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redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
Thu May 21, 2020, 10:42 AM May 2020

Our local NBC station showed stats this morning that indicate the people hospitalized

in Oklahoma due to COVID 19 has gone up 25 percent in the past few days. A state with a crazy governor opened us back up again, and said wearing masks was an individual choice. I predict it will get even worse in the next few days.

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Our local NBC station showed stats this morning that indicate the people hospitalized (Original Post) redstatebluegirl May 2020 OP
It's just sad. writes3000 May 2020 #1
I predict you are right SoonerPride May 2020 #2
Thanks for posting. Hadn't seen this. What a sick, sick governor we have! bobbieinok May 2020 #3
The Mayor in Norman is good too, she has been threatened online for shutting down Norman. redstatebluegirl May 2020 #6
It was on KFOR just in case you wanted to check. redstatebluegirl May 2020 #9
Republican state: they'll soon quit posting numbers. BComplex May 2020 #17
This is happening in other states too. Thanks for posting. Mike 03 May 2020 #4
I expect ours to be messed with soon. Gov Stitt won't put up with looking stupid. redstatebluegirl May 2020 #8
A few states will be lucky -like Florida so far YessirAtsaFact May 2020 #5
I have a nagging suspicion that Sinistrous May 2020 #10
Florida officials are lying to their public bigtree May 2020 #12
Couple of spikes already for FL MoonlitKnight May 2020 #18
K&R, ... and did so without adhering to the CDC guidelines !! uponit7771 May 2020 #7
the virus is just waiting for this opportunity to spread bigtree May 2020 #11
The real effects of opening Wellstone ruled May 2020 #13
The casinos are going to be petri dishes here. redstatebluegirl May 2020 #14
Perfect petri dish at that. Wellstone ruled May 2020 #15
The one time we went to one here it was full of old people with oxygen tanks playing slots. redstatebluegirl May 2020 #16
That is the norm for that Casino. Wellstone ruled May 2020 #19
Why? Because of the old people? cwydro May 2020 #20
No we are old people too, it was just a scary sight. redstatebluegirl May 2020 #21
Ok. Never been to Vegas. cwydro May 2020 #22
A little of every age group. redstatebluegirl May 2020 #24
I've got a friend who loves Vegas lol. cwydro May 2020 #27
What were you doing in a casino? lagomorph777 May 2020 #26
No matter how governments lie, there are too many workers to hide the real impact lindysalsagal May 2020 #23
I'm having all my food, drink shipped to me, don't need much, on a covid diet, just too many idiots yaesu May 2020 #25
I saw that. It was yesterday, and KatyaR May 2020 #28
Even Capt. Obvious is rolling his eyes daily at this amateur hour BS? Brainfodder May 2020 #29
The governor is trying to copy his hero: Donald Trump..Your governor is a fool too. Stuart G May 2020 #30
Agreed, quite frankly a 10 year old would make a better President than DJT. redstatebluegirl May 2020 #32
Montgomery AL running out of ICU beds today MoonlitKnight May 2020 #31

bobbieinok

(12,858 posts)
3. Thanks for posting. Hadn't seen this. What a sick, sick governor we have!
Thu May 21, 2020, 10:46 AM
May 2020

From what I've heard, the mayor here in Tulsa is pretty good,

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
9. It was on KFOR just in case you wanted to check.
Thu May 21, 2020, 11:08 AM
May 2020

They still show the numbers in the corner of the screen in the morning show.

BComplex

(8,053 posts)
17. Republican state: they'll soon quit posting numbers.
Thu May 21, 2020, 12:06 PM
May 2020

They'll put the health departments on "mute", and do the same to county coroners.

Making mushrooms out of Americans: keeping us in the dark and feeding us shit.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
4. This is happening in other states too. Thanks for posting.
Thu May 21, 2020, 10:51 AM
May 2020

These more local, state-specific reports are really valuable and helpful to try to figure out what's actually going on.

Texas and Arizona shot way up last week and then came way down, and I'm really wondering to what extent data is being withheld or manipulated.

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
8. I expect ours to be messed with soon. Gov Stitt won't put up with looking stupid.
Thu May 21, 2020, 11:07 AM
May 2020

He is trump jr. as far as I can tell, another moron bad businessman.

YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)
5. A few states will be lucky -like Florida so far
Thu May 21, 2020, 10:58 AM
May 2020

But most that open with no restrictions or requirements are going to see a resurgence in the number of new cases.

Sinistrous

(4,249 posts)
10. I have a nagging suspicion that
Thu May 21, 2020, 11:18 AM
May 2020

Florida may have pencil whipped some of the stats released for public consumption.

bigtree

(85,998 posts)
12. Florida officials are lying to their public
Thu May 21, 2020, 11:22 AM
May 2020

...and their Memorial day crowds, encouraged by the lies, will re-infect most of the eastern seaboard.

bigtree

(85,998 posts)
11. the virus is just waiting for this opportunity to spread
Thu May 21, 2020, 11:20 AM
May 2020

...but folks are behaving as if it respects their arrogance and bluster.

It actually thrives on that ignorance.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
13. The real effects of opening
Thu May 21, 2020, 11:50 AM
May 2020

up States will come about 14 days after the first day of opening. Just heard from our Rellie who is the Exec Chef at a Casino which opened last week,people got careless as hell yesterday,zero masks on customers at the Restaurants or Bar. He has his Kitchen Workers taking extra wash up breaks.

Just a matter of time when everything goes to hell. He has his employees take their breaks out of the Building in the Parking lot in their cars.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
15. Perfect petri dish at that.
Thu May 21, 2020, 11:59 AM
May 2020

People coming in this morning wiping their running noses,coughing and sneezing
. And that was at eight o'clock Central Time.

All over,just count the bodies.

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
16. The one time we went to one here it was full of old people with oxygen tanks playing slots.
Thu May 21, 2020, 12:00 PM
May 2020

We walked in and walked right back out.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
19. That is the norm for that Casino.
Thu May 21, 2020, 12:12 PM
May 2020

Dragging their Tanks sucking on a Cig. Now that the Spring Planting is done,yupper,gots to take Maw to the Casino for some fun.

It is a real sight to see. Books on personal behavior can be written by volumes just by observation if one wanted.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
20. Why? Because of the old people?
Thu May 21, 2020, 12:19 PM
May 2020

Why would you leave if you took the trouble to go to one? I must be missing something.

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
21. No we are old people too, it was just a scary sight.
Thu May 21, 2020, 12:20 PM
May 2020

We both looked at each other and said "this isn't Vegas" and walked out.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
22. Ok. Never been to Vegas.
Thu May 21, 2020, 12:23 PM
May 2020

Is it full of glittering, glitzy young folk?

I always find casinos to be kind of sad places myself. People literally throwing their money away.

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
24. A little of every age group.
Thu May 21, 2020, 12:58 PM
May 2020

Plus the casinos are really plush and nice. This one looked like a machine shed full of slot machines once we got past the front entrance. We are not gamblers, in fact the only time we have been to Vegas was a forced layover once. We were there overnight so we decided to go see what all the fuss was about. It was just a nicer place to lose your money.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
27. I've got a friend who loves Vegas lol.
Thu May 21, 2020, 01:18 PM
May 2020

She won a bunch, but she lost a lot too. She still has fond memories.

lindysalsagal

(20,692 posts)
23. No matter how governments lie, there are too many workers to hide the real impact
Thu May 21, 2020, 12:25 PM
May 2020

Word will circulate. This cannot be hidden.

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
25. I'm having all my food, drink shipped to me, don't need much, on a covid diet, just too many idiots
Thu May 21, 2020, 01:11 PM
May 2020

around here ignoring the virus. The only thing I need to purchase is gas for the mower and I have a feeling the lawn is going to go back to nature this year, with a few walking paths.

KatyaR

(3,445 posts)
28. I saw that. It was yesterday, and
Thu May 21, 2020, 01:29 PM
May 2020

state hospitals had seen a 25% increase overnight. So, from Tuesday to Wednesday.

And yet our pinhead governor thinks everything is fine, just fine....

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
29. Even Capt. Obvious is rolling his eyes daily at this amateur hour BS?
Thu May 21, 2020, 01:30 PM
May 2020

The$e a$$hole$ only have one thing in mind, oh I wonder what that could be?



Stuart G

(38,436 posts)
30. The governor is trying to copy his hero: Donald Trump..Your governor is a fool too.
Thu May 21, 2020, 01:38 PM
May 2020

You see, he, your governor, thinks Trump knows what he is talking about.

Very hard to believe, ....But Trump is a complete fool, and a lot of people don't believe that,

and your governor is one of them. You, redstatebluegirl and I (Stuart G) would make far better Presidents of the U.S.A. than Donald Trump. We would also make better governors than your governor

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