Border Restrictions Update Today the Canadian government announced some adjustments to restrictions on travel into Canada, that should be coming into effect soon. Under the new restrictions, the following extended family members of Canadian citizens and Canadian permanent residents would be eligible to travel to Canada: individuals in an exclusive dating relationship with a CanadianContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 204”
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COVID-19 Diary – Day 203
FDA Widens Investigation into AstraZeneca AstraZeneca is in the news once again, over their COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The US FDA has now expanded their investigation into the unexpected development of transverse myelitis in at least one of the participants of an ongoing study, which will now include research into previous vaccines developed by the sameContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 203”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 202
Air Travel During The Pandemic Air Travel is one of the industries that has been heaviest hit by the pandemic over the last 6 months. Between the order to avoid all non-essential travel outside of Canada and the additional risks associated with spending hours in an enclosed space with a large group of strangers, peopleContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 202”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 201
Canada to Purchase New Rapid Tests In yesterday’s post, we reported on a global initiative to make rapid antigen testing available to low and middle-income countries. One of the suppliers of those tests, Abbot, has now also signed a deal with Canada for 7.9 million rapid tests. But unlike the affordable antigen tests mentioned yesterday,Continue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 201”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 200
BCCOVID19.INFO – GRAND OPENING It has now been 200 days since BC first took action to help stem the spread COVID-19, about 197 days since I decided to make regular posts detailing the experiences of living in a pandemic, about 145 days since I decided to make my posts more focused on sharing facts andContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 200”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 199
Vaccines May Not Prevent Transmission Until very recently I, like many others, had taken for granted that a COVID-19 vaccine would solve our pandemic problem, even if not immediately. There will be issues getting some people to vaccinate themselves, and hitting critical mass for herd immunity may take time, especially with the short supply andContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 199”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 198
A recent study conducted at the University of California, Davis, has provided some new information that could relate to the effectiveness of homemade non-medical masks. The study began as a comparison of different types of masks, including surgical, vented N95 and KN95 rated masks, as well as paper towel, and both single and double-layer cottonContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 198”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 197
A new study out of the University of Nicosia in Cyprus is turning a few heads with its analysis of theoretical evaporation effects on the spread of COVID-19 carrying respiratory droplets and aerosols. Please keep in mind that this is not a practical study, and all of the results are based on complex simulations, althoughContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 197”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 196
Today marks 2 weeks since schools across BC have been open, and during that time there have been 31 exposure events, and luckily 0 outbreaks of COVID-19. Of those 31 exposure events, 23 of them have been located within the Fraser Health Authority, and 15 have been located specifically within the Surrey school district. TheseContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 196”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 195
ScienceMag recently published a report on an investigation into COVID-19 led by the University of Bristol. The research team says they have discovered a druggable pocket in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein, which could theoretically be used to target the virus with specialized small-molecule antiviral drugs. The pocket specifically collects linoleic acid, which is a freeContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 195”
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