Healthcare System This article (2026-07-02) reports that the BC nurses’ union has gone on strike. Try not to need medical care for the next few weeks. Charts From the Viral Respiratory Outcomes page (updated 2 July 2026 with data through 27 June): From the Viral Pathogen Characterization page with data up to 27 June, as… Continue reading 2026-07-03 BC
Author: Ducky
2026-07-03 General
COVID-19 is low in most places, but there are a few spots around the world which are starting to see rises. (So sorry, COVID-19 is not “over” yet.) This post (2026-06-28) says that Thailand is seeing a fast increase. It’s hard to find really good information, but it looks like Taiwan is also seeing a… Continue reading 2026-07-03 General
2026-06-26 General
Canadian Respiratory Viruses 🦠 We don’t have data from the province, but the all-Canada data on the big three “kick-your-ass” viruses are all really really low right now. From the Canadian Respiratory Virus Surveillance Report (2026-06-26) with data through June 20th: Even measles is down (see way below). Also per the Canadian Respiratory Virus Surveillance… Continue reading 2026-06-26 General
2026-06-19 General
Reminder: there’s no BC-specific post this week because the province is only providing most data on the first Thursday of the month. The wastewater chart is in the General post when there is no BC post. Bundibugyo Recommended Reading 😬 This interview with the head of the World Health Organization (2026-06-13) is really sobering. He… Continue reading 2026-06-19 General
2026-06-12 General
There’s no BC-specific post this week because the province is only providing most data on the first Thursday of the month. They are still providing wastewater information — and even a bit more because of the World Cup — so I have added BC wastewater measurements into the General post. COVID-19 COVID-Related Excess Death and… Continue reading 2026-06-12 General
2026-06-06 BC
Healthcare System This article (2026-05-31) says that 23% of BC residents do not have a primary care provider, and that this is higher than when the NDP took over in 2017. That’s interesting, because the province put out this press release a while ago (2026-04-01) which reported that 223,000 people (~4% of BC residents) were… Continue reading 2026-06-06 BC
2026-06-06 General
COVID-19 Long COVID ‼️‼️ This paper from USA (2026-05-28) reports evidence that Long COVID — at least with with neurocognitive symptoms — is an autoimmune disease. They first used flourescently-tagged antibodies to find ones that looked like they were attacking the self. Next, they tested they extracted these autoantibodies and tested them against human cell… Continue reading 2026-06-06 General
2026-05-29 General
Note: there is no BC post this week. Metro Vancouver did not publish the wastewater data, and there’s not any other BC-specific news. The province is supposed to release case/hospitalization/death data next week, so there should be a BC post next week. This General blog post is also very short today. There is a huge… Continue reading 2026-05-29 General
2026-05-22 BC
COVID-19 A reminder that the province has shifted to its summer data release schedule: only wastewater data will be published weekly; other data will come out on the first Thursday of the month. Wastewater Wastewater is trundling along at low-but-not-quite-zero levels, sometimes going up a little, sometimes going down a little. 💩💧 From Jeff’s wastewater… Continue reading 2026-05-22 BC
2026-05-22 General
COVID-19 Long COVID 💊🎉 This paper from Japan (2026-05-15) reports that outpatients with confirmed COVID-19 who took ensitrelvir/Xocova were 14% less likely to get Long COVID than controls who took placebos. Patients who took molnupiravir had a 19% lower risk, but the change in risk was not statistically significant for nirmatrelvir+ritonavir/Paxlovid. (Editor’s Note: Xocova has… Continue reading 2026-05-22 General