Influenza still hasn’t peaked. It’s not at record levels, but it’s close — and it is still going up. Meanwhile, measles. 🙁
Measles
‼️‼️ ALERT! This article (2025-02-16) reports that there is a measles case in Fraser which came in on Air Canada Flight 66, arriving from Bangkok Feb 11.
Reminder: if you were vaccinated in the US between 1957 and 1968, you might need another shot. This article (2025-02-21) agrees with me.
Charts
From the BC CDC Situation Report:
Note: don’t get too excited about the approximately zero deaths: there were zero deaths listed last week also, and it was just because the data was late coming in. 🙁 The death rate is way down, just not down as far as it looks.
Comparison vs. Other Influenza-Like-Illnesses, from the Viral Pathogen Characterization page:
In the most recent data (ending 15 Feb) as reported on 20 Feb 2025, among influenza-like illness (i.e upper respiratory diseases) cases the province has test data for:
- 70% were influenza A or B;
- 14% were RSV;
- 4% were COVID-19;
- 4% were entero/rhinoviruses;
- 6% were “common cold” coronaviruses;
- adenoviruses, metapneumonia viruses, and parainfluenza were all under 2%.
Wastewater
From Jeff’s wastewater spreadsheet:
