Covid-19 in OKC (coronavirus)

[Bill Robertson]

Just left Sean's liquor on NW Exp. Still has mask required signs and out of about 10 people only one guy wasn't wearing one. Didn't check signage at Petco or Aldi but almost everyone I saw was wearing a mask in those too.

[DowntownMan]

Just left Sean's liquor on NW Exp. Still has mask required signs and out of about 10 people only one guy wasn't wearing one. Didn't check signage at Petco or Aldi but almost everyone I saw was wearing a mask in those too.

So it sounds like in general the population will follow the rules of the business. As it was before it ended there are some who are just unruly and gather attention.

Probably store where it wasn’t enforced to begin with have signs down so not much different than before. And then stores who have signs up have a high compliance. I’d like to think most people are decent and will follow the rules but like I said the ones who don’t always gather more attention

[Jeepnokc]

As a side note, that is one of their newest stores and it was disgusting. Trash all over the parking lot, disgusting, dirty floors that made your feet stick, beyond filthy restroom. One of my very few 7-11 visits in quite a while and I will do everything in my power to not go back.

I stopped at the 7/11 at SW 44th and May last week in the morning. It was spotless. So much to the point that I mentioned it to the cashier because usually....7/11's aren't clean.

[Thomas Vu]

At Stitch the signs were down, but the employees wore masks. The group in front of me didn't wear masks, but outside of that everybody was either at a table or had a mask on.

At domenico, the sign was up. Employees wore masks, and most customers did. If they didn't I wasn't sure if they wore masks, decided to eat outside, forgot something and came back or not.

Stopped by the gym late at night. Everybody was masked, granted it wasn't worn correctly.

Chick n Beer the signage was still up. Employees had masks on, and the people I saw coming in had masks on.

Sat around at VZD's and it was pretty much like old times.

[Pete]

Sam's on 39th still has their sign up and pretty much everyone was wearing masks including the employees.

[TheTravellers]

Homeland on 18th/Classen was good, signs up and everybody (employees and customers) were masked, arrows still on floors.

[dankrutka]

Have you tried running or bicycling outside? The weather is very nice this time of year.

I have never considered this. Does it require a membership?

Yes, I’ve worked out outside almost everyday for over a year. There are things I prefer to do in a gym and it has brought me a lot of joy being able to do so again. I appreciate that I have access to a gym that does things about as safe as possible. I personally won’t support any business that isn’t at least trying. Employees wearing masks is a non-negotiable for me. But, I wouldn’t attend an indoor gym that did not require masks for everyone. It’s pretty much a worst case setting during a respiratory pandemic.

[Bill Robertson]

Since about April 1 I've been able to see mom. But with an appointment and being screened by a staff member and only entering by the main entrance. Starting tomorrow we will be issued a card and with it we can come and go as we please.

[TheTravellers]

Since about April 1 I've been able to see mom. But with an appointment and being screened by a staff member and only entering by the main entrance. Starting tomorrow we will be issued a card and with it we can come and go as we please.

Nice, glad you're getting more accessibility. My mom had to go to a physical therapy rehab for about 10 days recently, we were able to walk in w/o an appt., sign in, get our temps taken and meet with her in a visiting room, so things are definitely loosening up.

[Canoe]

It’s pretty much a worst case setting during a respiratory pandemic.

Correct.

[David]

Belle Isle Walmart over the weekend also still had the big corporate banners up and good mask compliance for employees and customers, at least from what I saw.

[Pete]

567 new cases for the 3-day period (last 3 Mondays: 728, 787, 968); 7-day rolling average 228 the lowest since 6/17/20.

35 additional reported deaths for the 3-day period; 7-day rolling average 9.9.

Hospitalizations as of Friday were 182 (-4).

ICU on Friday was 48 (-10).


Numbers continue to look good and trend downward.

[Bill Robertson]

Let's hope they stay that way!
Nationally the 7 day average for new cases per 100k people has dropped from 151 about 3 weeks ago to 105 today. Hair over 30% drop.

[OKCRT]

Let's hope they stay that way!
Nationally the 7 day average for new cases per 100k people has dropped from 151 about 3 weeks ago to 105 today. Hair over 30% drop.

I just heard on the news that they say it will take 80% of the population to get vaccinated for herd immunity. Does anyone see them reaching those numbers?

[PoliSciGuy]

Reminder that herd immunity is local. Also, you need to include the already-infected into those calculations for "immune" population. There is some overlap of course between already infected and vaccinated folks, and we don't know to what extent, but I wouldn't be surprised if some areas here in the US hit that 80% threshold. Here in OK I'm a bit more skeptical. *Maybe* OKC/Edmond and other educated areas, and some tribal areas might hit it too, but other areas won't.

In other words (https://twitter.com/GDNPearson/statu...965180747778):

What herd immunity means is that if cases are introduced from outside they will eventually die out rather than grow exponentially. So small clusters can develop but won’t grow out of control.

[Bill Robertson]

I just heard on the news that they say it will take 80% of the population to get vaccinated for herd immunity. Does anyone see them reaching those numbers?

Not anywhere near by vaccinations. And even adding the unknown number of people that have had the virus possibly not even close. But something's going right. Nationally the numbers are dropping pretty rapidly. And this is with so much talk of so many areas having the much more contagious variants spreading. Which makes dropping numbers even better. Maybe, and I'm only saying maybe not suggesting fact, we're seeing in the US what 30ish percent completely immunized plus those with natural antibodies can cause vs. single digit immunizations like in India. If so I'm happy with where we are.

[Pete]

While the vaccines are likely to last around a year, they will still need boosters. It going to be a lot like the flu in that regard.

So it's very hard to count people who had Covid-19 but will not take the vaccine (and you would think many who had the disease were doubters in the first place and thus less careful) as part of the herd. 1) No one knows how long they will be protected from reinfection (likely a shorter period than those vaccinated); and 2) if they won't take the shot now, it's doubtful they will down the road; so 3) if originally counted in herd immunity that will fade as we get down the line.


I'll bet dollars to donuts that Oklahoma when compared to other states ends up on the very high end of infections in future years; precisely because we have a larger percentage of those refusing the shot when compared to other places. And I bet we'll start to see that next fall/winter.

[Bill Robertson]

I can't seem to link it but the KFOR app has a new story about how with the lowering vaccination rate plus the unknown number and duration of natural antibodies indicate that COVID will never go away. But that it will hopefully be a controlled virus. Also it says that Dr Fauci has stopped using the term herd immunity and just hopes for lowered hospitalizations and deaths.

[Pete]

Nobody expects it to go away but I guarantee it will turn into a much bigger problem in Oklahoma as compared to other states because so many people here are refusing to get vaccinated.

[SouthOfTheVillage]

Nobody expects it to go away but I guarantee it will turn into a much bigger problem in Oklahoma as compared to other states because so many people here are refusing to get vaccinated.

A lot of those people will eventually come around.
Plus, the antibodies are fairly durable.
Powerful combination with the vaccines.

[Mott]

While the vaccines are likely to last around a year, they will still need boosters. It going to be a lot like the flu in that regard.
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So it's very hard to count people who had Covid-19 but will not take the vaccine (and you would think many who had the disease were doubters in the first place and thus less careful) as part of the herd. 1) No one knows how long they will be protected from reinfection (likely a shorter period than those vaccinated); and 2) if they won't take the shot now, it's doubtful they will down the road; so 3) if originally counted in herd immunity that will fade as we get down the line.


I'll bet dollars to donuts that Oklahoma when compared to other states ends up on the very high end of infections in future years; precisely because we have a larger percentage of those refusing the shot when compared to other places. And I bet we'll start to see that next fall/winter.

What a modern scientific miracle too have these vaccines, and not use them for everybody’s benefit. Like stop lights, nobody would run a red light, or would they?

[dankrutka]

A lot of those people will eventually come around.
Plus, the antibodies are fairly durable.
Powerful combination with the vaccines.

Recent studies of SARS and MARS—probably the most comparable to COVID-19—showed antibodies lasting up to 17 and 6+ years respectively. I don't know how to interpret those in relation to annual COVID-19 vaccines or how similar they'll be, but it could mean that there will be more immunity lingering even for those who don't follow up with boosters. Still a lot of unknowns.

[kukblue1]

Well the Riverstar casino in Terral Ok was doing no social distancing at all. Kiowa casino on the other had was doing temperature checks, non smoking, dividers between the machines or every other machine shut off. Also actually saw someone wiping down the slot machines also. Masking was much better at Kiowa also. Riverstar not so much as they allowed smoking and was pretty packed. Home Depot in Wichita Falls was mostly masked also. Just to give you an idea of what's going on in far southern Oklahoma/Texas

[Bill Robertson]

Recent studies of SARS and MARS—probably the most comparable to COVID-19—showed antibodies lasting up to 17 and 6+ years respectively. I don't know how to interpret those in relation to annual COVID-19 vaccines or how similar they'll be, but it could mean that there will be more immunity lingering even for those who don't follow up with boosters. Still a lot of unknowns.

I hope they last a long time. I wonder what made those antibodies last so long. So many studies of COVID-19 show natural antibodies lasting 3, 4, 5 months. And both times I had antibodies 4 months was right on the nose.

[Pete]

142 new cases today (last 3 Tuesdays: 115, 75, 109); 7-day rolling average 232.

3 additional reported deaths; 7-day rolling average 10.1.

Hospitalizations are 186 (+6).

ICU is 51 (+1).