Tulsa Officials Plead for Trump to Cancel Rally as Virus Spikes in Oklahoma
Source: New York Times
By Noah Weiland
WASHINGTON Officials in Tulsa, Okla., are warning that President Trumps planned campaign rally on Saturday his first in over three months is likely to worsen an already troubling spike in coronavirus infections and could become a disastrous super spreader.
They are pleading with the Trump campaign to cancel the event, slated for a 20,000-person indoor arena or at least move it outdoors.
Its the perfect storm of potential over-the-top disease transmission, said Bruce Dart, the executive director of the Tulsa health department. Its a perfect storm that we cant afford to have.
Tulsa County, which includes the city of Tulsa, tallied 89 new coronavirus cases on Monday, its one-day high since the viruss outbreak, according to the Tulsa Area Emergency Management Agency. The number of active coronavirus cases climbed to 532 from 188 in a one-week period, a 182 percent increase; hospitalizations with Covid-19 almost doubled.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-rally.html?smid=tw-share
SWBTATTReg
(21,859 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)Oklahoma, OK!
NotHardly
(1,062 posts)phandancer917
(145 posts)Sky Fairies will protect them.
NotHardly
(1,062 posts)saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)for those following the "clown on the hill".
Maybe we should just let the virus decimate their ranks? I plan on being alive and well for the elections.
Botany
(70,291 posts)... Tulsa health department.
This is madness. End of story. Not that it matters but Oklahoma might very well turn blue after
this stunt.
NNadir
(33,368 posts)I'm sure there are many people in Oklahoma who are innocent, as in "not Trumpers" even if the State overall is redneck central.
tanyev
(42,360 posts)underpants
(182,278 posts)Maybe they cant but I thought theyd have the authority like the fire department.
Nevilledog
(50,679 posts)Someone has to have the authority to stop it.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)The longer people linger in a contaminated area, the more virus particles they can inhale, and Mr. Trumps political speeches often last more than an hour.
That virus, I guarantee you, will be present at the event someone will bring it, said Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The Covid virus knows no political affiliation. What it does love is large groups, indoors, close to each other for prolonged periods of time chanting and yelling.
truthisfreedom
(23,113 posts)How tragic, yet fitting.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,788 posts)generalbetrayus
(506 posts)Maybe the rally will turn out to be a dish best served cold.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre
bringthePaine
(1,726 posts)but seems like there must be more than "on or off" options for response...?
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Theyll take it home like carryout.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)intheflow
(28,407 posts)hotel workers, any McDonalds or local restaurants in the area, gas stations... this is not a carry-in/carry-out kind of crowd.
Skittles
(152,964 posts)Tess49
(1,577 posts)Skittles
(152,964 posts)I very know the feeling in Texas
JDC
(10,081 posts)Record numbers by the day.
Nitram
(22,671 posts)And no one to blame but themselves. meanwhile Democrats shelter in place and survive to vote.
DENVERPOPS
(8,679 posts)they are already suffering drastically from the drop in tax revenues. They don't want Trump & RepubliCONs stiffing them for the bill of additional security that needs to be provided by the City cops.......