Influenza (See also today’s General post for more on this year’s influenza season and why I’m talking about flu shots on a COVID-19 blog.) This article says that there are mixed reports about whether you have to wait for an invitation to get an influenza vaccine or not. There is a phone number you can… Continue reading week ending 2022-10-13 BC
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week ending 2022-10-13 General
There seem to be an unusually high percentage papers and articles this week which I’m bored with. Things like: Oh look, the pandemic is not over! Huh, boosters actually do work! Yes, vaccines are safe for pregnant women (and COVID-19 is really bad for pregnant women). Myocarditis in young men is a rare, mild side… Continue reading week ending 2022-10-13 General
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Charts From my friend Jeff’s spreadsheet:
week ending 2022-10-06 BC
Modelling The BC COVID-19 Modelling Group has released another report. They say that BC is undercounting COVID-19 deaths: They say that, based on serology data, the province is undercounting cases by about a factor of 100x (this is consistent with a report that some UBC scholars including Dr. Henry) published. I am as convinced in… Continue reading week ending 2022-10-06 BC
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Mitigation Measures As this article reports, all travel restrictions have been waived in Canada. No proof of vaccination, no masks on planes, etc. HOWEVER, reminder, non-USA citizens arriving in the US by air still have to be vaccinated (per this US government site). This report is from the US (about Ohio and Florida, specifically) and… Continue reading week ending 2022-10-06 General
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Charts From Jeff’s spreadsheets:
week ending 2022-09-29 BC
Statistics This week’s BC CDC weekly report said that in the week ending on 24 September August there were: +635 cases, +150 hospital admissions, +30 ICU admissions, +16 all-cause deaths. This week’s report said that the previous week (data through 17 September) there were: +636 cases, +203 hospital admissions, +29 ICU admissions, +31 all-cause deaths. Last week’s… Continue reading week ending 2022-09-29 BC
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Mitigation Measures This press release from the Government of Canada says that all border restrictions — ALL — are dropped as of 1 October 2022. They are also dropping mask requirements on planes and trains. This paper tells how to do mask fit-testing at home. This paper from Nov 2021 says that the death rate… Continue reading week ending 2022-09-29 General
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Here are the wastewater charts from Jeff’s spreadsheet: Note: last weeks’ chart was the same as two weeks ago because I uh didn’t realize I needed to refresh the Google Sheets page. (In my defense, Google Docs updates without refreshing.)
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Statistics This week’s BC CDC weekly report said that in the week ending on 17 September August there were: +637 cases, +155 hospital admissions, +27 ICU admissions, +22 all-cause deaths. This week’s report said that the previous week (data through 10 September) there were: +574 cases, +180 hospital admissions, +31 ICU admissions, +26 all-cause deaths. Last week’s… Continue reading week ending 2022-09-22 BC