Today Health Minister Adrian Dix had a very clear message for the people of BC: “Stick to six”. Choose a group of six people to socialize with and make it a consistent friend group. With 132 more new COVID-19 infections reported today, and our number of active cases in the province at a record breaking 1,461,Continue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 183”
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COVID-19 Diary – Day 182
Today marks the first day back to school, with most children in BC returning to in-class sessions, and others preferring to remain with online or distance based education options. I have not found any specific numbers or percentages associated with these options however. Today also marks a new record for a single day report ofContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 182”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 181
September is known for two things, back to school and the start of flu season. And with children across BC returning to classes starting tomorrow, we can be sure that the other isn’t far behind. Today BC Health Minister Adrian Dix announced 1.6 billion in additional funding to help better prepare the province for theContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 181”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 180
Since Monday was a holiday I am doing the weekly numbers update today. As you can see from the above chart, BC is continuing to see significant increases in our weekly total new case numbers. This past week total has seen an increase of 21.7% from the previous week’s total. This acceleration of new casesContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 180”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 179
Normally I would be posting the updated Monday chart today, but since it is a holiday we won’t be getting the updated details until tomorrow. Likewise, there has not been a lot of new COVID-19 news today either. Looking at National news, Dr. Theresa Tam is urging Canadians to be more cautious as our dailyContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 179”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 178
COVID-19 is well known to be a complicated virus with a wide variety of potential symptoms and long terms effects. Recently there has been a speculative line drawn between COVID-19 and myocarditis. Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle, which can affect your heart’s electrical system, reducing your heart’s ability to pump and causingContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 178”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 177
Periodically I go through old COVID-19 blog posts and take a look at things that sounded very promising months ago, and do some checking to see if they ever came to be. An example of this is the antibody treatment that Sorrento Therapeutics has been working on. We don’t know too much about Sorrento’s STI-1499Continue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 177”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 176
Today is Friday on a long weekend where we have Monday off. I would like to ask everyone to remember to have safe fun this holiday, and to continue physical distancing whenever possible, and that wearing a mask is not a green light to ignore distancing or other safety guidelines. Yesterday Dr. Bonnie Henry releasedContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 176”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 175
On July 31st Canada launched the national COVID-19 Alert app, which is designed to keep a record of phones your phone comes close to over the course of the day, so that in the event of you testing positive for COVID-19, you could send out a notice to anyone who may have been exposed byContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 175”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 174
This is going to be a pretty long post, but there’s lots of good info here. Let’s get started! First up we have a new study on the efficacy of face shields and masks with unfiltered valves. They use lasers to help improve visualization of water vapour. Their conclusions are not super great for eitherContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 174”
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