, the drug had multiple other uses and “that money will not have gone to waste in any respect.”

But nearly a year later the state is trying to offload the drug back to its original supplier, California-based FFF Enterprises, Inc, a private pharmaceutical wholesaler.

Maybe he can give it out the the state employees in lieu of pay.

[Bill Robertson]

These numbers seem to point to an increase in the leathality of the virus. Or maybe less people are getting tested in the last few weeks? Something odd is happening with the numbers. Has anyone seen an explanation?

That's impossible to say. In the release it says these deaths go back as far as Dec 14. 26 of the deaths reported today happened before Jan 20. I don't know how anyone could make sense of any death trends when there's such a range of time for deaths reported daily.

[king183]

These numbers seem to point to an increase in the leathality of the virus. Or maybe less people are getting tested in the last few weeks? Something odd is happening with the numbers. Has anyone seen an explanation?

As Bill noted, we can't draw that conclusion or much of any conclusion because the death data comes out with a substantial lag and is not even released on a "per day" basis. That is, you could have deaths that occurred on 11/15, 12/19, 1/3, and 1/14 all released on the same day. Thus, it's not correlated to the case counts that are reported each day. At some point, when we have access to the full datasets, we'll be able to match date of death to the full range of data and draw some interesting conclusions.

[Pete]

2,320 new cases today; 7-day rolling average 2,626.

35 additional reported deaths; 7-day rolling average 40.4.

Hospitlaizations are 1,250 (-72).

ICU is 341 (-27).

[PoliSciGuy]

Seems to have plateaued a bit, and at a higher level than when this peak started. Not great. Hopefully we can get declining again before B.117 becomes dominant in the next six weeks or so.

[Bunty]

What Frustrates Nurses The Most Right Now In The COVID-19 Pandemic

I think COVID-19 still has a reputation for not being a very serious illness for most people. My 62 old friend had it and was back to work in little more than a week. Still, to me it would be a drag to be sick for that long. She thought the worst part of it was having headaches. Besides that, I don't want to take a chance with being long hauler. That would really be a drag.

[FighttheGoodFight]

16% positive rate is still pretty high but deaths are starting to now go back down a little bit. 7.6% of Oklahomans have gotten the vaccine so far. All good things.

[soonerguru]

Could you imagine the outrage if this were a visible, tangible threat. While the numbers are real, it does not have the magnitude of for example a Greyhound bus with 43 people on it crashing off a bridge every day killing everyone on board.

Why won't people take this seriously? My social media feeds are vastly different with my friends back in Oklahoma, versus here in Colorado. Seems like party-cental in Oklahoma while everyone on my feed here ks a little more restrained. The occasional get together but very limited to how many people, and usually at a residence and not a bar.

Gotta be honest: my friends aren't doing that. If they were, they probably wouldn't really be considered "friends," because they would be dumb a-holes.

Not surprising that Colorado is doing marginally better in your perception, because Oklahoma is a seriously dumb state led by tragically dumb people.

[Pete]

2,787 new cases today; 7-day rolling average 2,604.

48 additional deaths; 7-day rolling average 40.6.

Hospitalizations are 1,247 (-3).

ICU is 352 (+11).

[Bill Robertson]

Hospitalizations, total done the old way, are the lowest since Thanksgiving.

[Pete]

2,373 new cases today; 7-day rolling average 2,349 the lowest since before Thanksgiving.

33 additional reported deaths; 7-day rolling average now 39.0.

Hospitalizations are 1,184 (-63).

ICU is 345 (-7).

[TheTravellers]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-f...b622df90f3ecc1

Yay.

[DowntownMan]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-f...b622df90f3ecc1

Yay.

I don’t get why this is such a big deal. Weren’t all of these places already requiring this? I guess this just makes it easier to enforce but I assume 99% already complied on planes and such. I mean the airlines were pretty strict about it right?

[catch22]

I don’t get why this is such a big deal. Weren’t all of these places already requiring this? I guess this just makes it easier to enforce but I assume 99% already complied on planes and such. I mean the airlines were pretty strict about it right?

Yes, but it is much easier for the airline to say "in accordance with federal regulations" than "in accordance with company policy". It moves the argument to "you will get in trouble for not complying, and we will get in trouble for not enforcing your compliance".