March Madness and Covid-19

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The numbers I would like to see posted is how many new hospitalizations each day, total daily inpatients and daily ICU cases.
This number is very low in OKC at this time for sure. It would tell us though if reopening has been ok or should be stopped. The hospital system here has clearly not been overwhelmed. As a matter of fact there has been a huge loss of jobs because of this pandemic. All hospital systems are struggling to stay afloat because of the lack of work.
If we truly were to have the surge we would be less prepared today because of the layoffs.
 
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mict085 said:
Because we’ve done such a good job of testing and tracing? Especially early on? Or is it because all of the models and experts have been right all along? Or is it because you nor the people you follow have ever been wrong? Or is it because if something else?
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its because WHO said it wasn't....:dance005:

(the same dumb asses who said it wasn't human to human transferable...

science CAN BE WRONG sometimes
 
OUsky said:
I think testing is overrated.
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Completely agree. Not to say it's not valuable, but it's definitely overrated. From a medical treatment standpoint, I haven't seen a single person that would have survived had they been diagnosed sooner.

From a public health/transmission standpoint, it's a lot more useful.
 
vbdad said:
The numbers I would like to see posted is how many new hospitalizations each day, total daily inpatients and daily ICU cases.
This number is very low in OKC at this time for sure. It would tell us though if reopening has been ok or should be stopped. The hospital system here has clearly not been overwhelmed. As a matter of fact there has been a huge loss of jobs because of this pandemic. All hospital systems are struggling to stay afloat because of the lack of work.
If we truly were to have the surge we would be less prepared today because of the layoffs.
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I posted this stuff a couple weeks back. The numbers were decreasing then too -- we peaked in terms of COVID confirmed hospitalizations on April 13th.

Two graphs. One is showing COVID + hospitalized patients and the subset of those patients that are ICU. The other graphs COVID + against "patients under investigation" (PUI). PUI have been admitted for COVID symptoms and for whom confirmatory testing is pending. Only a fraction of PUI end up testing positive for COVID.
 

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Latest possible death estimates from the CDC as of 5-11-2020



Dr. Robert R. Redfield
@CDCDirector
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CDC tracks 12 different forecasting models of possible #COVID19 deaths in the US. As of May 11, all forecast an increase in deaths in the coming weeks and a cumulative total exceeding 100,000 by June 1


https://twitter.com/CDCDirector/status/1261406011039993856
 
Oklahoma's number on RT.live is up to 0.93, 7th highest in the Union.

I wonder how much of that can be attributed to the mess they have on their hands up in Guymon.
 
Sooner04 said:
Oklahoma's number on RT.live is up to 0.93, 7th highest in the Union.

I wonder how much of that can be attributed to the mess they have on their hands up in Guymon.
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That is still a good number. Anything under 1 is pretty good.
 
I've been watching RT.live ever since you linked it, WT. We had it down to 0.89 a couple of days ago. Anything under 1.00......that's what I'm counting on for my jangled nerves.

Guymon's a mess. I feel for those people. That's the definition of a hotspot.
 
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I've been watching RT.live ever since you linked it, WT. We had it down to 0.89 a couple of days ago. Anything under 1.00......that's what I'm counting on for my jangled nerves.

Guymon's a mess. I feel for those people. That's the definition of a hotspot.
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I've noticed meat processing plants are a magnet for Covid. I wonder if it is plainly a function of people in close proximity to each other or something else is a fly in the ointment (I love salve).
 
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I've noticed meat processing plants are a magnet for Covid. I wonder if it is plainly a function of people in close proximity to each other or something else is a fly in the ointment (I love salve).
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It's breathing space. they are stuck in one anothers' breathing space.
 
coolm said:
It's breathing space. they are stuck in one anothers' breathing space.
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Yep, at meat processing plants they literally stand shoulder-to-shoulder hour after hour in poorly ventilated rooms. That's a recipe for disaster because of the way this virus is transmitted. It's all about sharing someone else's exhaled breath and it's why I won't be visiting a barber any time soon.
 
Seems like OK has been doing pretty well with new cases and deaths over the last week. Hopefully we're turning the corner a bit.
 
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