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
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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
week ending 2022-10-20 BC
Transmission This article says that almost 100 prisoners at Mission Institution federal prison got COVID-19. Vaccines This article reports that the fall vax campaign has been somewhere between glitchy and fucked up. This North Shore News online survey says that 80% of the people polled say that they will get a fall booster: Mitigation Measures… Continue reading week ending 2022-10-20 BC
week ending 2022-10-13 BC
Influenza (See also today’s General post for more on this year’s influenza season and why I’m talking about flu shots on a COVID-19 blog.) This article says that there are mixed reports about whether you have to wait for an invitation to get an influenza vaccine or not. There is a phone number you can… Continue reading week ending 2022-10-13 BC
week ending 2022-10-06 BC
Modelling The BC COVID-19 Modelling Group has released another report. They say that BC is undercounting COVID-19 deaths: They say that, based on serology data, the province is undercounting cases by about a factor of 100x (this is consistent with a report that some UBC scholars including Dr. Henry) published. I am as convinced in… Continue reading week ending 2022-10-06 BC