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If you say so Houdini.
If your room full of students do not know their blood type and you did not test them then they have no blood. You can look at things as they are or you can just ignore the obvious so as to make an individual or individuals look bad. It accomplishes nothing of value but to explain why as a society we are troubled people.
It’s because you are being a hypocrite. You believe doctors when they say something you agree with and you agree politicians when they say something you agree woth. But then you turn around and refute others for believing doctors or politicians that don’t hold your views
Well he didn’t lie. He didn’t say allVice President Mike Pence encourages governors to spread misleading claim that new COVID-19 spikes are due to rise in testing
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coro...0200616-6ihoxqojcrg33jmucfijdgxhke-story.html
Way to stay on topic as usual. That was his quote making him look bad.
Things have been looking better the past few days...at my hospital at least. I feel that not using steroids was misguided advice, and we've been having much better results since we disregarded it. Of course, it could just be luck, time, or one of five other things we've changed. I suppose time will tell. I can't speak for other hospitals, but we've successfully extubated several patients in the past few days. Hope that trend continues.
I made a few comments back in late March and April about how I felt that steroids were leading to improved outcomes (such as the one below)
I haven't looked through the study very thoroughly, so there may be some confirmation bias here, but it looks like evidence is supporting what I felt I was seeing in the hospital. Here's good news for those looking for positivity:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01824-5
If that gets you banned then WTSooner & cjhsooner should be banned from the hoops board.
In Oklahoma City, we look at the COVID-19 data every day and we stay in constant communication with our local public health officials. As I shared over the weekend, our new cases continue to be at an elevated level, resulting from an upward trend that began right around June 1.
In the interest of transparency, I want to add some new analysis that adds to our understanding of this increase. Curiously, even as cases have increased in June, hospitalizations have continued to stay flat and today even declined to where just 13 people are currently hospitalized for COVID-19 in Oklahoma County. In fact, it has been five days since a new COVID-19 patient entered a hospital in Oklahoma County. Additionally, Oklahoma County has suffered only two deaths from COVID-19 in the last 22 days.
So what in the world is happening? How can these opposing trends co-exist? Well, it seems we are having a very noticeable spike in cases among young people, especially between the ages of 18-35. And though there are exceptions to every rule, and I sure don’t recommend that people of any age catch COVID-19, it is generally true that young people experience milder symptoms.
From March 15-May 31, only 30 percent of all cases in Oklahoma County were diagnosed in people below the age of 35. In June, however, 55 percent of all cases have been diagnosed among people below the age of 35. And 45 percent of all June cases are specifically in the age demographic of 18-35.
So, my message remains the same to people of all ages - wash your hands, maintain your distance and wear your masks in public situations where social distancing is difficult. But especially to our young people - please do your part! And remember that even if you are asymptomatic, you can be a carrier for the virus to older people you love who will not be so fortunate.
Be well, OKC
From Mayor Holt:
Curiously, even as cases have increased in June, hospitalizations have continued to stay flat and today even declined to where just 13 people are currently hospitalized for COVID-19 in Oklahoma County. In fact, it has been five days since a new COVID-19 patient entered a hospital in Oklahoma County.
From Mayor Holt
At this point I am not sure it matters what happens, there will not be another shut-down. They won't shut the economy down again in any way, and, probably shouldn't. We are now unintentionally doing the herd approach.
Which means the consequences we have to mitigate and deal with now are maxing out the healthcare system and death while we wait for treatment and vaccine.
Yep. I do hope that as things keep increasing, companies will be proactive in reverting back to letting workers work from home if plausible
Perfectly reasonable. But the far right looks upon it as an infringement upon their God-given rights. Or some other nonsense.We have to find ways to mitigate the spread and manage it as best we can. I believe people should wear a mask when out and about as much as possible. Wearing masks, social distancing, washing hands, etc are all reasonable precautions. Unfortunately, many people rebel against these precautions. Idk why it’s such a big deal to some, but it is.
Yep. I do hope that as things keep increasing, companies will be proactive in reverting back to letting workers work from home if plausible
Okc is doing great but Tulsa is a **** show. Bad time for a rally in Tulsa and numerous protestors.
Outside of an apocalypse, we shouldn’t shutdown the economy again. Ever. We have to find ways to mitigate the spread and manage it as best we can. I believe people should wear a mask when out and about as much as possible. Wearing masks, social distancing, washing hands, etc are all reasonable precautions. Unfortunately, many people rebel against these precautions. Idk why it’s such a big deal to some, but it is.
That makes sense. I don't think it would be as effective but at least the company could say they didn't have company wide spreading and it at least reduces the risk of numerous people in the office being sick and unable to work.I work for a company that was able to quickly move to work from home, and I will shed some light on our logic for why going back to at home at this point wouldn't be effective this time around. You can agree or disagree with it, and plenty of us have had our own opinions, but lets see what you guys think.
The first go-around with working at home was effective in terms of containing the spread, because it was paired with an economy basically being shut down. Parks were closed, stores were closed, you couldn't go into restaurants, stores only allowed 1 person (from a family) in, we had stay-at-home orders from the Mayor, etc... On top of that, everyone was at home.
Let's say some companies, like mine, go back to work from home, but none of those other conditions go back to where they were. No you have people working at home who can go to restaurants, go to bars, go to parks and swimming pools, and are generally more relaxed about the whole situation than they were the first time.
My company believes essentially all the effectiveness in that situation is gone, and therefore, we are unlikely to go back home UNLESS the entire community shuts down again, which we don't think will happen.
I hope I explained that clearly.
Interesting.They've narrowed down the outbreak in Italy to one soccer game. I think it was in February.