Official OSA COVID-19/Corona Virus Thread

[JD8]

Yea, that was a cut and paste from Lee Matthews and I didn't want to alter it. He should have said they've figured out how to keep MOST patients off a vent.

Not sure who he is, but he needs to revise that.

 

[O4L]

@ZombieHunter

As of Friday morning in Oklahoma:
Total Tests for Corona: 456,817. (Since March)
Total tests Negative: 433,376
(That’s statistically means you have a 94% chance of NOT having it if tested)
Total Cases: 23,441 (Again since March. This means even though total cases continue to increase; infection rate is only .05%)
Hospitalizations: 638 (this is worth watching; but also means of those infected .1% are bad enough to be hospitalized)
Intensive Care: 235. (This means of those hospitalized half are critical; and if infected your chances of becoming critical are .05%)
Ventilator Patients: 0 (This is a biggie. A month ago we would see this number in the 10s. Doctors have learned how to keep people off ventilators. GREATLY increasing your chances of recovery)
Recoveries: 18,095. (This is the number no one reporting!)
So if we take the total cases and subtract the recoveries we get:
ACTUAL cases: 5,346 (Significantly less than what is being reported)
If I were to report this like the media I would then divide the reported cases by the actual cases and get what I call:
Report Inflation Factor: 22%

ETA: From Lee Matthew's FB page. Datasource: https://covidtracking.com/

That ventilator patient count is incorrect. There were 11 last weekend alone at St Johns. You are correct in that the number of people that need to be on the vent is much less than before, but it's not 0 by any means.

What is the source for this number?

Yea, that was a cut and paste from Lee Matthews and I didn't want to alter it. He should have said they've figured out how to keep MOST patients off a vent.

Not sure who he is, but he needs to revise that.

I just checked the data source (covidtracking.com) and it is showing patients on ventilator as N/A.

https://covidtracking.com/data#state-ok

 

[JD8]

I just checked the source (covidtracking.com) and it is showing patients on ventilator as N/A.

https://covidtracking.com/data#state-ok

Like I said, he needs to revise it. N/A doesn't mean 0. It means the data set is incomplete or unavailable.

 

[O4L]

Like I said, he needs to revise it. N/A doesn't mean 0. It means the data set is incomplete or unavailable.

Just providing information from the source.

What is the source for your covid ventilator patients?

 

[JD8]

Just providing information from the source.

What is the source for your covid ventilator patients?

My wife works in the ICU at St Johns and has treated them since day one. Her unit is the Neurotrauma ICU, but they are overflow for Covid because they have the most negative pressure rooms of any ICU. In May, they shut down the Covid unit due to low census and her unit got all the patients for about a month. They have since reopened the Covid unit and it's full. All that being said there ARE less patients on a vent statistically in terms of vent per infection, as the severity of respiratory issues aren't a prominent than before, and they are seeing different symptoms altogether. FWIW, I shot her a text, and there's at least 9 on the vent today @ St Johns. St Francis has double the ICU beds they do, so I'm sure they have a good number too.

Regarding you source.... notice other states have incomplete metrics too. Take North Carolina for example, they show "N/A" under ICU counts and Vent count.... with nearly 1200 hospitalizations.

Highly recommend https://coronavirus.health.ok.gov for accurate data in the state. Make sure y'all look at the Executive Order Report and Epidemiology reports.

 

[Shadowrider]

Not sure who he is, but he needs to revise that.

He's an AM radio guy in OKC.

I'm curious as to why vent numbers aren't readily available. Just not reported? Too variable and always fluid?

 

[O4L]

My wife works in the ICU at St Johns and has treated them since day one. Her unit is the Neurotrauma ICU, but they are overflow for Covid because they have the most negative pressure rooms of any ICU. In May, they shut down the Covid unit due to low census and her unit got all the patients for about a month. They have since reopened the Covid unit and it's full. All that being said ARE less patients on a vent statistically, as the severity of respiratory issues aren't a prominent than before, and they are seeing different symptoms. FWIW, I shot her a text, and there's at least 9 on the vent today @ St Johns. St Francis has double the ICU beds they do, so I'm sure they have a good number too.

Regarding you source.... notice other states have incomplete metrics too. Take North Carolina for example, they show "N/A" under ICU counts and Vent count.... with nearly 1200 hospitalizations.

Highly recommend https://coronavirus.health.ok.gov for accurate data in the state. Make sure y'all look at the Executive Order Report and Epidemiology reports.

It's not "my" source but thanks anyway.

 

[JD8]

He's an AM radio guy in OKC.

I'm curious as to why vent numbers aren't readily available. Just not reported? Too variable and always fluid?

Probably. If you go to the link I posted you can see vent availability numbers in the reports that come out daily. Won't give you an exact number, but it will give you an idea of demand.

 

[chuter]

This doc says a readily available, very safe, inhaled steroid is the way out of this mess. Some countries are using it and they are doing very well.
It sounds like a infomercial, but he's not selling it. He says it's cheap, safe, and has been used many years on young and old.

Budesonide is sold under the name brand Pulmicort Respules. This is the type that can only be used by inhalation using the nebulizer.

I have not done any research to verify his claims.

 

[OKCHunter]

He's an AM radio guy in OKC.

I'm curious as to why vent numbers aren't readily available. Just not reported? Too variable and always fluid?

The OSDH website reports on a daily basis the number of ventilators available. They also report daily on the number of available IC units, masks, etc.