2021-09-02 General

Schools Go read this Twitter thread, please. Vaccines This Twitter thread pushes back on the “vaccines are waning!” crowd. They point out some of the things I had pointed out about sketchiness in the various studies, plus a few others. Me, I think vaccines do wane in infectiousness some over time, but not as badly… Continue reading 2021-09-02 General

2021-09-02 BC

Press Briefing There was a surprise briefing which I did not watch. Mostly it was on new mitigation measures for the Northern Health Authority: Personal gatherings in your home – one additional family or 5 guests Personal gatherings outside your home – maximum 50 people Indoor events – have a safety plan (the organizer should… Continue reading 2021-09-02 BC

2021-09-01 BC

Mitigation Measures There were anti-vax protests today. UBC students got drunk and rowdy and violated distancing measures at a fraternity — and the frat got a $5000 fine. Statistics +785 cases, +2 deaths, +6,266 first doses, +9,191 second doses. Currently 199 in hospital / 112 in ICU, 5,873 active cases, 158,900 recovered. first doses second… Continue reading 2021-09-01 BC

2021-09-01 General

Treatments Good news! This preprint says that baricitinib reduces all-causes mortality of hospitalized COVID-19 patients by 38.2%! Vaccines Remember how I was saying that I thought we’d see that longer doses were better? It turns out that waaay longer is better. This preprint says that for AstraZeneca, antibody levels were four times higher in people… Continue reading 2021-09-01 General

2021-08-31 BC

Treatments This article says that it’s not just Americans being stupid: some feed stores in BC are seeing a run on ivermectin (a dewormer which the fringe right has decided is a good treatment for COVID-19, all scientific evidence to the contrary). Press Briefing Most of the time spent at the briefing was going over… Continue reading 2021-08-31 BC

2021-08-31 General

Vaccines This preprint from Israel says that in the second and third weeks after a third dose of Pfizer, there was a 48-68% drop and a 70-84% drop. This preprint says: Antibody levels are similar in unvaxxed people who get symptomatic and asymptomatic infections. Antibody levels decrease over time. Antibody levels were higher in people… Continue reading 2021-08-31 General

2021-08-29/30 BC

Statistics Fri/Sat: +769 casesSat/Sun: +581 casesSun/Mon: +503 cases Over the weekend, +7 deaths, average of +5,702 first doses, +9,096 second doses. Currently 176 in hospital / 91 in ICU, 5,918 active cases, 157,419 recovered. first doses second doses of adults 84.9% 77.5% of over-12s 84.2% 76.4% of all BCers 76.7% 69.5% We have 329,893 doses… Continue reading 2021-08-29/30 BC

2021-08-28 BC

Vaccines From the federal COVID-19 page, these graphs show the fraction of each age cohort who have received their first and second doses, respectively:

2021-08-27 BC

Statistics +867 cases, +3 deaths, +8,552 first doses, +10,060 second doses. Currently 159 in hospital / 84 in ICU, 5,657 active cases, 155,928 recovered. first doses second doses of adults 84.6% 76.9% of over-12s 83.9% 75.8% of all BCers 76.3% 68.9% We have 374,285 doses in fridges; we’ll use it up in 23.3 days at… Continue reading 2021-08-27 BC