2026-07-31 General

Multiple Pathogens Pathology This paper from USA (2026-07-27) reports that children under six have a lot of asymptomatic infections and that infants under one year old are more vulnerable to illness than older children. Among children in the study, all of whom were under six years old, these were the percent of illnesses which were… Continue reading 2026-07-31 General

2026-07-24 General

Levels are still slowly going up locally and at many places around the world. Multiple Pathogens Recommended Reading This article (2026-07-20) discusses why people get hostile towards not just the messaging of an epidemic, but also at health care workers. COVID-19 Long COVID 🧠 This paper from USA (2026-07-21) reports that among people with neurological… Continue reading 2026-07-24 General

2026-07-17 General

COVID-19 infections are increasing in many places, including — it looks pretty clear now from the wastewater levels — in BC. The absolute rates are low, but disease spread is always exponential — which means that it can appear that the levels can switch from low to high very quickly. Based on the province’s modelling… Continue reading 2026-07-17 General

2026-07-10 General

There are a number of places around the world which are starting to see an increase in cases, e.g. Thailand, Philippines, Taiwan, parts of Australia, and parts of the USA. They are starting from a very low base, but infectious diseases can spread exponentially. 😕 I would like to point out that the BC Provincial… Continue reading 2026-07-10 General

2026-07-03 BC

Healthcare System This article (2026-07-02) reports that the BC nurses’ union has gone on strike. Try not to need medical care for the next few weeks. Charts From the Viral Respiratory Outcomes page (updated 2 July 2026 with data through 27 June): From the Viral Pathogen Characterization page with data up to 27 June, as… Continue reading 2026-07-03 BC

2026-06-26 General

Canadian Respiratory Viruses 🦠 We don’t have data from the province, but the all-Canada data on the big three “kick-your-ass” viruses are all really really low right now. From the Canadian Respiratory Virus Surveillance Report (2026-06-26) with data through June 20th: Even measles is down (see way below). Also per the Canadian Respiratory Virus Surveillance… Continue reading 2026-06-26 General

2026-06-19 General

Reminder: there’s no BC-specific post this week because the province is only providing most data on the first Thursday of the month.  The wastewater chart is in the General post when there is no BC post. Bundibugyo Recommended Reading 😬 This interview with the head of the World Health Organization (2026-06-13) is really sobering. He… Continue reading 2026-06-19 General

2026-06-12 General

There’s no BC-specific post this week because the province is only providing most data on the first Thursday of the month. They are still providing wastewater information — and even a bit more because of the World Cup — so I have added BC wastewater measurements into the General post. COVID-19 COVID-Related Excess Death and… Continue reading 2026-06-12 General

2026-06-06 BC

Healthcare System This article (2026-05-31) says that 23% of BC residents do not have a primary care provider, and that this is higher than when the NDP took over in 2017. That’s interesting, because the province put out this press release a while ago (2026-04-01) which reported that 223,000 people (~4% of BC residents) were… Continue reading 2026-06-06 BC