Cases have been kind of flat for a while, and today they went up. I’ve heard speculation that there have been a fair number of holiday parties. Even if the attendees are fully vaccinated, that can’t be good for transmission. Mitigation Measures This article reports that worship services are being allowed again in Northern Health,… Continue reading 2021-12-08/09/10 BC
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2021-12-07 BC
Note: There probably will not be posts on Wednesday and Thursday. Press Conference Today is kind of a busy day today, so this discussion will be somewhat abbreviated. They have now identified five Omicron cases in BC and expect there to be more. The feds had identified 204 people originally who had recently travelled to… Continue reading 2021-12-07 BC
2021-12-04/05/06 BC
Transmission This article says that there was a big cluster to a religious gathering on Vancouver Island. Mitigation Measures This article says that several BC hospitals have been getting big HVAC upgrades. According to this article, the City of Vancouver appears to have caved in the face of the police, and is letting them do… Continue reading 2021-12-04/05/06 BC
2021-12-03 BC
Mitigation Measures This article says that the head coach of a Kootenay International Junior Hockey League team has been suspended and the team fined for violating the league’s vaccination policy. Statistics +405 cases, +6 deaths. Currently 276 in hospital / 95 in ICU, 3,071 active cases, 214,047 recovered. first doses second doses third doses of… Continue reading 2021-12-03 BC
20211202 BC
Assholes This article says that a woman who call herself the “Queen of Canada” and called on her 73K followers to shoot health care workers has been arrested and detailed under the Mental Health Act. I can’t tell for sure from the article, but I think she is no longer in custody. Mitigation Measures This… Continue reading 20211202 BC
2021-12-01 BC
Statistics +375 cases, +7 deaths. Currently 301 in hospital / 98 in ICU, 2,936 active cases, 213,394 recovered. first doses second doses third doses of adults 91.6% 88.4% 10% of over-12s 91.2% 87.9% 9% of over-5s 84.8% 81.7% * of all BCers ?% ?% ?% Charts
2021-11-30 BC
Press Briefing There was a lot today. Variants The province has a robust whole-genome sequencing (WGS) program. For a while, they were doing WGS on every single case. When the case counts went up, they decreased, but they still do every single case for one week for month, and samples in the other weeks. They… Continue reading 2021-11-30 BC
2021-11-29 BC
Vaccines This article reports on the first day of kidlet vaccination. Statistics Fri/Sat: +389 casesSat/Sun: +309 casesSun/Mon: +272 cases+11 deaths over the weekend. Currently 303 in hospital / 115 in ICU, 2,882 active cases, 212,704 people who tested positive have recovered. first doses second doses of adults 91.5% 88.3% of over-12s 91.1% 87.8% of all… Continue reading 2021-11-29 BC
2021-11-26 BC
Assholes/Mitigation Measures This article says that the asshole who got busted for running an underground nightclub in his condo got sent to jail for 29 days and fined $10K. The province is also trying to take his condo under civil asset forfeiture. Statistics +341 cases, +6 deaths. Currently 291 in hosptial / 115 in ICU,… Continue reading 2021-11-26 BC
2021-11-25 BC
Data This article reports that the province has finally released counts of patients infected in hospitals: 1619, 274 of which later died. (For comparison, there have been 12,214 total hospitalizations to date.) Mitigation Measures This article reports that the restrictions on gatherings in Northern Health have been extended indefinitely. This article reported that the province… Continue reading 2021-11-25 BC