Politics
This article (2024-10-06) reports that the Conservative candidate for BC Premier, John Rustad seems to be open to the idea of punishing — possibly harshly — public health officials, doctors, police, and politicians for implementing various COVID-19 mitigation measures (particularly vaccinations). This is some dark and scary shit. However, in this video, Rustad says he misunderstood the question, and rejects comparing Nazi Germany to the pandemic.
Vaccination
In case you were wondering, you cannot just walk into a pharmacy and get a COVID-19 shot right now, you still have to go through the invitation process. This Provincial web page says they started issuing invites on 8 October. (I am surprised it started so late, since Health Canada approved Moderna, Novavax, and Pfizer’s boosters in late September.)
Charts
From the BC CDC Situation Report:
From the Viral Pathogen Characterization page:
Reminder: the graphs below don’t tell how many cases there were, but how many cases they found when testing. Almost nobody gets tested.
Wastewater
From Jeff’s wastewater spreadsheet:
