Covid-19 in OKC (coronavirus)

[catch22]

While I like the poetic justice of the irresponsible paying a higher share, this is everything I hate about our healthcare system. Insurance companies robbing people blind and providing the worst possible care they can get away with.

Obamacare was great in ending pre-existing condition discrimination. We should not be so eager to bring it back in any form, such as the insurance companies former practices of raising rates based on your health.

When I advocate for universal healthcare, it takes the good with the bad. Irresponsible people still deserve coverage. I am tired of the dog-eat-dog mentality. Celebrating the insurance companies on this one, but hanging them by their toenails for their other equally ridiculous actions is strange. It’s like cussing out the cop for pulling you over, but cheering on the cop for pulling someone else over the next day. Can’t have your cake and eat it too,

[Pete]

4,152 (!) new cases today. Last several Thursdays: 2,502; 2,468; 2,342; 1,806; 1,581; 705.

7-day average up to 2,507.

Hospitalizations are 1,607 (+29).

ICU is 425 (+6).

[PoliSciGuy]

hooooooooly cow that's a huge jump, what the heck

[d-usa]

Of course people who refuse vaccine are going to pay more, instead of giving people who are vaccinated a discount. Only take, never give.

Germany is taking the approach that you need to be either vaccinated, recovered, or tested in order to participate in many activities when spread is high (eating in restaurants, entering shops, going to concerts, etc). So far all testing has been free, similar to here. But they have done the math that by September, everyone who wanted to be vaccinated had an opportunity to be vaccinated, and after that point testing costs will no longer be covered. Their stance is why should everybody have to pay for you to get tested, when they are already paying for your vaccine (people who can’t get vaccinated for medical reasons are excluded). So if you don’t want the vaccine, you have the freedom to continue testing a few times a week in order to participate in society, at your own expense of course.

[Bowser214]

UGH!!!! c'mon people! Vax it or casket!

[acumpton]

I made the mistake of looking at the comments section of a local news post in regards to today's numbers. The amount of people who are still claiming that everyone is just making up numbers and no one is really dying from this thing just blows my mind. There is no convincing these people.

[Bill Robertson]

I made the mistake of looking at the comments section of a local news post in regards to today's numbers. The amount of people who are still claiming that everyone is just making up numbers and no one is really dying from this thing just blows my mind. There is no convincing these people.

I had a conversation today with an employee. He still hasn't personally known anyone that's been sick. So he doesn't believe it can be as bad as it really is.

Odd thing is he knows 2 people that are still in Kabul and trying to get out so that's real to him.

[Richard at Remax]

UGH!!!! c'mon people! Vax it or casket!

I'm stealing this just fyi

[Pete]

hooooooooly cow that's a huge jump, what the heck

School has started.

Just wait another week.

[jerrywall]

School has started.

Just wait another week.

My mother's school just started, and she already has half of her class out with Covid as of last night.

[Outhunder]

https://okcfox.com/news/local/oklaho...ofmeister-says

[Bowser214]

I'm stealing this just fyi

lol

[acumpton]

School has started.

Just wait another week.

There was a 13 year old from OKC schools that died yesterday, although I don't know for sure if he contracted it from school or not. Sad either way.

[OkieHornet]

My mother's school just started, and she already has half of her class out with Covid as of last night.

Out with actual Covid? Or quarantining because of being a close contact?

[Pete]

OU & OSU are already reporting dozens of new cases.

I'm sure those numbers will only go up.

[jompster]

Out with actual Covid? Or quarantining because of being a close contact?

At this point does it really matter?

[jerrywall]

Out with actual Covid? Or quarantining because of being a close contact?

I think for some of them it's due to family members (siblings) being positive, but I do know that there are multiple that actually have tested positive themselves.

[OkieHornet]

I think for some of them it's due to family members (siblings) being positive, but I do know that there are multiple that actually have tested positive themselves.

I saw some statistics from local TV anchor Wendy Suares from EPS that showed multiple elementary schools with 25% of the population quarantining, but only 1-2% actually had Covid. That's why i was curious.

[PoliSciGuy]

EPS did recently expand their quarantine procedures in the wake of OSDH changes to their policies. Glad they're being proactive as much as possible given the inability to mandate masks.

[FighttheGoodFight]

OU & OSU are already reporting dozens of new cases.

I'm sure those numbers will only go up.

It is spreading like wildfire at OU. Give it a few weeks and we will see some new actions taking place. Guarantee it.

[soonerguru]

hooooooooly cow that's a huge jump, what the heck

Are you actually surprised by this? It is totally predictable based on what has happened at various times throughout the Pandemic, and the lax / nonexistent protocols in place.

This Fall is going to be the modern equivalent of the third and most deadly wave of the Spanish Flu Pandemic.

[Jersey Boss]

One statistic I would like to see is the number of ventillators being used on a daily basis. Also would like to see it broken down by county or even MSA.

[LocoAko]

My spouse's school district is reporting 4-5X as many cases on Week 2 than at this time last year when there was distancing, masks, and no Delta variant. Not off to a great start...

[Rixon75]

My two kids ride the bus to school to and from day care. There have already been 3 "maybe your kid was exposed" scenarios. It's a total S show. We took the oldest to get tested at the pediatrician and he basically threw his hands up and said both kids are healthy and would be better off getting the antibodies.

[Pete]

One statistic I would like to see is the number of ventillators being used on a daily basis. Also would like to see it broken down by county or even MSA.

The state used to provide that data in detail but it hasn't been updated since May.

https://oklahoma.gov/covid19/newsroo...r-reports.html