Most indicators keep going down, which is good! We are now at almost the same level of hospitalizations as we were right before Omicron hit. Wastewater levels might be going up in Vancouver, but that might also just be noise. Mitigation Measures This article says that the province is taking some heat for telling people… Continue reading 2023-11-25 BC
Month: November 2023
2023-11-25 General
Pathology This paper from USA says that 48.5% of people hospitalized with COVID-related fungal infections died, while only 12.3% of people hospitalized with non-COVID-associated fungal infections died. This paper from Taiwan found that people who got COVID-19 infections were 59% more likely to get shingles in the following year than controls. This report from Korea… Continue reading 2023-11-25 General
2023-11-17 General
Long COVID This paper from Austria found that Epstein-Barr Virus antibody or DNA levels did not seem to be any different in Long COVID patients than controls (people who had had COVID-19 infections but did not get Long COVID). They also did not find markers of inflammation from viral infections in the Long COVID patients.… Continue reading 2023-11-17 General
2023-11-17 BC
Indicators seem to be trending down slightly this week. Statistics As of 17 Nov, the BC CDC situation report says that in the week ending on 11 Nov there were: +475 reported cases, +146 hospital admissions, +21 ICU admissions, and +26 thirty-day all-cause deaths*. In the week ending 4 Nov, they now report that there were +540… Continue reading 2023-11-17 BC
2023-11-10 BC
Indicators have gone up slightly. Statistics As of 9 Nov, the BC CDC situation report says that in the week ending on 4 Nov there were: +531 reported cases, +144 hospital admissions, +16 ICU admissions, and +36 thirty-day all-cause deaths*. In the week ending 28 Oct, there were +460 reported cases, +168 hospital admissions, +26 ICU admissions,… Continue reading 2023-11-10 BC
2023-11-10 General
Long COVID This paper from Italy found that people continue to recover taste and smell for at least three years after losing it due to COVID-19 infection. This paper from USA said that children under 5 years old who had been infected with COVID-19 were 40% more likely to get RSV than controls. Vaccines Intranasal… Continue reading 2023-11-10 General
2023-11-03 BC
COVID-19 levels have still not gotten down to where we were in summer 2023, but pretty much all the indicators say that they are falling. Vaccines This article reports that 528,575 people — slightly over 10% of BC residents — have gotten a fall COVID-19 booster. 740,529 have gotten flu shots. It also says that… Continue reading 2023-11-03 BC
2023-11-03 General
I read a paper which referred to “short COVID” to the acute, initial illness — y’know, the thing that lasts a week or two — and I think I might start using that term! Long COVID I haven’t talked about Long COVID biomarkers much because most biomarkers are relatively obscure proteins that you and I… Continue reading 2023-11-03 General