Vaccines This article reports that Health Canada approved Medicago’s Covifenz, a plant-derived protein subunit vaccine. In trials, Covifenz had 71% effectiveness against Delta infection, and 100% effective against hospitalization. According to their product monograph, it is fridge-stable, but needs to be handled gently. Medicago’s vax is a virus-like particle, what I generally call a “spikey… Continue reading 2022-02-24 General
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2022-02-23 BC
Mitigation Measures This article reports that the The College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. has disciplined a doctor for spreading disinfo and veterinary-grade ivermectin. Press Briefing The video is here. Dr.H said: Canada expects to get Novavax within a week to ten days. She pointed out that there were zero fetal cells used in… Continue reading 2022-02-23 BC
2022-02-23 General
As I mentioned before, “everybody” seems to be acting like the pandemic is over. It’s not. Really it is not. I suspect people hear numbers like “60 per day in Canada” and think, “oh, well, 60 isn’t many people in a population of 39M”, but I think people just don’t understand just how rare death… Continue reading 2022-02-23 General
2022-02-21 BC
Vaccines This article talks about BCians not getting boosters. It says that 69% of those who have gotten an invitation have gotten boosted, but a survey says that 56% of the unboosted are in no hurry to get one. Half of those say they will get one eventually, but are in no rush. This article… Continue reading 2022-02-21 BC
2022-02-19/20/21/22 General
This post might look like it has a fair amount of stuff in it, but it’s four days’ worth (because of the Canadian stat holiday yesterday). I have noticed a big drop in the amount of content to pull from. I’m not even seeing a lot of “how do we transition to post-pandemic” articles now.… Continue reading 2022-02-19/20/21/22 General
2022-02-18 BC
Statistics Today: +692 cases, +5 deaths, +974 first doses, +4,694 second doses, +14,815 other doses. Currently 733 in hospital / 113 in ICU. first doses second doses third doses of adults 93.5% 91.0% 56.2% of over-12s 93.2% 90.6% 53.9% of over-5s 90.5% 85.6% * of all BCers 89.6% 84.8% 50.0% Charts From this tweet: From… Continue reading 2022-02-18 BC
2022-02-18 General
Vaccines This preprint from Israel says that a fourth dose is helpful, but not that much. The efficacy versus people who had three doses was: 30% for Pfizer; 11% for Moderna. In other words, in cohorts of N people with three doses, N people with three doses plus 1 dose of Pfizer, and N people… Continue reading 2022-02-18 General
2022-02-17 BC
Mitigation Measures This article reports that the Dr. Henry lifted the Order that businesses must allow workers to work from home if possible. Statistics +782 cases, +5 deaths, +982 first doses, +4,978 second doses, +13,800 other doses. Currently 744 in hospital / 120 in ICU. first doses second doses third doses of adults 93.5% 91.0%… Continue reading 2022-02-17 BC
2022-02-17 General
It was a really stunningly slow news day today. There are lots of articles navel-gazing about “what does it mean for the pandemic to be over?” but not much real news. Vaccines This article reports that Health Canada (finally) approved Novavax! Novavax had really good results — 90% effective against infection and 100% effective against… Continue reading 2022-02-17 General
2022-02-16 BC
Statistics +750 cases, +11 deaths, +954 first doses, +3,975 second doses, +13,721 other doses. Currently 762 in hospital / 121 in ICU. first doses second doses third doses of adults 93.5% 91.0% 55.7% of over-12s 93.1% 90.5% 53.3% of over-5s 90.4% 85.4% * of all BCers 89.6% 84.6% 49.4% Charts From this tweet: