Mitigation Measures This article reports that people in BC who can’t get where they need to go for essential purposes (e.g. get home, go shopping) except via the US are exempted from the test or quarantine rule on re-entry to Canada. Press Briefing At today’s briefing: Dr. H said that the province is seeing a… Continue reading 2021-11-16 BC
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2021-11-13/14/15 BC
Statistics Fri/Sat: +502 casesSat/Sun: +387 casesSun/Mon: +381 cases Weekend average of +5.33 deaths, +1,833 first doses, +3,578 second doses, +8,826 other doses. Currently 376 in hospital / 116 in ICU, 3,837 active cases, 206,665 recovered. first doses second doses of adults 91.1% 87.3% of over-12s 90.7% 86.8% of all BCers 82.5% 78.9% Charts Recommended Reading… Continue reading 2021-11-13/14/15 BC
2021-11-12 BC
Statistics Wed/Thu: +519 cases Thu/Fri: +473 cases Over the two days, average per day: +11.5 deaths, +1,728 first doses, +3,533 second doses, +7,582 other doses. Currently 384 in hospital / 124 in ICU, 4,265 active cases, 204,963 recovered. first doses second doses of adults 91.0% 87.1% of over-12s 90.6% 86.5% of all BCers 82.4% 78.7%… Continue reading 2021-11-12 BC
2021-11-11 BC
Mitigation Measures This article talks about mitigation measures on ski hills: Resort Need vax card?(over 12) Grouse Yes Cypress No Mt. Seymour No Whistler No Revelstoke Yes The article gives kind of mixed messages about masks on gondolas. It says that masks are required but that nobody will check. (I guess it’s like on buses.)… Continue reading 2021-11-11 BC
2021-11-10 BC
Mitigation Measures This article says that BC Ferries could have trouble with staffing as a result of the federal vax mandate. Statistics +555 cases, +11 deaths. Average of past two days: +5,506 first doses, +3,585 second doses, +11,313 other doses. Currently 404 in hospital / 117 in ICU, 4,321 active cases, 203,909 recovered. first doses… Continue reading 2021-11-10 BC
2021-11-09 BC
Press Briefing The press briefing today was really dull. About the only piece of news was that BC is going to get a small amount of J&J (from Europe, not that trash that came from Baltimore), and they are going to offer it first to health care workers who have not gotten vaccinated and who… Continue reading 2021-11-09 BC
2021-11-08 BC
Statistics Fri/Sat: +553 casesSat/Sun: +462 casesSun/Mon: +423 cases Over weekend, average of around +6 deaths, 1,489 first doses, +7,604 second doses, +5,954 other doses. Currently 407 in hospital / 121 in ICU, 4,282 active cases, 202,898 recovered. first doses second doses of adults 90.7% 86.6% of over-12s 90.3% 86.0% of all BCers 82.1% 78.4% Charts
2021-11-05 BC
Mitigation Measures This article says that BC has decided to close down mink farming in the province permanently because of the health risks. Transmission This article says that 40 people from the Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren Church in Abbotsford (a pro-vax church) have gotten COVID-19; 11 have been hospitalized. The church voluntarily closed in-person services. Statistics… Continue reading 2021-11-05 BC
2021-11-04 BC
Karma This article says that Mak Parhar, a literal flat-earther and COVID-denier has died. While the official cause of death has not been determined blah blah, he had recently complained of symptoms which sure looked similar to COVID-19 symptoms. Press Briefing Today there was a briefing on modelling (slides, video). Briefly, because I am bored… Continue reading 2021-11-04 BC
2021-11-03 BC
Pathology This article reports that there were a record-breaking 55 double-lung transplants in 2020, nine of them because of lung damage from COVID-19. So far this year, there have been 52. Statistics +430 cases, +5 deaths, +7,789 first doses, +3,188 second doses, +4,646 other doses. Currently X* in hospital / 137 in ICU, 4,373 active… Continue reading 2021-11-03 BC