Pathology Yesterday, I posted this preprint which talked about how pre- and post-COVID brain scans showed changes in the brain. Yesterday I saw a Twitter thread talking about that study. The author said that a loss of brain matter is normal when you lose your sense of smell, due to the circuits not being exercised.… Continue reading 2022-03-08 General
2022-03-07 BC
Testing This Ministry of Health press release says that people over 60 can now pick up one box of five rapid tests each at local pharmacies. (For reference, the over-seventies were able to pick up starting on 23 February 2022.) Statistics Fri/Sat: +385 casesSat/Sun: +327 casesSun/Mon: +285 cases Note that the case counts reported today… Continue reading 2022-03-07 BC
2022-03-05/06/07
Pathology This preprint from the UK which compared brain scans made during the Alpha wave to brain scans in the same people several years prior. They found that people who had had COVID infections had more degradation in their brains (on average) than those who had not. They excluded people who had been hospitalized from… Continue reading 2022-03-05/06/07
2022-03-04 BC
Transmission Dr. Henry showed a slide in one of the previous presentations which said that the start of March would have a little lull, then cases would rise a little bit afterwards. The BC CDC Situation Report wastewater charts do in fact show a slight uptick at three of the five wastewater plants. Statistics +340… Continue reading 2022-03-04 BC
2022-03-04 General
Long COVID As a reminder that Long COVID is a real problem, this report says that 2.4% of people in the UK report Long COVID symptoms more than four weeks after infection. Not 2.4% of the people who got Long COVID, 2.4% of ALL the people. Of that 2.4%, 45% (i.e. 1.08% of the total… Continue reading 2022-03-04 General
2022-03-03 BC
Statistics +391 cases, +13 deaths, +351 first doses, +1,321 second doses, +3,204 other doses. Currently 511 in hospital / 79 in ICU. first doses second doses third doses of adults 93.6% 91.2% 57.9% of over-12s 93.3% 90.8% 55.9% of over-5s 90.6% 86.3% * of all BCians 89.7% 85.5% 51.7% Charts From this Twitter thread: From… Continue reading 2022-03-03 BC
2022-03-03 General
Vaccines You might be wondering what the holdup is with shots for toddlers and babies. After all, the Pfizer shots were effective (during the Delta regime) for the under-two babies, just not for the toddlers (presumably because the dose:weight ratio was high enough for the babies but not the toddlers). This article about the approval… Continue reading 2022-03-03 General
2022-03-02 BC
Statistics Today: +442 cases, +10 deaths, +763 first doses, +1,341 second doses, +3,583 other doses. Currently 517 in hospital / 73 in ICU. first doses second doses third doses of adults 93.6% 91.2% 57.8% of over-12s 93.3% 90.7% 55.8% of over-5s 90.6% 86.3% * of all BCians 89.7% 85.5% 51.7% Charts From this Twitter thread:… Continue reading 2022-03-02 BC
2022-03-02 General
Pathology This preprint says that they used immuno–positron emission tomography to see SARS-CoV-2 infection in cells, and found it kind of all over the male genital tract of macaques. Here’s a lay article on the subject, which added that 10-20% of men who get COVID-19 have problems with their genitals. Men, don’t get COVID-19, it’s… Continue reading 2022-03-02 General
2022-03-01 BC
Press Conference My interpretation of what Dr. Henry said (video) is: Novavax is only approved for people 18 to 64. (They didn’t have enough old people in the trials.) It is safe to mix and match with Novavax, or to get it as a booster. If you want it, call 1-833-838-2323 and get yourself on… Continue reading 2022-03-01 BC