I closed the other threads on Covid-19 because there is way too much disinformation and lashing out at others.

Everyone's opinions on this subject are by now very well known, so no need to keep interjecting your hot take.

From this point forward, only new information from credible sources (NO social media, tabloids, blogs, etc.) will be allowed, along with legitimate questions people may have about the disease, vaccination, testing, etc.

Everything else will be deleted and the poster banned.

3,274 new cases today; last several Thursdays: 4,152; 2,502; 2,468; 2,342; 1,806; 1,203; 705.

7-day rolling average now 2,671.

Compared to same period last week, new cases are +660.

Hospitalizations are 1,581 (+15).

ICU is 448 (+7).

Stillwater Mayor Declares State of Emergency Due to Medical Health of the Community:

http://stillwater.org/news/view/id/731?fbclid=IwAR3ZceAR0tYWHr1LdKrWae0B5NN5LK7EzBjsq tEnyTEJwp2Y6Hcv8N6wj8A

This comes after 12 were on hold in ER on Wednesday.

Edmond Schools announces mask mandate:

https://okcfox.com/news/local/edmond-public-schools-announces-mask-mandate#:~:text=The%20requirement%20for%20mask%20w earing,building%20and%20sitting%20in%20groups.

COVID-19: Oklahoma jumps to No. 5 for death rate amid ICU strain, higher 'dwell time' in hospitals (https://tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/covid-19-oklahoma-jumps-to-no-5-for-death-rate-amid-icu-strain-higher-dwell/article_9f7f7d6a-0b50-11ec-a940-07793e35a539.html#tracking-source=home-top-story)

3,080 new cases today. Last several Fridays: 3,338; 2,851; 2,814; 2,303; 1,777; 1,194; 750.

7-day rolling average 2,634.

Hospitalizations are 1,589 (+8).

ICU is 447 (-1).

Week over week numbers:

New cases: 18,438 (+402).

Deaths: 218 (+101).

Hospitalizations: +24.

ICU +22.

(No Social Media posts. If you want to include that information, go to the source and post that info/link without adding your own editorial comments. Otherwise, this gets us right back to people posting all types of random stuff. ~Pete)

Sorry. Might be late to the party but why are numbers not updated over the weekend and holidays?

Sorry. Might be late to the party but why are numbers not updated over the weekend and holidays?

The state stopped reporting over those days once the numbers went down and they haven't gone back to daily reports since.

They also stopped the Executive Reports which had more detail.

That’s too bad. It makes it seem as Covid is a weekly (mon-fri) event thus people let their guard down over the weekend.

Cases in the OKC metro actually decreased this week. Could be a blip, and with Labor Day throwing off reporting we won't know for sure until late next week.

https://occhd2.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/2c0fbe6497004e098cdb9678f4d33cc9 (click on the "trends" button on the bottom)

Researchers see huge increase in virus that causes COVID-19 in Oklahoma's wastewater, no slowing down yet (https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2021/09/04/oklahoma-covid-wastewater-level-rise-increase-researchers/5690672001/)


Through the tracking of wastewater, public health officials have a window into where and how much COVID-19 is spreading in the community. It can predict surges about a week before case counts increase, because it doesn’t rely on individual people developing symptoms and seeking out tests.

(No more opinions and calling out posters. ~Pete)

10,073 new cases for the long weekend. That's +527 from the same period the week before.

7-day rolling average 2,347.

Hospitalizations are 1,518 (-71).

ICU is 422 (-25).

https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/corona-virus-casesndhospitalizationare-rising-inoklahoma/

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I was looking at the hospital bed reports on the Dept of Health website. not looking good as far as ICU beds. Of the 9 regions 5 have no available beds and one has only one. Seems like the most are available in Tulsa. Most of the state is in the orange category. I was thinking that low or no ICU beds was a trigger for areas to go into the red. Anyone know anything more about this?

Also I am hoping that we dont see a huge jump in number of cases due to 1. lag in testing due to holiday weekend, 2. people doing stupid things. With the waste water reporting an up tick in virus in waste water, I hate to think about the numbers in the next week or so. I'll just stay home as much as possible. Well I've been doing that but will be limiting my going out so much more so.

Was in Dallas this weekend. By in large there was a much greater respect for masking than here. It seemed less so in Allen, Frisco, and other outlying areas.

Ops I forgot to check the risk level map. I thought it came out on Weds. It does show all but one county as high or in the red. things NOT looking up for us right now in Oklahoma.

Was in Dallas this weekend. By in large there was a much greater respect for masking than here. It seemed less so in Allen, Frisco, and other outlying areas.

Yup, it really just depends where you are. There’s huge variation across DFW.

COVID-19 live updates: About 1 in 500 Americans has died from virus (https://abcnews.go.com/Health/live-updates/covid-delta-variant-surge/?id=79856482&cid=social_twitter_abcn#79880847)

Among other news - over 250,000 pediatric cases reported last week, highest ever (it's 300 times the weekly number in June and over 25% of *all* cases). And the rate of pediatric hospital admissions are up 600% since July 4.

1,310 new cases today; 7-day rolling average is down to 2,066.

Compared to the same week-to-date numbers last week, new cases are -701.

Hospitalizations are 1,511 (-7).

ICU is 420 (-2).

Was in Dallas this weekend. By in large there was a much greater respect for masking than here. It seemed less so in Allen, Frisco, and other outlying areas.

That's interesting considering Collin County (Frisco and Allen) is 56% fully vaxxed compared to Dallas County at just 48%. Oklahoma County is at 51%.

However, I have noticed more masking in the urban core than in the burbs such as Norman, Edmond, and Moore. Shopping in the Target last week in Moore was abysmal, but that's not surprising considering they never had a mask mandate at all throughout the pandemic. On the flip side of that, I'd say 80-90% of people shopping in the new Homeland on Lincoln and 36th were masked up last Friday afternoon/evening.

Was in Dallas this weekend. By in large there was a much greater respect for masking than here. It seemed less so in Allen, Frisco, and other outlying areas.

Anecdotal but on a recent visit back to Denver I noticed very few people wearing masks compared to when there was a mandate last year and into the spring. The vaccine rates in Denver are high though at 75% so that could be part of it.

On a recent trip to California mask wearing was still prevalent even with high vaccination rates

Good.

Biden Requiring Federal Workers To Get COVID Shot: AP Source (https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-requiring-federal-workers-to-get-covid-sho_n_613a0d72e4b0dda4cbcb7561)

Los Angeles Set To Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines For Students 12 And Older (https://www.huffpost.com/entry/los-angeles-unified-school-district-covid-vaccine_n_613974f4e4b0628d0956cee6)

Again, good.

United Airlines Employees With COVID-19 Vaccine Exemptions To Be Placed On Leave (https://www.huffpost.com/entry/united-airlines-covid-vaccine_n_6139a878e4b00ff836e862fd)

"Employees with religious exemptions will be placed on voluntary unpaid leave and those with medical exemptions will be placed on temporary medical leave. Both policies will go into effect on Oct. 2 and remain in place until the carrier figures out how to reintegrate them into its workforce."

New weekly epidemiology report is out - https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/covid19/documents/weekly-epi-report/2021.09.08%20Weekly%20Epi%20Report.pdf

OK Dept. of Health is tweeting some takeaways (https://twitter.com/HealthyOklahoma/status/1435983457746817026 - this is their *official, verified account*), with the gist being:

- Cases are down about 5% compared to the week before
- 2% more Oklahomans are fully vaccinated
- 94% of hospitalized Oklahomans are unvaccinated

And Oklahoma county remains the highest-vaccinated county in the state, with 74.4% having received at least one shot (4% more than Tulsa county)

2,452 new cases today; 7-day rolling average down to 1,976.

Compared to week-to-date numbers last week, new cases are -1,523.

Hospitalizations are 1,523 (+12).

ICU is 418 (-2).

New weekly epidemiology report is out - https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/covid19/documents/weekly-epi-report/2021.09.08%20Weekly%20Epi%20Report.pdf

OK Dept. of Health is tweeting some takeaways (https://twitter.com/HealthyOklahoma/status/1435983457746817026 - this is their *official, verified account*), with the gist being:

- Cases are down about 5% compared to the week before
- 2% more Oklahomans are fully vaccinated
- 94% of hospitalized Oklahomans are unvaccinated

And Oklahoma county remains the highest-vaccinated county in the state, with 74.4% having received at least one shot (4% more than Tulsa county)

The NY Times has Caddo County ahead of Oklahoma County, but it is really close. Would love to know what they are doing there: more than 95% of people over 65 are vaccinated in that county. Amazing!

The NY Times has Caddo County ahead of Oklahoma County, but it is really close. Would love to know what they are doing there: more than 95% of people over 65 are vaccinated in that county. Amazing!
Maybe partly a high Native population? It also seems like that county and the small towns got hit hard with cases and deaths last year. I know at one point one of their local fb pages was posting multiple prayer request posts for hospitalizations daily. That might have increased the likelihood of getting the vaccine.

Medical tents, trailer morgues and determinations on who gets a ventilator: Oklahoma hospitals shift toward crisis standards of care (https://tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/medical-tents-trailer-morgues-and-determinations-on-who-gets-a-ventilator-oklahoma-hospitals-shift-toward/article_94b0c150-1014-11ec-817c-1ba14ba8da94.html)

Pretty sure Axios is an acceptable source, but delete if not.

Monster risk: Fauci says COVID cases 10x too high (https://www.axios.com/fauci-no-control-covid-a2572210-dbdb-48b0-aa2e-92e8e9fcd69a.html)

"In a country of our size, you can't be hanging around and having 100,000 infections a day. You've got to get well below 10,000 before you start feeling comfortable," Fauci says.

2,627 new cases today, down from last Friday's total of 3,080.

For the week ending today compared to last week, new cases were -1,976.

Hospitalizations are 1,528 (+5). Last Friday the number was 1,589.

ICU is 416 (-2). Last Friday the number was 447.

^^^

Based on the infected my fiance has worked with recently.... We'll probably see those hospitalizations and ICU numbers go up. She said the majority she had been seeing had all had Covid for a week, or longer, before coming to the hospital.... So last Fridays are about to start needing rooms over the weekend.

For those that think not taking the vaccine only affects them:

https://kfor.com/news/alabama-man-dies-after-43-hospitals-with-full-icus-turned-him-away-family-urges-covid-19-vaccines/

7,380 new cases today. 2 Mondays ago (last Monday was a holiday) the number was 7,827.

7-day average now 1,967.

Hospitalizations are 1,466 (-72).

ICU is 380 (-36).

And per the CDC, 70 more people lost their life.

And per the CDC, 70 more people lost their life.

Among them was this Yukon teacher. Sad deal. Some of the people commenting here said she was unvaccinated. This is reported by Zach Rael of KOCO.

https://twitter.com/KOCOZach/status/1437389577510064130

1,029 new cases today. Compared to the Tuesday 2 weeks ago (last Tuesday was lumped in with weekend numbers) that's a good drop from 1,719.

7-day average now 1,927.

Hospitalizations are 1,352 (-104).

ICU is 377 (-3).

The COVID-19 Pandemic and the $16 Trillion Virus (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2771764)

Written in Oct 2020, but it's no doubt worse by now.

1,966 new cases reported today. Last several Wednesdays: 1,310; 2,538; 2,534; 2,360.

Compared to week-to-date numbers last week, new cases are -1,008.

7-day average now 1,857.

Hospitalizations are 1,407 (+55).

ICU is 399 (+22).

1 in every 500 US residents have died of Covid-19 (https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/15/health/us-coronavirus-wednesday/index.html)

2,263 new cases today. Last several Thursdays: 2,452; 3,274; 4,152; 2,502; 2,468.

New cases week to date compared to last week: -1,197.

Hospitalizations are 1,368 (-39).

ICU is 386 (-13).

2,124 new cases today. Last several Fridays: 2,627; 3,080; 3,338; 2,851; 2,814; 2,303.

7-day average now 2,109.

Hospitalizations are 1,381 (+13).

ICU is unchanged at 386.

Week over week:

-1,700 new cases vs. last week.

There were 252 additional deaths reported this week. Last several weeks: 204, 218, 117, 106, 80, 40.

Hospitalizations compared to last Friday -147.

ICU compared to last Friday -30.

5,998 new cases for the 3-day period. Last several Mondays: 7,380, 7,827, 6,218; 6,967; 6,328; 5,597.

7-day average now 1,764. It was as high as 2,352 on 9/12.

Hospitalizations are 1,389 (+8).

ICU is 389 (+3).

484 new cases reported today. Last several Tuesdays: 1,029; 1,719; 1,794; 862; 1,136; 946.

7-day rolling average continues to go down at 1,553 (was as high as 2,352 on 9/12).

Hospitalizations are 1,327 (-62).

ICU is 386 (-3).

484 new cases reported today. Last several Tuesdays: 1,029; 1,719; 1,794; 862; 1,136; 946.

7-day rolling average continues to go down at 1,553 (was as high as 2,352 on 9/12).

Hospitalizations are 1,327 (-62).

ICU is 386 (-3).

Wife was watching News9 and they said the numbers are lower today because they pulled the data earlier than usual, so I'd consider them not really comparable to anything...

OKC Thunder to require vaccination or negative COVID test to enter arena.


- Beginning Oct. 4, fans entering Paycom Center for Oklahoma City Thunder games will be required to provide proof of either full or partial COVID vaccination or a negative test taken within 72 hours prior to the game, the team announced today. The Thunder also strongly recommends fans wear face masks while in the arena. The NBA is expected to impose additional guidelines for fans sitting courtside.

The game entry policy will remain in effect through at least the first 12 games of the preseason and regular season at Paycom Center (Oct.4-Nov. 26) and will also be in effect for the preseason game on Oct. 14 at BOK Center in Tulsa. The policy will be constantly reviewed based on the status of COVID cases in Oklahoma.

https://www.nba.com/amp/thunder/news/release-safety-210921#click=https://t.co/CbWsS3346m

OKC Thunder to require vaccination or negative COVID test to enter arena.



https://www.nba.com/amp/thunder/news/release-safety-210921#click=https://t.co/CbWsS3346m

That is great news.

The news threads of this is as crazy as you'd expect. People who have never went to a game in their lives completely losing it and boycotting..lol

Good news for international travel:

https://apple.news/AXSf9-_BRQImaxQAp27fOTw

I just got back from New York (specifically Queens and Long Island). Every restaurant and bar requires you to show your vaccination card or you just don't get in. This includes the shady dive bar that was next to our hotel in Queens. It was sort of a liberating feeling.

So is that really going to be the future where we are going to have show vaccination cards everywhere we go or is it temporary? I’m vaccinated and I wholeheartedly support people getting vaccinated but I just can’t get on board with the government mandating businesses requiring checks. I support a business’s right to do it. Is there anywhere else around the country that is doing that? It really isn’t hard for me as a I have a digital vaccination QR code in my Apple wallet.

My guess is it won't be our long-term future.

In a few more months, the vax rates will be high enough, combined with the number of people that have had COVID, that the number of cases will drop to more manageable levels. When there aren't many people going to hospitals or dying, it won't be as much of a concern.

But I wouldn't worry about it ever happening "everywhere" in Oklahoma. NYC is so dense and crowded that I'm not surprised it was a thing there.

Some great news for the safety of the kids:

https://kfor.com/news/local/covid-19-vaccine-for-ages-5-11-expected-soon-oklahoma-doctors-say/

OKC Thunder to require vaccination or negative COVID test to enter arena.



https://www.nba.com/amp/thunder/news/release-safety-210921#click=https://t.co/CbWsS3346m

And here is the much expected reaction to that.
https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-lawmaker-reacts-to-thunder-covid-19-protocol/37681831

"If the Oklahoma City Thunder and their leadership are unwilling to revise this policy, we need to reexamine the significant tax benefits granted to them by the state when they first moved here under the Quality Jobs Act," Roberts continued in the news release. "We also need to consider passing legislation prohibiting discrimination based on vaccination status or having an immunity passport as Montana has done.

Maybe she should worry about NE Oklahoma and not OKC. Wasn’t her district one of the original hotspots for the delta outbreak?

So is that really going to be the future where we are going to have show vaccination cards everywhere we go or is it temporary?

Of course it's not permanent. We are in the throes of very high COVID spread right now. When numbers decline all these policies will disappear too.