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
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Vaccines This paper from Qatar says that 2 doses of Pfizer doesn’t actually give kids much protection against Omicron infection, and the protection wanes quite quickly. 🙁 In last week’s General blog post, I gave the disappointing news that two papers found that the bivalent vaccines weren’t that much better than the monovalent boosters. There… Continue reading week ending 2022-11-03 General
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Charts From Jeff’s spreadsheet, using Metro Van data:
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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
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Long COVID This paper from the UK (mostly pre-vax) looked at long-term effects on the heart among people who had been infected with COVID-19. Those who had not been hospitalized had higher risks of heart issues over the study period (32–395 days later), but especially in the first 30 days after infection: 2.74 times the… Continue reading week ending 2022-10-27 General
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Charts COVID-19 levels in wastewater, from Jeff’s spreadsheet: From the Government of Canada vaccine page, cumulative vaccine uptake by age over time for 1, 2, 3, and 4 doses: No, I don’t know why the cumulative percentage goes down sometimes. I don’t think we have so much immigration of unvaccinated people that it would affect… Continue reading 2022-10-21 BC tiny
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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
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Advice A friend of mine in Seattle told me that they’d gotten COVID-19, and asked me what they should do next. What could they do to get better sooner/faster/better? How should she protect their partner? This is the advice I gave: Isolate until you test negative The US CDC says to isolate until five days… Continue reading week ending 2022-10-20 General
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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
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There seem to be an unusually high percentage papers and articles this week which I’m bored with. Things like: Oh look, the pandemic is not over! Huh, boosters actually do work! Yes, vaccines are safe for pregnant women (and COVID-19 is really bad for pregnant women). Myocarditis in young men is a rare, mild side… Continue reading week ending 2022-10-13 General