Mitigation Measures
This article (2026-03-23) reports that most Canadians thought the federal government did a good job on the pandemic. 67% of people in BC thought that the province did a good job.
I would agree. Just about everybody (including me) is mad at the province’s Ministry of Health for one thing or another, but I feel like Dr. Henry shut down the right things (places where people congregated indoors, especially ones where people drank) and kept the right things open. In many jurisdictions, you weren’t allowed to leave your house, or had very detailed restrictions on how often you were allowed to leave. We were always able to go shopping in BC, and Dr. Henry enthusiastically encouraged us to go outside.
Charts
From the Viral Respiratory Outcomes page (updated 26 Mar 2026 with data through 21 Feb 2026).
From the Viral Pathogen Characterization page:
Flu B case counts went up a little bit; adenovirus, metapneumovirus, and common cold coronaviruses went up very slightly. Everything else fell.
In the most recent data (ending 21 March 2026) as reported on 26 Mar 2026, among influenza-like illness (i.e respiratory diseases) cases that the province has test data for:
- 33.6% were influenza A or B (mostly B);
- 27.3% were RSV;
- 7.0% were COVID-19;
- 9.5% were metapneumonia viruses;
- 9.2% were entero/rhinoviruses;
- 9.2% were “common cold” coronaviruses;
- 2.2% were adenoviruses;
- 1.8% were parainfluenza.
Wastewater
Wastewater is still wobbling short-term, but the medium-term looks pretty stable. I think the wobbles are just noise.
💩💧 From Jeff’s wastewater spreadsheet:
