COVID-19 seems pretty stable at a middling level. Flu has started to make an appearance, but it’s still at quite a low level. COVID-19 Vaccines 💉 Both Spouse and I got invitations this week to get COVID-19 and influenza vaccines, so it isn’t just for people over 65! A friend of mine told me he… Continue reading 2025-10-24 BC
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2025-10-18 BC
Charts From the Viral Pathogen Characterization page: In the most recent data (ending 11 Oct) as reported on 16 Oct 2025, among influenza-like illness (i.e upper respiratory diseases) cases the province has test data for: Wastewater 💩💧 Jeff’s wastewater spreadsheet has not been updated, through no fault of Jeff: the province did not release the… Continue reading 2025-10-18 BC
2025-10-11 BC
Vaccines 🎉🎉🎉 💉 Well, I was wrong in how I interpreted the PHAC vaccine guidance! This article (2025-10-06) says that every BC resident over 6 months old in BC can get a COVID vax! They are doing the most vulnerable first; the general public should be able to start getting them in “mid-month”. I don’t… Continue reading 2025-10-11 BC
2025-10-06 BC
NB: I’m travelling this week, so a bit behind. We have gotten into respiratory illness season, so the province is providing weekly updates again, yay! The COVID-19 hospital/death charts look like maybe COVID-19 levels are going down, but the number of cases still looks like it is going up slowly. My any of the measures,… Continue reading 2025-10-06 BC
2025-09-05 BC
The number of cases of COVID-19 reported to the province looks like it is rising. Reported cases are up,but it’s hard to tell because some of the data they usually publish is missing, the number of people with COVID-19 in the hospital is up quite a bit, and while wastewater is noisy, I can convince… Continue reading 2025-09-05 BC
2025-08-11 BC
Note: the weather has been awesome this week, so I have been spending it outdoors instead of reading research papers indoors. Thus the General post will be delayed by a few days. Meanwhile, COVID-19 appears to be holding pretty steady. About half of upper respiratory cases are COVID-19; about a quarter are entero or rhinoviruses;… Continue reading 2025-08-11 BC
2025-06-06 BC
A number of COVID-19 indicators show the levels going up: wastewater (especially in Fraser), % positivity, # of patients in hospital, and # of hospital admissions. I don’t feel comfortable saying “cases are low” any more. I would like to remind people that: Go get your COVID-19 vaccination! Charts From the BC Viral Respiratory Outcomes… Continue reading 2025-06-06 BC
2025-05-03 BC
It’s been hard recently to distinguish “line going up” on the charts from random noise, but this week it looks pretty clear that COVID-19 levels are going up. Cases are up slightly, wastewater is definitely going up in Fraser. It was too good to last, I guess. 🙁 Vaccine Clinics If you want a COVID-19… Continue reading 2025-05-03 BC
2025-04-27 BC
COVID-19 is still unusually low, but from the wastewater especially, it looks like it is starting to creep up. Entero/rhinovirus is also creeping up. All the other common respiratory viruses are now also low and stable and low or getting lower, except for Data Update The BC Respiratory Outcomes page has this notice on it… Continue reading 2025-04-27 BC
2025-04-18 BC
All of the tracked respiratory illnesses are on the decline or stable at low levels, including COVID-19. Charts From the BC CDC Situation Report: Comparison vs. Other Influenza-Like-Illnesses, from the Viral Pathogen Characterization page: In the most recent data (ending 12 April) as reported on 17 April 2025, among influenza-like illness (i.e upper respiratory diseases)… Continue reading 2025-04-18 BC