Covid-19 in OKC (coronavirus)

[Bunty]

This is the beginning of a spike.

Perish the thought. Unvaccinated people better quit taking seriously the fool hardy nonsense and hysteria going on the Internet against taking the COVID-19 vaccine and get vaccinated. If you have taken the flu vaccine before without major issue, it will likely be little different from taking a COVID-19 vaccine. To not be vaccinated would be a drag to come down sick with covid and possibly lose your sense of smell for months on end. There are other possible undesirable long term effects you wouldn't want from having COVID-19. Why take a chance that it will only be a brief and mild illness unless you have health conditions that makes your doctor advises, otherwise?

[kukblue1]

I get the hesitancy. It is an unknow vaccine. People are not sure about it and all that. However with that being said it's now what 7 months since we really started to vaccinate people and no one is dropping dead from it. Also 99% of the people that are currently dying from Covid are unvaccinated. So at the start of all this I got it why people didn't want it but at what point, now after 7 months heck even over a year for some cause of trials, will people decide to get the shot. Probably never SMH

[Edmond Hausfrau]

Because football, basketball and concerts are more important than stopping the spread of covid. It's sad that it would really take OU / OSU football, the thunder and concerts to encourage people to get vaccinated.

Throw in a free game ticket to any of those events and vaccine rate would improve.

[Pete]

The state universities aren't even requiring their own students to be vaccinated, let alone spectators at a sporting event.

[king183]

I get the hesitancy. It is an unknow vaccine. People are not sure about it and all that. However with that being said it's now what 7 months since we really started to vaccinate people and no one is dropping dead from it. Also 99% of the people that are currently dying from Covid are unvaccinated. So at the start of all this I got it why people didn't want it but at what point, now after 7 months heck even over a year for some cause of trials, will people decide to get the shot. Probably never SMH

It is NOT an unknown vaccine. I wish people would stop repeating this nonsense. It went through rigorous clinical trials and is based off an established, proven platform.

[HangryHippo]

It is NOT an unknown vaccine. I wish people would stop repeating this nonsense. It went through rigorous clinical trials and is based off an established, proven platform.

This.

[TheTravellers]

Throw in a free game ticket to any of those events and vaccine rate would improve.

So which is better - bribing someone to get a vaccine they should get anyway if they're a decent human being (and not one of the few that truly can't get vaccinated for a valid medical reason), or denying someone access to something they want so they'll get a vaccine they should get anyway if they're a decent human being to get that access?

[Canoe]

Nevermind.

[Ginkasa]

So which is better - bribing someone to get a vaccine they should get anyway if they're a decent human being (and not one of the few that truly can't get vaccinated for a valid medical reason), or denying someone access to something they want so they'll get a vaccine they should get anyway if they're a decent human being to get that access?

People will respond better to "getting someting" for "doing something" rather than "losing something" for "not doing something". I get the catharsis behind "punishing" people who refused to get vaccinated, but at this point its a logistic problem. Rather than forcing arbitrary consequences on people, we need to get shots in arms in order to avoid the real consequences on society.

[Edmond Hausfrau]

People will respond better to "getting someting" for "doing something" rather than "losing something" for "not doing something". I get the catharsis behind "punishing" people who refused to get vaccinated, but at this point its a logistic problem. Rather than forcing arbitrary consequences on people, we need to get shots in arms in order to avoid the real consequences on society.

100% this. Reward people for the behavior you want to see. Ignore the behaviors you want to extinguish.

[David]

Do tell. Share with us the number and what after affects were experienced.

With specific, medical doctor confirmed details.

[BDP]

Does the COVID-19 Vaccine Affect Fertility? Here’s What the Experts Say

MU Health Care family medicine doctor Laura Morris, MD, has heard it so many times, she doesn’t even wait for her patients to bring it up.

“I proactively address this rumor with my patients of reproductive age who have not been vaccinated,” said Morris, who treats pregnant women and delivers babies as part of her practice. “There is no plausible reason — no medical or scientific mechanism — for this vaccine to interact with a woman’s reproductive organs or have any interaction with an egg that’s been released or fertilized.”

In fact, if someone is planning on getting pregnant, it's actually recommended they get the vaccine, because:

Although the overall risk of severe illness is low, pregnant and recently pregnant people are at an increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19 when compared with non-pregnant people. Severe illness includes illness that requires hospitalization, intensive care, or a ventilator or special equipment to breathe, or illness that results in death. Additionally, pregnant people with COVID-19 are at increased risk of preterm birth and might be at increased risk of other adverse pregnancy outcomes compared with pregnant women without COVID-19.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...pregnancy.html

So, if someone is doing risk assessment in context of fertility, they should get the vaccine. And maybe cut down on their use of plastics.

[jedicurt]

Does the COVID-19 Vaccine Affect Fertility? Here’s What the Experts Say



In fact, if someone is planning on getting pregnant, it's actually recommended they get the vaccine, because:



https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...pregnancy.html

So, if someone is doing risk assessment in context of fertility, they should get the vaccine. And maybe cut down on their use of plastics.

here is an AP story that sums it up pretty well aswell.

https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-724952235185

[PoliSciGuy]

If vaccines were causing massive amounts of miscarriages, we would’ve seen that very clearly by now. Given the sheer number of people vaccinated and the amount of time that has elapsed since mass rollout it would very quickly be showing up in the numbers. We just don’t see that.

[catcherinthewry]

1,141cases reported over the long weekend. The 7 day average is now 267. This time last month it was 111. It will only get worse with the Delata variant coming in from MO and AR.

[kukblue1]

You think it's all bad now wait until the lambda variant hits.

[PoliSciGuy]

Why? Lambda, like delta, is vulnerable to our vaccines and isn't any more contagious or deadly, and if anything we can actually treat it with regeneron, unlike some other variants. Lambda isn't even a variant of concern at this point.https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...07.02.450959v1

[C_M_25]

*sigh* I thought I was done with this thread, but here we are...back at it again.

[chssooner]

Without hospitalization #s, this isn't that helpful. All it shows is that it is similar to last year, where being outside near people led to more cases. I am curious about the hospitalization #s.

[Martin]

i'd be pretty concerned about the lambda variant...


//ok, feels kind of weird making a wisecrack about a pandemic.

[kukblue1]

Why? Lambda, like delta, is vulnerable to our vaccines and isn't any more contagious or deadly, and if anything we can actually treat it with regeneron, unlike some other variants. Lambda isn't even a variant of concern at this point.https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...07.02.450959v1

Maybe I just need to stop watching the news. Covid wards in Missouri are opening back up. Hospital ran out of ventilators

[BDP]

Why? Lambda, like delta, is vulnerable to our vaccines and isn't any more contagious or deadly, and if anything we can actually treat it with regeneron, unlike some other variants. Lambda isn't even a variant of concern at this point.https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...07.02.450959v1

If you are sick from COVID, can you go to the hospital and get Regeneron, or is it still hard to get access to it?

[PoliSciGuy]

Maybe I just need to stop watching the news. Covid wards in Missouri are opening back up. Hospital ran out of ventilators

Mainly in SW Missouri, which has one of the lowest vaccination rates in a state that has a low vaccination rate to begin with. If you're not vaccinated, Delta is scary. If you're vaccinated, it's pretty meh.

[soonerguru]

You think it's all bad now wait until the lambda variant hits.

I read an article today expressing doubt that the Lambda variant is more transmissible than the Delta variant. In fact, it doesn't appear to be spreading nearly as quickly.

[Pete]

Across the state, nearly 28% of people who have had a positive COVID-19 test in the last two weeks were admitted to hospitals, said Dr. David Kendrick, founder and CEO of MyHealth Access Network, a statewide health information exchange.

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news...ts/7871824002/