Transmission This article says that 92 people were infected in a Site C outbreak. Assholes This article says that a guy glued a door shut at a vaccine clinic on Vancouver Island. Statistics +605 cases, +4 deaths, +8,474 first doses, +5,443 second doses. Currently 374 in hospital / 153 in ICU, 5,172 active cases, 187,564… Continue reading 2021-10-13 BC
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2021-10-12 BC
Conflict This article says that the guy who ran the SARS inquiry says we should have an inquiry to how well BC has handled COVID-19. Press Briefing I only caught a part of the press briefing; this article has a nice summary. Things are bad in Northern Health. They’ve now airlifted 55 people out of… Continue reading 2021-10-12 BC
2021-10-08 BC
Vaccines This press release says that TransLink is mandating vaccines for its employees. They have until 29 Nov to get vaxxed. Statistics Today: +743 cases, +5 deaths, +9,573 first doses, +6,571 second doses. Currently 360 in hospital / 137 in ICU, 5,969 active cases, 184,121 recovered. first doses second doses of adults 89.1% 83.0% of… Continue reading 2021-10-08 BC
2021-10-07 BC
Seroprevalence This article says that the number of cases in young people is probably two or three times higher than the official statistics. Statistics +624 cases, +4 deaths, +5,216 first doses, +7,022 second doses. Currently 373 in hospital / 132 in ICU, 5,929 active cases, 183,406 recovered. first doses second doses of adults 89.0% 82.8%… Continue reading 2021-10-07 BC
2021-10-06 BC
Statistics Today: +752 cases, +9 deaths, +5,521 first doses, +8,336 second doses. Currently 350 in hospital / 136 in ICU, 5,945 active cases, 182,786 recovered. first doses second doses of adults 88.9% 82.7% of over-12s 88.4% 81.9% of all BCers 80.6% 74.5% Charts
2021-10-05 BC
Press Briefing At today’s press briefing, Dr. Henry and/or Minister Dix said: Moar boosters! They are expanding the booster program to the clinically extremely vulnerable. Dr.H rattled off a long list of conditions which would make you eligible, including but not limited to solid organ transplant, getting chemo or radiation, genetically immunocompromised, taking certain immunosuppressants,… Continue reading 2021-10-05 BC
2021-10-04 BC
Statistics Fri/Sat: +617 casesSat/Sun: +707 casesSun/Mon: +662 cases Over the weekend, +10 deaths, average +4,169 first doses, average +6,226 second doses. Currently 326 in hospital / 142 in ICU, 5,986 active cases, 181,304 recovered. first doses second doses of adults 88.7% 82.3% of over-12s 88.2% 81.6% of all BCers 80.4% 74.2% Charts
2021-10-01 BC
Assholes This article says that three men were arrested for not only not wearing masks on BC Ferries, but threatening to fight other passengers who asked them to wear masks. Transmission This study in BC covering 13 September 2020 through 19 Feb 2021 says public health orders caused an immediate drop in contact rates and,… Continue reading 2021-10-01 BC
2021-09-30 BC
NB: Data is reduced today because of Truth and Reconciliation Day. Tomorrow should have full data again. Mitigation Measures This article says that a BC judge threw out the case where the owner of three Stanley Park restaurants tried to reverse changing a car road into a bike road. Statistics +749 cases, +9 deaths, +5,675… Continue reading 2021-09-30 BC
2021-09-29 BC
Data Summary A new BC CDC Data Summary was released yesterday. Our death rates are surprisingly high, and I wondered who was dying. It’s vaccinated really old people: Note that there aren’t very many unvaccinated old people. Case counts in young children are going up: They say that the cases started rising before school opened,… Continue reading 2021-09-29 BC