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
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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
2026-05-22 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
2026-05-15 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 💩💧 From Jeff’s wastewater spreadsheet with data through 2026-05-03: Hantavirus Transmission Four of the Canadians on the MV Hondius ship are… Continue reading 2026-05-15 BC
2026-05-08 BC
The province says this is the last weekly data update until Fall (except for wastewater). The Viral Respiratory Outcomes page and the Pathogen Characterization pages will be updated on the first Thursday of the month. Vaccines According to this social media post (2026-05-07), there have been some trouble with the vaccine reservation system. You can… Continue reading 2026-05-08 BC
2026-05-01 BC
The province says this is the last weekly data update until Fall (except for wastewater). The Viral Respiratory Outcomes page and the Pathogen Characterization pages will be updated on the first Thursday of the month. Vaccines I have gotten mixed messages about the Spring COVID-19 vaccinations. A friend of mine in Fraser who is over… Continue reading 2026-05-01 BC
2026-04-24 BC
Hospital System I missed it when it came out, but as this press release (2025-12-05) describes, the province is going to centralize certain health care administration tasks. Instead of each Health Authority having their own legal, supply chain, finance and human resources, those are all going to be consolidated into one standalone shared services organization,… Continue reading 2026-04-24 BC
2026-04-18 BC
Health Care System This press release (2026-04-01) from the Ministry of Health says that BC has successfully poached hired 500 health care workers from the USA by now. It also says that: The province has also recently opened new urgent/primary care centres in PoCo (2026-03-18), UBC (2026-03-30), and Surrey (2026-04-10). Charts From the Viral Respiratory… Continue reading 2026-04-18 BC