Yesterday I shared an image provided by the Public Health Agency of Canada that showed BC had the highest per capita number of active COVID-19 cases of any province or territory in Canada. Today I am happy that I can retract that statement. As you can see from the above chart, with special thanks toContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 194”
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COVID-19 Diary – Day 193
It’s the start of a new week, so it’s new weekly chart day. As you can see above, our weekly total new infection numbers are continuing to rise here in BC. This most recent week’s total is just over 15% higher than the previous week’s, which in turn was about 7.5% higher than the oneContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 193”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 191
Things are starting to look a little less positive for the vaccine candidate being worked on by Oxford/AstraZeneca. In an unusual move, AstraZeneca released early details on how their phase III human trials have been progressing, and it was discovered that there have been 2 patients who have developed transverse myelitis after receiving the vaccine,Continue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 191”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 190
Today Tina Namiesniowski, resigned her position as the president of the Public Health Agency of Canada. She was appointed to the role on May 6, 2019, and completed only a little over 1 year of her possible 5-year term. In her public statement, she hoped to remind everyone of the toll that a relentless paceContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 190”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 189
Today BC Public Health was excited to announce the availability of a new COVID-19 test sample collection method for children in grades K-12. Instead of the much more invasive nasal swab method, students may instead opt for the gargle and spit method. This new method is still a PCR COVID-19 test, only the sample isContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 189”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 188
Over the last 188 days, since BC began taking measures to fight COVID-19, a lot of the focus has been put on prevention methods against transmission, and vaccine candidates to eliminate the chance of infection. There is also a third weapon in our arsenal against COVID-19, treating the disease. At last count, there are aContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 188”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 187
Students returned to classes all over BC on Thursday, Sept 10th last week. Now, just 4 school days later, we have reports of the first school-based exposure that could pose a moderate risk to attending scholars. Delta Secondary School sent out a letter to parents on Monday announcing that a person who was at theContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 187”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 186
As usual, the start of a new work week means an updated chart of BC’s reported new COVID-19 infections, broken down into Tuesday-Monday 7-day totals. As you can see from the above chart, we still see week-to-week growth in our new infection totals. This last week saw a 7.4% increase over the previous week’s total.Continue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 186”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 185
Successfully navigating the COVID-19 pandemic means learning how to manage your transmission risk levels. While few could argue that the safest option is to never leave your house, for most of us, this isn’t a realistic option. So whether it’s going to work or school, buying groceries or other supplies, or taking part in variousContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 185”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 184
Since the early days of the pandemic, there have been several studies and hypotheses regarding the role of air pollution in the form of fine particulate matter (often called PM2.5 or PM10, as these are particles smaller than 2.5 or 10 micrometres) in the transmission and mortality level of COVID-19. One of the earlier studiesContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 184”
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