Mitigation Measures This article (2026-03-23) reports that most Canadians thought the federal government did a good job on the pandemic. 67% of people in BC thought that the province did a good job. I would agree. Just about everybody (including me) is mad at the province’s Ministry of Health for one thing or another, but… Continue reading 2026-03-27 BC
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2026-03-20 BC
Health Care System This article (2026-03-16) says that BC has poached hired 414 healthcare workers from the USA in the past year. Thank you, Tod Maffin! Charts From the Viral Respiratory Outcomes page (updated 19 Mar 2026 with data through 14 Mar 2026). From the Viral Pathogen Characterization page: Absolutely every single pathogen’s reported case… Continue reading 2026-03-20 BC
2026-03-13 BC
You’ll be glad to know that Dr. Bonnie Henry has declared an end to respiratory virus season (2026-03-06) :-/. Charts From the Viral Respiratory Outcomes page (updated 12 Mar 2026 with data through 7 Mar 2026). From the Viral Pathogen Characterization page: Flu A is down, Flu B is up, and COVID-19 is pretty much… Continue reading 2026-03-13 BC
2026-03-06 BC
Charts From the Viral Respiratory Outcomes page (updated 5 Mar 2026 with data through 28 Feb 2026). From the Viral Pathogen Characterization page: Last week, I said that I had never seen flu so low, that I thought it must be a data error? Um, yeah, about that? It was a data error: Dyslexic me… Continue reading 2026-03-06 BC
2026-02-28 BC
Charts From the Viral Respiratory Outcomes page (updated 26 Feb 2026 with data through 21 Feb 2026). From the Viral Pathogen Characterization page: Influenza A has fallen so far that part of me wonders if there’s a data error. I’ve never seen it in single digits before, even in the summertime. Addendum 2026-03-05: Dyslexic me… Continue reading 2026-02-28 BC
2026-02-20 BC
Charts From the Viral Pathogen Characterization page: Flu is definitely still going down. Everything else is making small enough moves that it’s hard to tell if it’s noise or part of a trend. In the most recent data (ending 14 Feb 2026) as reported on 19 Feb 2026, among influenza-like illness (i.e respiratory diseases) cases… Continue reading 2026-02-20 BC
2026-02-13 BC
Addendum: This originally had the date of 2026-01-13 and not 2026-02-13. Ooops, sorry. Charts From the Viral Pathogen Characterization page: Flu is going down, RSV is going up, everything else is holding pretty steady. In the most recent data (ending 7 Feb 2026) as reported on 12 Feb 2026, among influenza-like illness (i.e respiratory diseases)… Continue reading 2026-02-13 BC
2026-02-05 BC
This week’s postings will be short because I have Things To Do for the next few days. This means that the wastewater information will be delayed. I might revise this blog on Friday or Saturday to add in the wastewater chart, but otherwise you’ll need to wait a week. Charts From the Viral Pathogen Characterization… Continue reading 2026-02-05 BC
2026-01-30 BC
COVID-19 is steady and pretty low, influenza is falling fast, and RSV is climbing. Charts From the Viral Pathogen Characterization page: Influenza case counts continue to go down. COVID-19 continues to be about the same. RSV continues to go up a little bit. In the most recent data (ending 24 Jan 2026) as reported on… Continue reading 2026-01-30 BC
2026-01-23 BC
COVID-19 Charts From the Viral Pathogen Characterization page: Influenza levels are definitely, clearly down. At this point, it looks like this season won’t end up as bad as many people (including me) thought it would be. Last week there was a slight drop in RSV cases, but I said that I thought it was just… Continue reading 2026-01-23 BC