Things are starting to look a little less positive for the vaccine candidate being worked on by Oxford/AstraZeneca. In an unusual move, AstraZeneca released early details on how their phase III human trials have been progressing, and it was discovered that there have been 2 patients who have developed transverse myelitis after receiving the vaccine,Continue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 191”
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COVID-19 Diary – Day 189
Today BC Public Health was excited to announce the availability of a new COVID-19 test sample collection method for children in grades K-12. Instead of the much more invasive nasal swab method, students may instead opt for the gargle and spit method. This new method is still a PCR COVID-19 test, only the sample isContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 189”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 186
As usual, the start of a new work week means an updated chart of BC’s reported new COVID-19 infections, broken down into Tuesday-Monday 7-day totals. As you can see from the above chart, we still see week-to-week growth in our new infection totals. This last week saw a 7.4% increase over the previous week’s total.Continue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 186”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 180
Since Monday was a holiday I am doing the weekly numbers update today. As you can see from the above chart, BC is continuing to see significant increases in our weekly total new case numbers. This past week total has seen an increase of 21.7% from the previous week’s total. This acceleration of new casesContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 180”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 178
COVID-19 is well known to be a complicated virus with a wide variety of potential symptoms and long terms effects. Recently there has been a speculative line drawn between COVID-19 and myocarditis. Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle, which can affect your heart’s electrical system, reducing your heart’s ability to pump and causingContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 178”
COVID-19 Diary – Day 175
On July 31st Canada launched the national COVID-19 Alert app, which is designed to keep a record of phones your phone comes close to over the course of the day, so that in the event of you testing positive for COVID-19, you could send out a notice to anyone who may have been exposed byContinue reading “COVID-19 Diary – Day 175”
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