Covid-19 in OKC (coronavirus)

[dankrutka]

BTW, today is 2 weeks since my 2nd vax so I am as protected as I'll ever be. I plan to actually go out this weekend for the first time in a long time.

Congrats, Pete! I know this has been a tough year for you due to the isolation so I hope you're able to get back out there!

I got my second shot on Monday morning from the Chickasaw Nation. I had a very mild fever, some aches, and drowsiness, but I was pretty much good about 24 hours afterward. While I know my immunity is already pretty high per recent studies, I am still looking forward to that 2-weeks-after-2nd-shot as a personal milestone soon. It's going to be interesting to see how my social behaviors change because I've really developed a lot of habits toward COVID safety that I think are likely to endure (and are probably still a good idea). For example, I think I will continue to preferring restaurants/coffee shops with outdoor patios. I just can't see myself eating/drinking at indoor places with poor ventilation both out of habit and principle anytime soon even though it's likely safe for me, but we'll see...

[Pete]

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It's funny because even though I am pretty much protected, I too am not anxious to dive right back into going out all the time.

Part of that is wanting a healthier lifestyle, and I've become very used to cooking all my meals.


I do miss my family and friends, so I'll be seeing more of them very soon and that's the biggest thing to me.

[Bill Robertson]

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We've also decided to try and stick to a healthier lifestyle. So not going out nearly as much as we did which was 4 or 5 nights a week. Sometimes every night.
It's also been nice to have money since we're not spending all of it at restaurants.

[TheTravellers]

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Part of that is wanting a healthier lifestyle, and I've become very used to cooking all my meals....

We have too, but man, we're so sick of it. Some of that is we're not cooking easy stuff all the time, we do things from Milk Street, Cook's Country, Martha Stewart, which are sometimes worth the PITA they are during the cooking, but not always (the feeling you get when you take 10 minutes to eat a meal that took an hour to prepare and just go "Meh". We only used to go out once or twice a week, but we'll probably be doing more than that come 5/1 just so we don't have to cook as much.

[Pete]

1,764 new cases today (this includes a bunch of cases from months ago); 7-day rolling average 506.

28 additional reported deaths; 7-day rolling average 17.3.

Hospitalizations are 207 (-18).

ICU is unchanged at 56.

[DowntownMan]

1,764 new cases today (this includes a bunch of cases from months ago); 7-day rolling average 506.

28 additional reported deaths; 7-day rolling average 17.3.

Hospitalizations are 207 (-18).

ICU is unchanged at 56.

Looks like our 7 day average is 306 if you take out the 1300 cases that were from the past

[Pete]

Looks like our 7 day average is 306 if you take out the 1300 cases that were from the past

That info may be included elsewhere as I always go off the email blasts.


Was glad to see the hospitalizations go down. Hopefully we won't see an uptick due to spring break and people generally behaving like this is completely behind us.

[DowntownMan]

That info may be included elsewhere as I always go off the email blasts.


Was glad to see the hospitalizations go down. Hopefully we won't see an uptick due to spring break and people generally behaving like this is completely behind us.

I found the numbers in their situational report

“ Today we are adding approximately 1,300 previously unreported cases and 1,716 unreported deaths to the dashboard. As a result, cases for today will appear artificially high. Learn more: https://go.usa.gov/xHYYM.
As of this advisory, there are 441,906 cases (+1,764) of COVID-19 in Oklahoma.
506 is today's 7-day rolling average for the number of new cases reported.
306 is today's 7-day rolling average without the previous unreported cases.”

[Bill Robertson]

When they have oddball numbers added in like this why can't they just add them to the overall total with an explanation but leave the daily number as it would normally be. Oh wait, that would be too easy!

[Bunty]

The simple truth is that if you aren't tech-savvy, knowledgeable about all the various sites that have appointment information, and aren't diligent about constantly checking all of them for availability, this is not an easy process.

And even if you do all those things, you still may have to drive a good distance.


If you are an active user on this site, this all seems second nature but there are a lot of people -- mainly poor and/or older -- who face significant barriers.


BTW, today is 2 weeks since my 2nd vax so I am as protected as I'll ever be. I plan to actually go out this weekend for the first time in a long time.

Assuming it's accurate and for no other reasons, the uneven distribution of vaccines is a factor as shown here. Don't understand why much smaller population centers should get many more.

160 appointments at 1st Dose - Guthrie - Logan County Fairgrounds
12 at Pfizer - Stillwater - Payne County Health Department

Also the Guthrie Super Wal-Mart has many more appointments than any of the ones in Stillwater, any which may be out of stock.

[DowntownMan]

Assuming it's accurate and for no other reasons, the uneven distribution of vaccines is a factor as shown here. Don't understand why much smaller population centers should get many more.

160 appointments at 1st Dose - Guthrie - Logan County Fairgrounds
12 at Pfizer - Stillwater - Payne County Health Department

Also the Guthrie Super Wal-Mart has many more appointments than any of the ones in Stillwater, any which may be out of stock.

This could be related to how the vaccines come and how many at packaged together as a lot. They might want to split them up into smaller amounts therefore to get Guthrie any, they get a full lot which might be in excess of need where as Stillwater would utilize their entire lot
I believe I read something about that a few weeks back

[Snowman]

This could be related to how the vaccines come and how many at packaged together as a lot. They might want to split them up into smaller amounts therefore to get Guthrie any, they get a full lot which might be in excess of need where as Stillwater would utilize their entire lot
I believe I read something about that a few weeks back

I kind suspect a bigger factor might be ease of access to personnel from outside areas before vaccines logistics. I am a bit surprised they are even bothering with Pfizer in Stillwater, given Moderna has a much more mild temp could be transported at.

For medical personal already living in Edmond, Guthrie would still be in a range most people commute to a daily job, while it is not unheard of for people to cover the distance to Stillwater, way less people are willing to do so. So for business or organizations in Guthrie, they are probably going to have a easier time either hiring or getting volunteers to work a temporary job for a few months than Stillwater.

[d-usa]

Pfizer is packaged in cases that hold a large number of doses, and once you really open them to separate them out the clock on them going bad starts ticking. You pretty much have to allocate the entire case to one place to be efficient.

[Bill Robertson]

I think the next 3 or 4 days of new case numbers will be interesting. Hopefully low and interesting. Last July the peak in 7 day average probably caused by July 4 happened starting 13 days after the 4th then started dropping 18 days after the 4th. Spring break ended 18 days ago so that should put at the end of that window with no peak so far. Yes, yesterday was up a little even with the 1300 subtracted. But the next few days should tell.

[Pete]

483 new cases today; 7-day rolling average very high due to yesterday's catch-up dump: 516.

29 additional reported deaths; 7-day rolling average 17.9.

Hospitalizations are 204 (-3).

ICU is 53 (-3).

[Midtowner]

I’m only really interested in what Epidemiologists have to say about pandemics.

He used a model developed by epidemiologists.

Here's some light reading.

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news...id/7108141002/

[Bill Robertson]

He used a model developed by epidemiologists.

Here's some light reading.

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news...id/7108141002/

The link opens a story about a medicaid bill.

[Midtowner]

The link opens a story about a medicaid bill.

My mistake.

https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content...conf-draft.pdf

I'm not an epidemiologist or an economist, but it would appear on the face of the paper that this is worth a read.

It makes some conclusions which include the rebuilding of our worldwide disease detection network, and learning our lessons from COVID. As costly as this thing has been, I hope we learned our lesson.

[Pete]

Mayor Holt said today that they do not have the votes to end the mask ordinance early, so it will almost certainly last until April 30th, then expire.

Doesn't sound like there would be enough support to continue it past the end of this month.


Will be very interesting to see what individual business choose to do after that point. I suspect most won't require masks.

[Bill Robertson]

I also suspect very few businesses will require masks. I'll just feel out of place for awhile wearing mine. But hell, I've felt out of place a lot in my life.

[Canoe]

I do miss my family and friends, so I'll be seeing more of them very soon and that's the biggest thing to me.

The biggest difference between this coronavirus saga and say a war effort like WWII is the virus drove us apart from each other, while the war pulled us together on the home front.

[Rover]

The biggest difference between this coronavirus saga and say a war effort like WWII is the virus drove us apart from each other, while the war pulled us together on the home front.

Yeah, this is more like the Vietnam War.

[Bill Robertson]

Yeah, this is more like the Vietnam War.

And I'm afraid another war, even one like WW2, would divide us even more. Togetherness and patriotism don't exist like they did then. Now it's all about "me, me, me". Also way too much bad information would be spread about the war just like it is for the virus.

[catcherinthewry]

The biggest difference between this coronavirus saga and say a war effort like WWII is the virus drove us apart from each other, while the war pulled us together on the home front.

True. I just didn't think that it would be the sitting President that would be the one driving the wedge in between us.

[Canoe]

True. I just didn't think that it would be the sitting President that would be the one driving the wedge in between us.

Sure, there is the political stuff, but this virus had/has old people like Pete's age and older sitting in thier house and avoiding friends and family for a year. That sort environment physically isolates us. The politics just made/is making a bad situation worst.