There was no update from the province last week, so there was no blog post last week. Most other places are engulfed by COVID-19, but in BC it’s much more mellow — right now. Most stats here are up, but only slightly. If you are planning a trip Back East or to the USA, make… Continue reading 2024-01-05 BC
Author: Ducky
2024-01-05 General
Someone in the US tooted that there are 1000 COVID-19 deaths per week there, and is kind of incredulous that people don’t take it more seriously. “If I were to tell you that 5 to 10 airliners would fall from the sky every week, half of the US wouldn’t set foot in a plane.” I… Continue reading 2024-01-05 General
2023-12-21 BC
The province will not be releasing data next week, so there will not be a BC posting on this blog next week. Statistics As of 21 Dec, the BC CDC situation report says that in the week ending on 16 Dec there were: +358 reported cases, +93 hospital admissions, +14 ICU admissions, and +19 thirty-day all-cause deaths*.… Continue reading 2023-12-21 BC
2023-12-22 General
British Columbia is not going to release provincial COVID-19 data next week, so I’m not going to publish a BC post next week. I haven’t decided if I’m going to publish a General post next week or not. This week, I felt like I didn’t have much material to work with. Partly, it might be… Continue reading 2023-12-22 General
2023-12-15 BC
Cases and wastewater both look like they are going up slightly. That might be noise, but given how COVID-19 levels are definitely going up in places near Canada *cough cough USA cough cough*, levels probably are going up. Other Illnesses / Medical System This article reports that Health Minister Dix says there used to be… Continue reading 2023-12-15 BC
2023-12-15 General
Long COVID This (long) report from StatCan says that people who reported two COVID-19 infections were 1.7 times more likely to have Long COVID than people who only had one infection; people who had more than two were 2.6 times more likely to have Long COVID than those who had one infection. COVID-19 is not… Continue reading 2023-12-15 General
2023-12-08 BC
The indicators are mostly flat at the moment. Since they had been going down, maybe this means that they are about to go up again. This wouldn’t be hugely surprising, as the indicators are all going up in the USA. Politics I have a call to action: this web page lets you easily send a… Continue reading 2023-12-08 BC
2023-12-08 General
This week’s post is a little short because I performed a rapid unscheduled cranio-planetary docking maneuver while on a bike ride. (I’m fine — helmets are awesome! — but I’m taking it easy for a few days.) Long COVID Two weeks ago, I reported on a case studies paper which found that nicotine patches helped… Continue reading 2023-12-08 General
2023-12-01 BC
All the indicators are trending down. This is good! Statistics As of 30 Nov, the BC CDC situation report says that in the week ending on 25 Nov there were: +370 reported cases, +126 hospital admissions, +24 ICU admissions, and +14 thirty-day all-cause deaths*. In the week ending 18 Nov, they now report that there were +363… Continue reading 2023-12-01 BC
2023-12-01 General
Long COVID This preprint from USA (2023-11-08) discussed a small study with 16 Long COVID patients who had small fiber neuropathy verified by skin biopsies. Eight of the patients got intravenous immunoglobulin and saw big improvements. This paper from Pakistan (20231122) found that people who were fully vaccinated were 62% less likely to get Long… Continue reading 2023-12-01 General