Weekly New Infections Charts Every Monday we take a look at our week to week totals and chart how BC’s fight against COVID-19 is progressing. Because of the reporting schedule used in BC, we use 7-day totals running from Tuesday to Monday. The above chart shows each week of the pandemic as a unique bar.Continue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 270”
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COVID-19 Diary – Day 267
Fraser Health Launches Contact Tracing Tool It’s no secret that for the last several months somewhere between 1/2 and 2/3rds of all new COVID-19 cases have come from the Fraser Health area. This statistic, coupled with the fact that most of those recent cases have been people aged between 20 and 39 years old, hasContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 267”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 266
What Will the Vaccine Feel Like? As we prepare for the upcoming COVID-19 vaccines to become available, some of you may be wondering what kind of experience you can expect during and after the inoculations. Both Oxford/Moderna and Pfizer’s vaccine candidates utilize brand new mRNA technology and trick your body into producing proteins with theContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 266”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 265
Health Canada: Pfizer Vaccine Decision Coming Soon After yesterday’s announcement that the UK had given Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine emergency approval for use, Health Canada has made its own statement today: While there is no official target date provided, it seems likely that we can expect to hear more from Health Canada in the coming daysContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 265”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 264
Long Term Symptoms Revisited About 1.5 months ago, we reported on a BC local post-COVID-19 recovery clinic operating out of St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, the first of its kind in Canada (although one in Montreal is planned to open shortly). In the time since that post, additional data has come to light, providing aContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 264”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 263
Weekly New Infections Charts Every Monday we take a look at our week to week totals and chart how BC’s fight against COVID-19 is progressing. Because of the reporting schedule used in BC, we use 7-day totals running from Tuesday to Monday. The above chart shows each week of the pandemic as a unique bar.Continue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 263”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 260
Majority of Canadians to Receive Vaccine by September 2021 Earlier today Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced to press that he believes the majority of Canadians will have received vaccinations by September of next year. A sentiment that was later echoed by Canada’s deputy chief public health officer Dr. Howard Njoo, while also being called “optimistic”Continue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 260”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 258
Revised: Weekly New Infections Charts Today in an unusual Wednesday public briefing, Dr. Bonnie Henry informed the province that due to a glitch, the number of new infections from the Fraser Health Authority had been reported incorrectly, and just over 1 week’s worth of data had to be corrected. As such, we have updated theContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 258”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 257
Canada Won’t Be First to Receive Vaccine Earlier today Prime Minister Trudeau announced to Canadians that Canada would not be the first to receive the newly developed COVID-19 vaccines from any of the major developers. These developers will be providing their initial shipments to their home countries first, before honouring their agreements with Canada andContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 257”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 256
Weekly New Infections Charts Every Monday we take a look at our week to week totals and chart how BC’s fight against COVID-19 is progressing. Because of the reporting schedule used in BC, we use 7-day totals running from Tuesday to Monday. The above chart shows each week of the pandemic as a unique bar.Continue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 256”