Covid-19 in OKC (coronavirus)

[Pete]

492 new cases today; 7-day rolling average 498.

No additional reported deaths but I believe the CDC doesn't report its numbers over the weekend.

[Bill Robertson]

I don't know what I'll set a threshold but at some point when it's been 2 weeks after my second shot and the 7 day average of new cases hits some number I'm going to venture out of have a beer from a tap. Something I haven't done in just about a year.

[kukblue1]

I get my second shot Tuesday and next weekend I'm planning on going to the supermarket for the first time in a year. I also have family visiting first week of April and we are going to go out and about. I'm not waiting until July 4th. I thought the shot protects you 95% from getting a severe infection. What was the whole point of getting the shot if your telling me I can't do things. I will still wear a mask when I go to the store and out to eat but I'm going to start doing more. There are always going to be cases and I guess it depends on how you want to look at it. 500 cases a day out of 3 million adults in Oklahoma is that high or low?

[Bill Robertson]

I get my second shot Tuesday and next weekend I'm planning on going to the supermarket for the first time in a year. I also have family visiting first week of April and we are going to go out and about. I'm not waiting until July 4th. I thought the shot protects you 95% from getting a severe infection. What was the whole point of getting the shot if your telling me I can't do things. I will still wear a mask when I go to the store and out to eat but I'm going to start doing more. There are always going to be cases and I guess it depends on how you want to look at it. 500 cases a day out of 3 million adults in Oklahoma is that high or low?

Just the other day you were predicting that the numbers were going to go back up.

[kukblue1]

Just the other day you were predicting that the numbers were going to go back up.

I said ". I wouldn't be surprised to see over 1,000 a few time in the next few weeks until more are vaccinated hope i'm wrong" Look at what is happening in France and Italy right now. I'm still going to protect myself but I am going to go out more than what I did now that i have both my shots. You said you don't know what your threshold is. That's fine but me personally I'm not going to worry about it since I'm vaccinated. I thought that was the whole point of getting the shot. So we can start getting back to normal. If we are going to be looking at covid case, which might always be around, are we ever gong to get back to normal? Not everyone is going to get vaccinated. Religious reasons, heath reasons, or just flat right out don't want to get it. I can't worry about those people. I have my covid shot it is proven to be 95% effective time to start living my life again .

[Pete]

310 new cases today; 7-day rolling average 519.

69 additional reported deaths.

Hospitalization numbers will be updated this evening.

[soonerguru]

Oh, my.

I'm 60 and have a sister that is 67 and another that is 64. 2 younger sisters are 59 and 56.

We've all escaped this thing thus far. We didn't even get together for Thanksgiving or Christmas, which I always host. We literally didn't see each other at all.

I've been scared to death for myself and them. We are so close to getting through this but we can't let our guard down yet.

Please keep us posted on your brother.

My wife's coworker lost his wife to Covid-19 days before she was scheduled to get a shot. She was 49 with no comorbidities and she was not obese. It's just tragic that we are losing so many a day right now with the vaccine widely available.

I receive my second Pfizer dose tonight. Last week I made the mistake of visiting a few clients in Enid. Not a single one of them wore a mask. In fact, the only people in the entire county I saw wearing masks worked at Chik-Fil-A.

Fortunately, every client I met with had had the virus within the previous three months.

Enid is not going to win many awards for intelligence.

[d-usa]

This question:

IThat's fine but me personally I'm not going to worry about it since I'm vaccinated. I thought that was the whole point of getting the shot.

Is answered by this:

Not everyone is going to get vaccinated. Religious reasons, heath reasons, or just flat right out don't want to get it.

We know how good the vaccines are at preventing serious disease, but we also know that people with the vaccine can still get sick. The question we don't have a good answer for is "do vaccinated people who are exposed still spread the disease".

So getting vaccinated is great. It protects you and has a great track record at keeping severe disease away, prevent hospitalization, and prevent deaths. Fewer people in the hospital also means that our health systems are not burdened as much and that they can focus their resources better. It also means that some of the more routine hospital procedures can slowly start back up.

We also don't have a good way of figuring out if the person walking around without a mask is just another COVIDiot or someone vaccinated.

So we still wear masks, and we still practice social distancing, even once we are vaccinated. To protect those who haven't been vaccinated, and especially those who cannot be vaccinated. Until we reach herd immunity levels, we still have to protect everybody even if our own protection has been enhanced.

I can't worry about those people. I have my covid shot it is proven to be 95% effective time to start living my life again .

"**** you, I got mine", am I right?

But that's really what we should expect. That's the motto of the American Way(tm) and that's the reason why the US has as many deaths as we do. I don't have any sympathy for selfish assholes anymore.

[Canoe]

Enid is not going to win many awards for intelligence.

Let's try to avoid running down an entire city based on one day of your lived experience.

[Pete]

There was a recent article with data that showed people in rural Oklahoma have been hit harder by Covid-19 than their urban counterparts.

Again, you can be guaranteed that is due to the difference in politics and thus the tendency for people in smaller tons to not wear masks, not be careful, etc. In fact, I'm not sure how many towns outside of the OKC and Tulsa areas ever mandated masks.

[jccouger]

There was a recent article with data that showed people in rural Oklahoma have been hit harder by Covid-19 than their urban counterparts.

Again, you can be guaranteed that is due to the difference in politics and thus the tendency for people in smaller tons to not wear masks, not be careful, etc. In fact, I'm not sure how many towns outside of the OKC and Tulsa areas ever mandated masks.

I'd love to see that article, if you can remember where you saw it.

Also, our daily death numbers don't make any sense to me. I know deaths have always lagged by a couple weeks but with our case numbers being down for a while I don't see how we had 69 deaths.

[Rover]

Non hepa filters rated MERV-13 can catch most viruses, but are more expensive.

Let's try to avoid running down an entire city based on one day of your lived experience.

So, how has your experience with Enid's city leaders led you to a different conclusion? I believe that they and most rural towns in OK have been completely absent of following good health guidelines on covid. They are the reddest of red. They may be intelligent, but still can be ignorant.

[Bill Robertson]

I'd love to see that article, if you can remember where you saw it.

Also, our daily death numbers don't make any sense to me. I know deaths have always lagged by a couple weeks but with our case numbers being down for a while I don't see how we had 69 deaths.

As Pete said, death stats went out the window as far as watching trends when OSDH went to reporting CDC numbers.

[Pete]

^

There were zero deaths reported the 2 days prior. Those numbers are completely messed up as the state works towards reconciling with the CDC data.



This is the article I referenced:

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news...es/4663471001/

[jccouger]

^

There were zero deaths reported the 2 days prior. Those numbers are completely messed up as the state works towards reconciling with the CDC data.



This is the article I referenced:

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news...es/4663471001/

Total joke that that article tries to completely paint the disparity in deaths as a health & resources issue, and doesn't touch on probably the biggest factor which was their behavior & total lack of respect for the seriousness of the disease.

Just sucks that metro hospitals were stressed so thin due to their carelessness.

[Pete]

^

It does mention that several rural counties had much higher infection rates even though the population is incredibly spread out.

They aren't going to come out and say it's due to those rural areas strongly believing in crazy disinformation due to their overwhelming political leanings. But of course, that is the reason.

[kukblue1]

https://www.news9.com/story/604a3a1b...VHivMm5qjRp4FQ So excuse me for waiting to do more when I get my second shot. Will I still wear a mask yes but I'm going back to living. Out to eat, concerts, casino, shopping here I come.

[dankrutka]

https://www.news9.com/story/604a3a1b...VHivMm5qjRp4FQ So excuse me for waiting to do more when I get my second shot. Will I still wear a mask yes but I'm going back to living. Out to eat, concerts, casino, shopping here I come.

No one is mad that you want to do more. Everyone does. Your tone just doesn't come off great. However, you said you'll still wear your mask and that's great! In fact, people need to know that once you're vaccinated that you can start doing things again!

[kukblue1]

No one is mad that you want to do more. Everyone does. Your tone just doesn't come off great. However, you said you'll still wear your mask and that's great! In fact, people need to know that once you're vaccinated that you can start doing things again!

https://www.khon2.com/coronavirus/do...-for-covid-19/

I have been wearing a mask since day one and truthfully next winter flu season I might wear one than also. They sale covid vaccine bracelets https://www.amazon.com/Vaccinated-Si.../dp/B08SKSCJ8Q thinking of getting one. Has anyone seen anyone wearing one yet?

[Pete]

232 new cases today; 7-day rolling average 513

13 additional reported deaths; 7-day rolling average 37.3

Hospitalizations are 266 (+13).

ICU is 83 (+12).

[oklip955]

Not good seeing the hospital numbers go up after going down.

[Bill Robertson]

Not good seeing the hospital numbers go up after going down.

Cases have had a couple small up ticks. I would expect the other data will too.

[Pete]

Bars and restaurants have been packed and a very small percentage of the population has been fully vaccinated.

I would expect cases and everything else to start creeping up a bit.

[Bill Robertson]

Two things:
262 new cases today with almost 16,000 test results reported! Very good ratio.

I called my fire extinguisher inspector for our annual and he said they're behind because the wife of the field inspector had a double lung transplant 7 years ago and contracted COVID a couple months ago. She went quickly. DAMN!!!!!

[FighttheGoodFight]

Looks like Oklahoma will start putting some information into a weekly report instead of daily.

What is still daily: Daily cases, hospitalizations and CDC deaths will still be available, along with the 7-day case average.

Full reports will be out every Wednesday.

https://twitter.com/CathJSweeney/sta...145063940?s=20