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 284”
Category Archives: Vaccine
COVID-19 Diary – Day 281
US CDC Releases Study on Children in School & COVID-19 Between September and November, the US CDC ran a study on 397 children aged between 2 and 18, living in Mississippi, who had been tested for COVID-19. The purpose of the study was to determine likely transmission locations for COVID-19 positive children and also toContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 281”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 280
Public Health Order Enforcement to be “Ramped Up” BC Minister of Public Health Mike Farnworth has publicly asked for more officers to actively enforce public health orders related to COVID-19 safety measures. Until recently most officers had been taking a more educational approach to health order violations, but it looks like that may now beContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 280”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 278
Vaccine Watch Update Today the US FDA released Moderna’s vaccine trial data, which will be used in its decision to grant emergency authorization for the vaccine candidate. Here are some highlights from the 54-pg document: The vaccine efficiency is shown to be 95.6% for people aged 18-64, and 86.4% for people aged 65 or more.Continue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 278”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 277
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 277”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 274
The History of mRNA Vaccines, and the story of Katalin Karikó With the recent approval of Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine and its usage to combat such a high profile virus as SARS-CoV-2, the term mRNA is suddenly being used much more frequently around the world. But not that long ago many in the pharmaceutical industry wereContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 274”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 273
COVID-19 Vaccination Passports on the Way Here in BC (and all of Canada), we have the freedom to choose whether we wish to be vaccinated or not. There is no government forced mandate requiring any specific vaccinations, no matter how life-saving or important they may be. But despite this fact, in the coming 6-9 months,Continue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 273”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 272
Pfizer Vaccine Approved for Emergency Use! Today, December 9th, 2020, after 272 days of actively working to battle COVID-19 in BC, Canada has approved the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine Tozinameran for emergency use. It is a huge milestone achievement for our province and our country, and to celebrate we have added an additional vial of vaccine toContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 272”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 271
Pfizer Vaccine Study Data Now Public The United States FDA has released Pfizer’s vaccine candidate data from their 3 phases of studies, and the news is looking mostly good! Pfizer’s own document runs 92 pages long and doesn’t make for an exciting read in most cases, but if you would like to read it, youContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 271”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 270
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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