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”
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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”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 215
Weekly Chart Update Yesterday was a holiday, so ‘weekly chart day’ was pushed to today! As you can see from the above chart, our weekly totals continue to climb. In fact, this week’s total is the highest weekly total since the beginning of the pandemic. Not just that, but Saturday, October 10th’s new infection numberContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 215”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 204
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”
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 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 194
Yesterday I shared an image provided by the Public Health Agency of Canada that showed BC had the highest per capita number of active COVID-19 cases of any province or territory in Canada. Today I am happy that I can retract that statement. As you can see from the above chart, with special thanks toContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 194”
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