First Nations This Twitter thread shows that First Nations people are significantly less vaxxed than settlers. Statistics +501 cases, +1 death, +3,571 first doses, +13,507 second doses. Currently 111 in hospital / 51 in ICU, 5,296 active cases, 149,847 recovered. first doses second doses of adults 83.5% 74.9% of over-12s 82.7% 73.5% of all BCers… Continue reading 2021-08-17 BC
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2021-08-16 BC
Vaccination Clinics This article says that one of the North Shore vax clinics is closing due to lack of demand (noting that the North Shore has really high vax rates). Statistics Fri/Sat: +532 casesSat/Sun: +441 casesSun/Mon: +461 cases +1 death, average +3,739 first doses, average +18,575 second doses over the weekend. Currently 104 in hospital… Continue reading 2021-08-16 BC
2021-08-14 BC
Transmission This article says that COVID-19 cases in Whatcom County (which contains Blaine and Bellingham) are now the fourth-highest they’ve been.
2021-08-13 BC
Mitigation Measures It is unclear if BC Ferries passengers’ will need to be vaccinated as part of the federal mandate that various types of passengers need to be vaccinated. Vaccines It’s Friday, so there’s an update on vaccinations by age, with data through 7 August: Treatment This article warns of staffing shortages, especially among nurses.… Continue reading 2021-08-13 BC
2021-08-12 BC
Long-Term Care Homes Today there was a press briefing where Dr. Henry/Minister Dix announced new orders for Long-Term Care Homes. They said that they were hoping that they could cope with unvaccinated workers by testing them frequently and having more stringent PPE requirements for them. Delta had other ideas, apparently, so they are now mandating… Continue reading 2021-08-12 BC
2021-08-11 BC
Statistics Today: +536 cases, +1 death, +4,010 first doses, +22,504 second doses. Currently 72 in hospital / 29 in ICU, 3,585 active cases, 148,446 people recovered. first doses second doses of adults 83.0% 72.9% of over-12s 82.2% 71.1% of all BCers 74.8% 64.7% We have 551,630 doses in fridges; we’ll use it up in 21.2… Continue reading 2021-08-11 BC
2021-08-10 BC
Transmission This article says that Kelowna General Hospital is rescheduling some elective surgeries because they have so many COVID-19 patients. Statistics +395 cases, +0 deaths, +3,810 first doses, +16,188 second doses. Currently 71 in hospital / 23 in ICU, 3,284 active cases, 148,215 recovered. first doses second doses of adults 83.0% 72.5% of over-12s 82.1%… Continue reading 2021-08-10 BC
2021-08-09 BC
Press Briefing I didn’t actually watch the press briefing, but this tweet says that there wasn’t much news aside from that the province is now allowing a second dose at 4 weeks across the province. (They had shortened the interval in the Okanagan.) Mitigation Measures The Americans are coming! This article says that there was… Continue reading 2021-08-09 BC
2021-08-07/08 BC
Mitigation Measures This article says that many faculty at UBC are upset with the COVID plans for the fall. This article says that Pt. Roberts residents (and a few other exclaves) can enter Canada without the quarantine fuss.
2021-08-06 BC
Press Briefing The briefing focused on mitigation measures for the Central Okanagan, where 60% of the province’s cases are. I want to know what we’re doing about the OTHER 40%, but I guess I have to wait. Of course, everybody emphasized that everybody needs to get vaccinated. DrH said that this is driven mostly by… Continue reading 2021-08-06 BC