2023-12-21 BC

The province will not be releasing data next week, so there will not be a BC posting on this blog next week. Statistics As of 21 Dec, the BC CDC situation report says that in the week ending on 16 Dec there were: +358 reported cases, +93 hospital admissions, +14 ICU admissions, and +19 thirty-day all-cause deaths*.… Continue reading 2023-12-21 BC

2023-12-15 BC

Cases and wastewater both look like they are going up slightly. That might be noise, but given how COVID-19 levels are definitely going up in places near Canada *cough cough USA cough cough*, levels probably are going up. Other Illnesses / Medical System This article reports that Health Minister Dix says there used to be… Continue reading 2023-12-15 BC

2023-12-08 BC

The indicators are mostly flat at the moment. Since they had been going down, maybe this means that they are about to go up again. This wouldn’t be hugely surprising, as the indicators are all going up in the USA. Politics I have a call to action: this web page lets you easily send a… Continue reading 2023-12-08 BC

2023-12-01 BC

All the indicators are trending down. This is good! Statistics As of 30 Nov, the BC CDC situation report says that in the week ending on 25 Nov there were: +370 reported cases, +126 hospital admissions, +24 ICU admissions, and +14 thirty-day all-cause deaths*. In the week ending 18 Nov, they now report that there were +363… Continue reading 2023-12-01 BC

2023-12-01 General

Long COVID This preprint from USA (2023-11-08) discussed a small study with 16 Long COVID patients who had small fiber neuropathy verified by skin biopsies. Eight of the patients got intravenous immunoglobulin and saw big improvements. This paper from Pakistan (20231122) found that people who were fully vaccinated were 62% less likely to get Long… Continue reading 2023-12-01 General