COVID-19 COVID-Related Excess Death and Sickness 😬🧠 This paper from Taiwan (2026-09-14) reports that among people with type 2 diabetes, people who had a documented COVID-19 case had a way higher risk of dementia: Long COVID 😢💉 One of the theories for why people with Long COVID don’t recover is that SARS-CoV-2 virus persists in… Continue reading 2026-10-16 General
Category: COVID-Related Excess Death and Sickness
2026-10-02 General
COVID-19 COVID-Related Excess Death and Sickness 🧠 This preprint from Israel (2026-09-23) reports that COVID-19 infections increase your risk of a stroke in the next two years: NB: It wasn’t clear if the lower risk of stroke among people vaccinated four times was because the vaccine made people more resistant to stroke, or just because… Continue reading 2026-10-02 General
2026-09-12 General
I don’t have much news for you this week. COVID-19 levels seem to be increasing around us. COVID-19 COVID-Related Excess Death and Sickness This report from Canada (2026-09-10) reports that people who self-reported having had a COVID-19 infection had a much higher risk of developing a new medical condition compared to people who said they’d… Continue reading 2026-09-12 General
2026-07-17 General
COVID-19 infections are increasing in many places, including — it looks pretty clear now from the wastewater levels — in BC. The absolute rates are low, but disease spread is always exponential — which means that it can appear that the levels can switch from low to high very quickly. Based on the province’s modelling… Continue reading 2026-07-17 General
2026-07-10 General
There are a number of places around the world which are starting to see an increase in cases, e.g. Thailand, Philippines, Taiwan, parts of Australia, and parts of the USA. They are starting from a very low base, but infectious diseases can spread exponentially. 😕 I would like to point out that the BC Provincial… Continue reading 2026-07-10 General
2026-07-03 General
COVID-19 is low in most places, but there are a few spots around the world which are starting to see rises. (So sorry, COVID-19 is not “over” yet.) This post (2026-06-28) says that Thailand is seeing a fast increase. It’s hard to find really good information, but it looks like Taiwan is also seeing a… Continue reading 2026-07-03 General
2026-06-26 General
Canadian Respiratory Viruses 🦠 We don’t have data from the province, but the all-Canada data on the big three “kick-your-ass” viruses are all really really low right now. From the Canadian Respiratory Virus Surveillance Report (2026-06-26) with data through June 20th: Even measles is down (see way below). Also per the Canadian Respiratory Virus Surveillance… Continue reading 2026-06-26 General
2026-06-19 General
Reminder: there’s no BC-specific post this week because the province is only providing most data on the first Thursday of the month. The wastewater chart is in the General post when there is no BC post. Bundibugyo Recommended Reading 😬 This interview with the head of the World Health Organization (2026-06-13) is really sobering. He… Continue reading 2026-06-19 General
2026-06-12 General
There’s no BC-specific post this week because the province is only providing most data on the first Thursday of the month. They are still providing wastewater information — and even a bit more because of the World Cup — so I have added BC wastewater measurements into the General post. COVID-19 COVID-Related Excess Death and… Continue reading 2026-06-12 General
2026-05-15 General
COVID-19 Long COVID This paper from Japan (2026-05-08) reports that Long COVID rates dropped from Delta to Omicron/2022 to Omicron/2024, in both children and adults: Note that most people with Long COVID symptoms got better relatively quickly, but it then plateaued: if you weren’t better after ten months, you weren’t likely to be better at… Continue reading 2026-05-15 General