Halting summer workouts as 6 players tested positive. Got a feeling we will be seeing a lot more of this.
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Sorry to hear this, but not surprised since COVID cases are spiking and Houston is now a hot spot. Word is there might be a return to self-quarantine if the number of cases keep rising.
The next few days are going to be interesting. Gov. Abbott is big on opening and he continues to overrule mayors and county judges in our largest metro areas even though they are fighting a losing battle against the virus.
Covid cases are spiking? After 3 weeks massive angry mobs all over the country? Say it isn't so....
Combined with many people who are being careless and selfish, it's a bad situation all around.
2020 is on its way to being one of this country's darkest times. And we are only halfway through this time of a pandemic, racial tensions and having a political structure that no longer attracts our best and brightest to be part of it.
Lincoln said in so many words that this country would never be destroyed by foreign countries, but from within. His words in 1838, before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, were: "If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live for all time...or die by suicide"
How are we NOT seeing this happening now ?
I was of the opinion, V, probably because that was what I WANTED to believe, that things were improving. This morning's DOK update is a Bad News/Good News report, but is the most current one.
Another article* said that more than half of the 357 deaths occurred in Nursing Homes. Somehow, I found that comforting, as many of those residents have other problems, which put them at greater risks, and they are in closer proximity to 'others'. *More than 1,500 people who live or work at Oklahoma nursing homes and long-term care facilities have been infected. As of Thursday, 194 deaths were reported among those who live and work in those facilities.
NewsOK: Oklahoma City News, Sports, Weather & Entertainment
New cases surge above 200 as COVID-19 trend continues to rise
by CHRIS CASTEEL
Published: Sat, June 13, 2020 1:05 AM Updated: Sat, June 13, 2020 1:26 AM
New cases of COVID-19 jumped by 222 on Friday, the highest single day increase reported by the Oklahoma State Health Department, but a key official said no specific outbreaks were to blame.
“We have continued to increase our testing, and I think we’ve got a more sensitive system to detect and identify positive cases around the state,” said Keith Reed, deputy commissioner of health.
“And naturally we did expect we’d see more cases as people became more socially engaged after the reopening. So I think that is a natural outcropping of it.”
Even before Friday’s increase, the state’s positive cases, viewed as a seven-day average, had been rising.
And, according to the weekly report by the state epidemiologist, cases rose by 13% from June 5 through June 11 compared to May 29 through June 4. There were 719 new cases reported between June 5 and June 11.
“Oklahoma has begun experiencing over the past two weeks an increase in the number of cases and hospitalizations due to COVID-19, though the number of deaths have remained approximately the same and the percentage of positives remains low at 3.7%,” the report states.
“The increase in the number of cases is caused by both ongoing community transmission and outbreaks that affect specific populations. The threat of COVID still exists and we anticipate it to grow. It is critical for Oklahomans to seek out testing, even for individuals without symptoms.”
Though there have been concerns that large demonstrations after the killing of George Floyd might aid the spread of the virus, Reed said there was no evidence that occurred in Oklahoma.
“Those are just more events where people are more socially engaged,” Reed said. “People engage at the grocery store, in many different settings, so it’s hard to pin down what a source might be.”
Unlike the major outbreak at a meatpacking plant in Tulsa or scattered outbreaks at nursing homes, the health department is not attributing the recent increases to a particular site.
The Tulsa County Health Department website shows the trend in cases and the seven-day average moving up a week before President Donald Trump is scheduled to hold a rally at a downtown arena that holds about 19,000 people.
The seven-day rolling average in Oklahoma County is also trending upwards, while the three-day average spiked higher, according to the Oklahoma City-County Health Department.
Hospitalizations, a key metric in the pandemic, have been mostly flat in the past week. And, according to the state epidemiologist report, the 13 COVID-related deaths in the past week were a 12% drop from the week of May 29 to June 4.
Reed said the department anticipated an increase in cases when the state reopened and when tests became more available. The department launched a contact tracing system to shift the focus from broad isolation measures to narrow ones, he said.
The novel coronavirus will remain in the state for the foreseeable future, he said.
“That’s the reason we always go back to our message that we want people to wear face coverings, we want people to wash their hands, we want people to practice social distancing to the degree possible and we want people to get tested, even if they're asymptomatic," he said.
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You are fine Ma as long as you sip the cocktails through a tiny hole in the mask and limit contact to others for a while longer.
U R Funny, SONshine! Good Advice, but, since when do SIP and Cocktails belong in the same sentence?
Would it not be a horrible shame if all those protesters and looters test positive and it's determined that mass contamination was likely and 95% are not expected to live?
This is incorrect information. The battle is actually being won. It was stated on the news the other night that Houston is in great shape and our recent experiences have allowed the city/county to operate in a much better situation.
I for one am thankful that Abbott has over ruled local municipalities. The locals have attempted to inject 'politics' into 'health' decisions. There has never been a shortage of hospital beds in the greater Houston area for the treatment of Covid 19. In fact a make shift hospital w/ beds were built at GRB that was never used.
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