Statistics +1,245 cases, +17 deaths, +990 first doses, +4,328 second doses, +19,237 other doses. Currently 846 in hospital / 136 in ICU. first doses second doses third doses of adults 93.4% 90.9% 54.3% of over-12s 93.1% 90.4% 51.5% of over-5s 90.3% 85.0% * of all BCers 87.7% 82.5% 46.8% Charts From this tweet: From the… Continue reading 2022-02-11 BC
Month: February 2022
2022-02-11 General
Transmission Buried in this blog post was something I hadn’t ever known: the volume of air a person inhales/exhales per minute is around ten times larger during exercise than at rest. No wonder DrH closed the gyms. Treatments This article reports that the US FDA has approved a new monoclonal antibody — bebtelovimab — for… Continue reading 2022-02-11 General
2022-02-10 BC
Statistics +1,318 cases, +5 deaths, +1,082 first doses, +4,680 second doses, +28,396 other doses. The province has stopped reporting active cases and recovered cases, as it is clear that those numbers are no longer accurate. The case numbers clearly also are just as inaccurate, so I’m not sure why it’s reasonable to drop active/reported when… Continue reading 2022-02-10 BC
2022-02-10 General
I didn’t sleep well last night, then took a long nap today, so this is all you get today, sorry. Vaccines This preprint reports on Phase 1 studies of Patria, the Mexican version of NDV-HXP-S. (If you’ve forgotten, NDV-HXP-S was developed at a med school in New York, uses the 6-proline stabilization, and uses really… Continue reading 2022-02-10 General
2022-02-09 BC
Press Briefing Things that I thought were of interest and novel: They are going to stop reporting the number of active cases and recovered, because they aren’t accurate any more. But why, then, are they still going to report the number of cases? Those are just as inaccurate. NACI gave some guidance on boosters which… Continue reading 2022-02-09 BC
2022-02-09 General
Vaccines You know how the mRNA vaccines are f amazing? I want to take a moment to say that I think the next generation of vaccines are going to be even more effective. There have been a rash of papers recently which indicate that we humans still have tricks up our sleeves: Multiple targets: All… Continue reading 2022-02-09 General
2022-02-08 BC
Statistics Today: +1,117 cases, +0 deaths (yay!), +951 first doses, +3,093 second doses, +21,037 other doses. Currently 986 in hospital / 146 in 24,372 active cases, 306,888 recovered. first doses second doses third doses of adults 93.4% 90.8% 53.3% of over-12s 93.0% 90.4% 50.2% of over-5s 90.3% 84.7% * of all BCers 87.7% 82.3% 45.6%… Continue reading 2022-02-08 BC
2022-02-08 General
Pathology This case studies paper says that they saw four pediatric appendicitis cases with COVID-19. Now, four cases is not many, but it was almost a quarter of their appendicitis patients, while the rate overall was only 8%. They also note that it’s reasonable to expect that COVID-19 could infect the appendix, as it also… Continue reading 2022-02-08 General
2022-02-07 BC
Mitigation Measures The province announced today that they are giving $20M in pandemic-relief funds to childcare operators — up to $160 per space. Statistics Fri/Sat: +1,326 casesSat/Sun: +1,118 casesSun/Mon: +843 cases 32 deaths over the weekend, approximately +1,597 first doses, +4,767 second doses, +25,414 other doses per day. Currently 987 in hospital / 141 in… Continue reading 2022-02-07 BC
2022-02-05/06/07 General
Long COVID This paper and this preprint says that people who have recovered from a COVID-19 infection are at greater risk from heart complications afterwards. The first study followed patients for the next year and found that patients had the following elevated risk of any heart issue in the following year compared to non-infected controls:… Continue reading 2022-02-05/06/07 General