Thank you to everyone for your patience yesterday! We were entirely focused on the election events happening to the South and were not able to complete a post for November 3rd. Cellular Immunity for 6 Months The UK Coronavirus Immunology Consortium has announced results from a recent study they were involved with, showing that T-cellContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 237”
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COVID-19 Diary – Day 235
Weekly Chart Update We received some unpleasant news in today’s public health press conference, in the last 3 days over the weekend, 1,120 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed. Not only is this a new weekend record (by a large margin), we also saw the record for daily cases broken not once but twice! OnContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 235”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 232
Antibody Tests Now Available in BC Did you experience COVID-like symptoms earlier in the year but were refused an opportunity to get a PCR swab test at the time? You may be interested in a new service now being offered by Life Labs, COVID-19 antibody testing! Many people have been looking for this opportunity forContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 232”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 231
Aerosol Transmission Estimator The nice people over at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder have produced a very interesting and useful tool for estimating the aerosol spread of COVID-19. The tool allows for a large number of variables to be taken into consideration, including UV light,Continue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 231”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 230
BBC Mis-Reports Antibody Data An article from the BBC has been gaining a lot of traction online recently, with many people sharing it on social media. The article in question is headlined “Covid: Antibodies ‘fall rapidly after infection’”, and it claims that data released by the Office for National Statistics (in the UK) found thatContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 230”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 229
COVID-19 May Decrease Cognitive Function A recent study of UK residents has shown that there may be on-going symptoms of cognitive decline for most people who have recovered from COVID-19, even asymptomatic cases. The study was done using an intelligence test voluntarily taken by over 84k residents of the UK. Additional questions were added toContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 229”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 228
Weekly Chart Update The numbers are in for the 7 day period of October 20-26 and they are not good. During the previous week, BC’s record for the most reported cases in a single day was broken 3 times, with our current record sitting at 317 (October 24th’s number). Additionally, the record has now beenContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 228”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 225
Canada Makes Another Vaccine Agreement Earlier today Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Canada had made an agreement to purchase 76 million doses of a vaccine candidate being developed by Medicago in partnership with GlaxoSmithKline. This marks the first vaccine candidate Canada has entered into an agreement to purchase that is being developed domestically. This isContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 225”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 224
Daily New Cases Continue to Set Records Unfortunately, and for the 4th time in 6 days, BC has set a new record for how many new COVID-19 cases are reported in a single day within the province. Today the record jumped from 203 to 274, and startling 35% increase. In her public update this afternoon,Continue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 224”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 223
BC Reports First School Outbreak Today BC Public Health reported the first confirmed school outbreak event, located at École de l’Anse-au-sable, a French-speaking school located in School District #93 in Kelowna. The exposure is confirmed to have taken place on October 13-15, and 160 members of the school community have now been directed to self-isolateContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 223”
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