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Meat Processors, Convalescent Care, Medical Facilities, & Migrant Worker Housing; were the most common facilities where the century's worst pandemic spread is showing up. A virus which originated in the city of Wuhan, in Communist China; has covered the world and especially the United States.
The worst outbreak is in Guymon, in the Oklahoma panhandle (Texas County). There, a slaughter house run by Seaboard Meats and run with Asian and Somali immigrant workers has a massive local infection rate. Greer County and Washington County have massive local infection rates in Nursing Homes & other medical & Rehab facilities. Wuhan is the location of a virus research facility which the Chinese govt controls, and the United States helped fund, under the Obama Administration. the Communist government has not provided transparency regarding how the virus is impacting China. Foreign media is largely blocked from access, and China is blaming the US for planting the virus in Wuhan. Given the variety of local public policy rules, there appears to be no correlation between 'Stalinist' curfews and safer populations. Social distancing & basic hygiene are largely the factors which work. |
16 rural counties are more densely infected than Tulsa & OKC.
Even when practicing effective social distancing, some human interaction still occurs. The odds that your interaction will be with an infected person, Is far greater in some rural counties, than the big cities of Oklahoma. For instance; 5 of the 7 counties next to Tulsa County, are more infected than is Tulsa County.
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Despite the many headlines about the larger cities of Oklahoma having so many reported cases, Cities like Tulsa are actually less saturated with the Covid-19 Wuhan Virus. The average rate of saturation is about 1 confirmed patient per 1000 of population. Guymon has more than 10 times that level of saturation
Nationally, slaughterhouses are the industry of worst outbreaks. the massive blood and flesh on floors, tables, and work tools are clearly a concern. But the virus is mutated to attach to lung tissue in order to reproduce & spread. So the virus needs to enter human (or possibly animal) respiratory organs. Slaughterhouses employ thousands of workers who are stationed just inches from each other, as they cut & package meat products.
But the bigger institutions of social spread are the prisons and other incarceration facilities, where the inmates have no personal choice to 'socially distance, and little resources for proper hygiene. The prison workers are largely to blame for infecting inmates. What's worse is that infected inmates are not promptly tested, and are kept in the general prison population. While the American population is provided hospital inpatient care in 19% of Covid infections, Prison inmates are hospitalized in less than 1% of the cases. This could lead to a major class-action lawsuit of huge financial impact, because the US Supreme Court has ruled that the denial of prudent medical treatment is a form of cruel & unusual punishment.
Nationally, slaughterhouses are the industry of worst outbreaks. the massive blood and flesh on floors, tables, and work tools are clearly a concern. But the virus is mutated to attach to lung tissue in order to reproduce & spread. So the virus needs to enter human (or possibly animal) respiratory organs. Slaughterhouses employ thousands of workers who are stationed just inches from each other, as they cut & package meat products.
But the bigger institutions of social spread are the prisons and other incarceration facilities, where the inmates have no personal choice to 'socially distance, and little resources for proper hygiene. The prison workers are largely to blame for infecting inmates. What's worse is that infected inmates are not promptly tested, and are kept in the general prison population. While the American population is provided hospital inpatient care in 19% of Covid infections, Prison inmates are hospitalized in less than 1% of the cases. This could lead to a major class-action lawsuit of huge financial impact, because the US Supreme Court has ruled that the denial of prudent medical treatment is a form of cruel & unusual punishment.
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Oklahoma's Counties Reported Cases Per 100K Population
(Average 106): Texas 1371 Greer 1138 Washington 549 Adair 306 Beaver 282 Caddo 268 Delaware 214 Mcclain 208 Nowata 208 Tillman 207 Pawnee 177 Osage 164 Cleveland 157 Wagoner 151 Creek 113 Kay 110 Oklahoma 109 Ottawa 109 Tulsa 100 Comanche 94 Craig 92 Pittsburg 89 Cotton 88 Seminole 78 Jackson 78 Rogers 74 Grady 73 Pottawatomie 72 Canadian 70 Noble 63 Cherokee 60 Mayes 58 Kiowa 57 Payne 54 Major 52 Stephens 51 Garvin 51 Kingfisher 51 Latimer 50 Cimarron 47 Lincoln 46 Grant 46 Okmulgee 42 Dewey 41 Muskogee 40 Haskell 40 Custer 38 Logan 35 Garfield 34 Woods 34 Jefferson 33 Sequoyah 31 Beckham 27 Johnston 27 Harper 27 LeFlore 26 Pontotoc 26 Bryan 25 Mccurtain 24 Blaine 21 Mcintosh 20 Choctaw 20 Love 20 Alfalfa 18 Murray 14 Marshall 12 Carter 10 Pushmataha 9 Okfuskee 8 Atoka 7 Woodward 5 Ellis 0 Roger Mills 0 Custer 0 Hughes 0 Coal 0 Harmon 0 |
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