Blog Post Date: Aug 22nd, 2020
Blog Post Last Update: Sep 2nd, 2020
Oklahoma is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by the state of Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New Mexico on the west, and Colorado on the northwest.
Capital is Oklahoma City. Population is 3.96 million. Governor is Kevin Stitt (Republican).
Just some thoughts on what we can expect to see happen in Oklahoma in the next few months.
Relevant links to COVID Data Analytics site
Case and Death Patterns by State
https://corona-virus.dev/app/reports/cvus/cvupattern
Red States v/s Blue States
https://corona-virus.dev/app/reports/cvcow/cvwred_blue
States, counties setting cases and deaths records each day
https://corona-virus.dev/app/reports/cvus/cvuRecordCasesStates
https://corona-virus.dev/app/reports/cvus/cvuRecordDeathsStates
https://corona-virus.dev/app/reports/cvus/cvuRecordCasesCounties
https://corona-virus.dev/app/reports/cvus/cvuRecordDeathsCounties
Cases and deaths records for each state
https://corona-virus.dev/app/reports/cvus/cvuAllCasesStates
https://corona-virus.dev/app/reports/cvus/cvuAllDeathsStates
Details of Cases and deaths by state / county
https://corona-virus.dev/app/reports/cvus/cvucounty
https://corona-virus.dev/app/reports/cvus/cvuSelectCounty
https://corona-virus.dev/app/reports/cvus/cvuSelectCountyAsTable
School and College Reopenings
Here's a live, and updating, information page for Oklahoma COVID school cases thus far.
Y'all wanna see something terrifying?
— Michael J Gibson ♿♋🏳️🌈 (@YesThatMGibson) August 21, 2020
Here's a live, and updating, information page for Oklahoma COVID school cases thus far.
We're murdering our children, as a nation.https://t.co/GsQrvlbr2E
A national database that tracks coronavirus-related school closings, quarantines, cases and deaths.
NATIONAL SCHOOL COVID database! A dedicated educator's local project, initiated out of anticipation of the upcoming academic year, has grown into a national database that tracks coronavirus-related school closings, quarantines, cases and deaths. #COVID19 https://t.co/XHgOKSIOQR
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) August 22, 2020
Covid-19 Is Creating a Wave of Heart Disease -daily reminder that there is so much more to #COVID19 than death
Covid-19 Is Creating a Wave of Heart Disease
— ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ 🦠🤧🧬🥼🦟🧻 (@MackayIM) August 20, 2020
-daily reminder that there is so much more to #COVID19 than deathhttps://t.co/PfpqukVGyA
New CDC guidance says COVID rates in children is steadily increasing. (not ideal for schools reopening)
Perhaps not the time to reopen schools? https://t.co/Mh0nYwXLms
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) August 16, 2020
LONG TERM BURDEN after COVID hospitalization — “Anybody who needed to be hospitalized or needed ICU support will suffer disability afterwards.”
This is why it is so dangerous to send kids off to school in the Republican states where Case Positivity ratio is 10-20%. Millions of Americans will now have a lifelong pre-existing condition and if the Republicans win the 2020 election through voter suppression, shutting down USPS and colluding with Russia and China and Ukraine, these Millions of Americans are looking at bankruptcy. Vote Blue, as your life depends on it!
LONG TERM BURDEN after COVID hospitalization—“Anybody who needed to be hospitalized or needed intensive care support will suffer disability afterwards.” #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/Evr4J5zY5P
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) August 11, 2020
Sep 2nd
Almost 160 OK school districts have publicly reported a case of COVID-19
Almost 160 Oklahoma school districts have publicly reported a case of COVID-19 after we've added 17 today. Here's the list we've been able to put together from public announcements and simply reporting it out. https://t.co/oKZRncr3F4
— Robby Korth (@RobbyKorth) September 2, 2020
Aug 31st
With a population of 328 million in the United States, it may require 2.13 million deaths to reach a 65 percent threshold of herd immunity, assuming the virus has a 1% fatality rate.
Let’s not try out this strategy. What if the virus has a 2% fatality rate? 4.26 million deaths is acceptable?
“With a population of 328 million in the United States, it may require 2.13 million deaths to reach a 65 percent threshold of herd immunity, assuming the virus has a 1 percent fatality rate.”
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 31, 2020
Let’s not try out this strategy. https://t.co/r27ynkJghl
Aug 30th
Tahlequah Public Schools announced the death of one of its teachers, Theresa Horn, on Today after testing positive for COVID-19.
Tahlequah Public Schools announced the death of one of its teachers, Theresa Horn, on Today after testing positive for COVID-19. #Oklahoma #COVID19 #OKEDhttps://t.co/WsPUdwOXEX
— Compass OKC (@CompassOKC) August 31, 2020
Aug 29th
More Than 100 School Districts In Oklahoma Are Reporting COVID-19 Cases
More Than 100 School Districts In Oklahoma Are Reporting COVID-19 Cases https://t.co/jrUl31IPoX
— Wallis Weaver (@wallisweaver) August 29, 2020
Aug 28th
Trump and the Republicans come up with a plan to kill 2.3 to 3 million Americans
They complained that 4 Benghazi deaths were too many. Now they are signing off on Putin paying Taliban to kill American Soldiers and the genocide of 2-3 million Americans.
Good thing that they are pro-life. Imagine if they were the pro-death party?
BREAKING NEWS: Senior White House Official Tells CNN That "Everybody" in America Will Get COVID-19; White House Statement Is Consistent With Trump's Reported Desire to Execute a "Herd Immunity" Pandemic Response; Experts Say Such a Plan Would Kill Millions pic.twitter.com/DFEJbbV5Qc
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) August 28, 2020
Aug 25th
As the situation at Oklahoma has shown, more doubt is getting cast upon the college football season actually happening amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the situation at Oklahoma has shown, more doubt is getting cast upon the college football season actually happening amid the COVID-19 pandemic. From @JenniCarlson_OK, @OklahomanSports.
— USA TODAY Sports (@usatodaysports) August 26, 2020
https://t.co/iugvHzEDFW
Oklahoma football: One position group "nearly wiped out" by COVID, Lincoln Riley says https://t.co/Ue4vCRosxW
— College Football HQ (@TheCFBHQ) August 25, 2020
Aug 24th
We are finding that people have knowingly sent individuals to school or to a practice that had COVID and knew it.
Others said they weren’t going to honor the quarantining and that is troubling.
“We are finding that people have knowingly sent individuals to school or to a practice that had COVID and knew it. Others said they weren’t going to honor the quarantining and that is troubling.”https://t.co/G7HpyvZtLA
— Oklahoma Watch (@OklahomaWatch) August 24, 2020
More than 100 schools should be engaged in distance learning this month, based on @oksde guidelines.
But StateImpact’s @RobbyKorth and The Oklahoman's @NuriaMKeel found less than 10 are actually following that recommendation.
More than 100 schools should be engaged in distance learning this month, based on @oksde guidelines. But StateImpact’s @RobbyKorth and The Oklahoman's @NuriaMKeel found less than 10 are actually following that recommendation. https://t.co/sZPLqHr6iU
— KOSU (@KOSURadio) August 24, 2020
Aug 22nd
Schools in Coyle, Oklahoma are moving to virtual learning after the superintendent tested positive for COVID-19.
Oklahoma Superintendent was ‘in every classroom’ before COVID-19 diagnosis. He was no doubt insisting on in-person training and then spread it to many kids and teachers. He needs to be fired for ever and should have nothing to do with schools for endangering the lives of kids and faculty and staff.
Schools in Coyle, Oklahoma are moving to virtual learning after the superintendent tested positive for COVID-19.https://t.co/BoW2Adv2n3
— News 8 WROC (@News_8) August 22, 2020
Aug 18th
Cases popping up in School districts in Oklahoma
Here Are Oklahoma School Districts Where COVID-19 Cases Have Been Discovered Since School Began https://t.co/OCGtPYYOBO
— COVID-19 in Oklahoma... (@OklahomaCovid) August 18, 2020
Aug 16th
Cases popping up in School districts in Oklahoma
Student with COVID-19 knowingly attends first day of high school, Oklahoma officials say https://t.co/dY2kPsPExP
— McClatchyDC (@McClatchyDC) August 16, 2020
Aug 15th
Oklahoma State - 9 football players infected
Nine University of Oklahoma football players have tested positive for coronavirus. Oklahoma plays in the Big 12 Conference, which says it plans to play football this fall. https://t.co/p8ozAQjVKL pic.twitter.com/lOAkEZVXWv
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 15, 2020
Aug 10th:
40+ schools have already closed nationwide after reopening last week
Here Are the More Than 40 Schools That Have Already Closed for COVID | News Break https://t.co/qcOLPb1TFN
— 💥😷Trevor Nelson😷💥 (@CTrevorNelson) August 11, 2020
Aug 9th
How widespread is COVID-19 in children? (9%) A look at the latest data as schools reopen
How widespread is COVID-19 in children? A look at the latest data as schools reopen - @ABChttps://t.co/k2iGtbwxeb
— David Jolly (@DavidJollyFL) August 10, 2020
COVID-19 can spread in air if schools don't have proper AC, report says
COVID-19 can spread in air if schools don't have proper AC, report says https://t.co/u2iwfJOWBI pic.twitter.com/tsrkR7qrmu
— ABC13 Houston (@abc13houston) August 5, 2020
Aug 7th
Australia follows Israel's disasterous model; School reopening results in explosion of cases; 100s of schools now closing again
I live in Victoria in Australia, a state suffering a terrible COVID 2nd wave outbreak right now.
— James Rooney (@Grungeholio) August 7, 2020
Schools opening were a key component in driving 2nd wave cases.
👇This👇 is what Wall St. servants like Schumer are condemning America to.
https://t.co/t0K6eGNYdh
Dozens of teachers, students get COVID in 1st wk
Within 11 days of schools opening, dozens of students and teachers have gotten COVID-19: 'I truly wish we'd kept our children home' https://t.co/oRYAvcmVQF
— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) August 7, 2020
7 year old dead in GA (Kids are not immune)
A 7-year-old has died of Covid-19 in Georgia, the youngest victim of the virus in the state, according to data compiled by the state health department.
— CNN (@CNN) August 7, 2020
The boy was from Chatham County on Georgia's coast, and had no underlying health conditions. https://t.co/TF0tySH6B7
Aug 6th
Schools that open in the fall will close by October
An emergency medicine physician projects that if schools open up in the fall, they'll be closed by the end of October due to COVID-19 outbreaks https://t.co/CAnL9t5Ef0 via @Yahoo
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) August 6, 2020
Some teachers are retiring rather than go back to school
With no end in sight to the coronavirus, some teachers are retiring rather than go back to school https://t.co/D1QBQk2EFI
— TIME (@TIME) August 6, 2020
CDC abdicates responsibility; will let kids get sick
"One of the things we've missed this year has been a strong voice from the Centers for Disease Control … I think this message of just open the schools without a real plan to do it safely is potentially very dangerous," Dr. Paul Sax says.https://t.co/1GsKx22Ec1
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 6, 2020
German schools test students twice a week
📍TESTED TWICE A WEEK—German school students get free #COVID19 saliva tests twice a week, with results emailed the very next day.
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) August 6, 2020
➡️ Oh, plus, this was back in May. Can we ask if we have truly done enough for our kids? https://t.co/027ciVpw61
Aug 5th
Trump learns nothing from 160,000 dead and wants to reopen Schools
Nearly 160,000 Americans have died in the pandemic, yet Trump has learned nothing about the coronavirus. His latest Fox & Friends interview proved it. https://t.co/2LbAbUB5EL
— Vox (@voxdotcom) August 5, 2020
Covid-19 may spread more easily in schools than thought, report warns.
Covid-19 may spread more easily in schools than thought, report warns https://t.co/aANx0S2UcS
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) August 5, 2020
Aug 4th
Trump administration sticks to plan to reopen schools (and infect millions?)
Trump administration sticks to schools plan as U.S. nears 5 million coronavirus cases https://t.co/avrK4upyQe
— Post Politics (@postpolitics) August 4, 2020
When Covid Subsided, Israel Reopened Its Schools. It Didn’t Go Well.
The Israeli government, confident it had beaten the coronavirus, invited students back to school in May.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 4, 2020
Within days, infections were reported at a Jerusalem high school. It became the largest outbreak in a single school in Israel, possibly the world. https://t.co/QYQKN3Vmu8
Aug 3rd
Trump criticizes Birx after she warns U.S. it is unsafe to reopen schools as coronavirus outbreaks are extraordinarily widespread
Live updates: Trump criticizes Birx after she warns U.S. coronavirus outbreaks are "extraordinarily widespread" https://t.co/7Z767wY8Ge
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 3, 2020
As the Coronavirus Comes to School, a Tough Choice: When to Close
Full story here by @smervosh and @ShawnHubler looking at when schools that open might have to shut down again. "As soon as you open classrooms, within two weeks, teachers and students will get sick," one expert told them. https://t.co/FhmNzx9rUh
— Scott Dodd (@scottdodd) August 4, 2020
Ex FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb on MLB and Schools Reopening
"This is highly infections, and MLB didn't do what NBA did to put in place a really strict bubble," says @ScottGottliebMD. "It is a warning of what could potentially happen if we aren't very careful with the schools." pic.twitter.com/j1hKXQ1z7S
— Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) August 3, 2020
July 13th
Teachers are writing their wills
"Teachers are writing their wills."
— CNN (@CNN) July 13, 2020
A Texas high school teacher describes the anxiety among teachers about having face-to-face instruction in the fall, noting that the state's current education plan is "ignoring all the facts about how the virus works." https://t.co/keK6J9NGWl pic.twitter.com/2qqzMXufc9
Sororities and Fraternities with infections from July / August
Don't worry, this'll only happen once—it won't happen at any of the innumerable sororities and fraternities at the 650+ colleges and universities that have such residences. Really, we should just forget this happened and proceed with everything as planned. https://t.co/cqB2vlubwV
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) August 16, 2020