Pub Health Advice This tweet thread says that the BC CDC web site changed from masking being a personal choice, to “Public health recommends wearing masks in all public indoor spaces”, back to personal choice, all in the space of not very much time. Hmmm. Sounds like there is some internal politics going on there.… Continue reading 2023-01-05 BC
Category: Statistics
week ending 2022-12-22 BC
Health Care System This article says that 99.9% of people in BC who had surgeries rescheduled have now had them. Mitigation Measures This article reported that an appeals court said that yeah, prohibiting in-person church services was reasonable given the pandemic. Statistics As of today, the BC CDC weekly report said that in the week ending on… Continue reading week ending 2022-12-22 BC
week ending 2022-12-15 BC
Hospitals This article reports that BC Children’s Hospital has approved putting two kids in a single room, in order to deal with crowding. (I don’t have good sources for you, sorry, but I believe that while double-respiratory-infections happen, it’s not as common as one would think. Having respiratory illness A seems to give some protection… Continue reading week ending 2022-12-15 BC
week ending 2022-11-08 BC
Statistics As of today, the BC CDC weekly report said that in the week ending on 3 Dec there were: +539 confirmed cases, +140 hospital admissions, +33 ICU admissions, +17 all-cause deaths. As of today, the weekly report said that the previous week (data through 26 Nov) there were: +604 confirmed cases, +213 hospital admissions, +42 ICU admissions,… Continue reading week ending 2022-11-08 BC
week ending 2022-12-02 BC
This is a day late because the province didn’t have numbers ready yesterday. Response Today, the province released the COVID-19 Lessons Learned Review. I have not reviewed it yet. Mitigation Measures The province announced that they are going to make it easier for foreign-trained doctors to work in BC. Transmission This article says there is… Continue reading week ending 2022-12-02 BC
week ending 2022-11-24 BC
The BC COVID-19 Modelling group has issued its 26th report. It’s worth a read. Here’s their excess mortality update (see p7): They think that case rates are going to go down in BC due to increasing population-level immunity (because everybody has already gotten sick), but they aren’t sure about their model because they say that… Continue reading week ending 2022-11-24 BC
week ending 2022-11-17 BC
Press Briefing There was a press briefing. I didn’t watch it; I was busy and kind of depressed about the pandemic. (I am well within my mental health limits, but it is hard to be so close to the train wreck that is the global COVID-19 response.) This thread gives a summary of the press… Continue reading week ending 2022-11-17 BC
week ending 2022-11-10 BC
Statistics This article reports that BC CDC says they are going to work on giving data on reinfections. (Yay, about damn time.) It also mentions that the “currently-in-hospital” number does capture reinfections. (Whew!) Reminder that these statistics are wildly inaccurate. First, the province case counts do not include reinfections for some bizarre reason. Second, the… Continue reading week ending 2022-11-10 BC
week ending 2022-11-03 BC
Statistics Reminder that these statistics are wildly inaccurate. First, the province case counts do not include reinfections for some bizarre reason. Second, the case counts are wildly undercounted: two different studies estimated the undercount as being ~90x. Third, hospitalizations are only counted if the person tested positive on a PCR test; rapid tests don’t count.… Continue reading week ending 2022-11-03 BC
week ending 2022-10-27 BC
Statistics As of today, the BC CDC weekly report said that in the week ending on 22 October there were: +534 confirmed cases, +148 hospital admissions, +26 ICU admissions, +44 all-cause deaths. As of today, the weekly report said that the previous week (data through 15 October September) there were: +627 confirmed cases, +229 hospital admissions, +32 ICU… Continue reading week ending 2022-10-27 BC