Coronavirus outbreak

[Warhippy]

50 minutes ago, Duodenum said:

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021HLTH0245-002461

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 21-27)

• Not vaccinated: 318.5
• Partially vaccinated: 82.6
• Fully vaccinated: 257.6

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 14-27)

• Not vaccinated: 17.5
• Partially vaccinated: 0.0
• Fully vaccinated: 1.2

Yea it's not doing much for cases anymore, but look at those hospitalization numbers. 

How has vaccination propelled the spread. You make it sound like the vaccine is increasing the transmissibility/infectivity of the virus, which is silly. The virus mutated and, as a result of that mutation, has increased it's transmissibility/become more contagious. Vaccination also keeps *everyone* safe by keeping people out of the hospital so that tests/procedures don't get pushed back due to the hospitals overcrowding with severe covid patients.  

That near 20-1 unvaxxed to vaxxed in the hospital is absolutely damning to any argument.

 

It's so overwhelming

[thedestroyerofworlds]

3 minutes ago, Warhippy said:

That near 20-1 unvaxxed to vaxxed in the hospital is absolutely damning to any argument.

 

It's so overwhelming

But according to some troll, we've been pulling stats from our posterior.  Yet Vintage has been sharing these BC Covid updates constantly for months.  BC government data that refutes their claims.  

[J.I.A.H.N]

2 minutes ago, thedestroyerofworlds said:

But according to some troll, we've been pulling stats from our posterior.  Yet Vintage has been sharing these BC Covid updates constantly for months.  BC government data that refutes their claims.  

Yes, but Isabel is a chamber maid in Tibet, or so Anti-Vaxers think

 

Sorry! But Anti-Vaxers do not make any sense!

Edited December 30, 2021 by J.I.A.H.N

[JM_]

4 minutes ago, J.I.A.H.N said:

Yes, but Isabel is a chamber maid in Tibet, or so Anti-Vaxers think

 

Sorry! But Anti-Vaxers do not make any sense!

its an extreme end point of entitlement. And its cowardly. 

[Gnarcore]

Got exposed to multiple people on Christmas eve and Christmas Day who tested postive Boxing Day. This was at work...

 

Self Isolated for rest of 26/27/28 had a cough/headache and fatigue yesterday/through the night but today's test was negative so off to work I went. 

[Warhippy]

live interactive tracker updated daily.

 

Startling really.

 

https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/coronavirustracker/

 

Looking at the increase of hospitalizations is alarming

Edited December 30, 2021 by Warhippy

[AbbyNux]

9 minutes ago, Warhippy said:

live interactive tracker updated daily.

 

Startling really.

 

https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/coronavirustracker/

 

Looking at the increase of hospitalizations is alarming

Good thing for my passport. 

[DrJockitch]

18 minutes ago, Gnarcore said:

Got exposed to multiple people on Christmas eve and Christmas Day who tested postive Boxing Day. This was at work...

 

Self Isolated for rest of 26/27/28 had a cough/headache and fatigue yesterday/through the night but today's test was negative so off to work I went. 

Test or not, pandemic or not, if you have a cough fever and fatigue through the night you should not go to work that morning. 

[JM_]

12 minutes ago, Warhippy said:

live interactive tracker updated daily.

 

Startling really.

 

https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/coronavirustracker/

 

Looking at the increase of hospitalizations is alarming

fortunately so far it looks like the ICU admissions are holding relatively steady, that could be partly due to better treatment options now vs  last year. Just guessing on that tho.

[Gurn]

7 minutes ago, JM_ said:

fortunately so far it looks like the ICU admissions are holding relatively steady, that could be partly due to better treatment options now vs  last year. Just guessing on that tho.

That page shows ICU up by 5% in the last week. With hospitalizations up by 41% I'd figure the ICU numbers to go up by next week.

[Mj2345]

Quebec lockdown, 10pm - 5am curfew starting New Year’s Eve, gatherings banned in homes and no dining in restaurants as cases and hospitalizations rise

Edited December 30, 2021 by Mj2345

[JM_]

3 minutes ago, gurn said:

That page shows ICU up by 5% in the last week. With hospitalizations up by 41% I'd figure the ICU numbers to go up by next week.

I hope not... but we'll find out. 5% increase would be dodging a bullet for sure, 

 

I'm just hoping that what we've learned about steroid and antiviral treatments over the last year is resulting in fewer ICU admissions. 

[Chris12345]

6 minutes ago, Mj2345 said:

Quebec lockdown, 10pm - 5am curfew starting New Year’s Eve, gatherings banned in homes and no dining in restaurants as cases and hospitalizations rise

WOW

[Gnarcore]

22 minutes ago, DrJockitch said:

Test or not, pandemic or not, if you have a cough fever and fatigue through the night you should not go to work that morning. 

I am able to not interact with anyone. Otherwise I agree.

EDIT: Didn't say fever, I am usually tired after weeks like this and cold snaps like this give me headaches. 

Edited December 31, 2021 by Gnarcore

[Alflives]

23 minutes ago, JM_ said:

fortunately so far it looks like the ICU admissions are holding relatively steady, that could be partly due to better treatment options now vs  last year. Just guessing on that tho.

Maybe the hospitalization numbers are people who are in the hospital that have Covid, but not because of Covid?  Then ICU numbers wouldn’t be rising (which they aren’t) because the vast majority of hospitalizations are people who are patients for non Covid related illness.  Just a guess.  

[DrJockitch]

3 minutes ago, Alflives said:

Maybe the hospitalization numbers are people who are in the hospital that have Covid, but not because of Covid?  Then ICU numbers wouldn’t be rising (which they aren’t) because the vast majority of hospitalizations are people who are patients for non Covid related illness.  Just a guess.  

Sprry to keep quoting Ontario stats but we are ahead of BC atm. Hospital admissions up more than 100% in the last week for COVID, ICU are up about 20%. This probably reflects immunization effects as well as decreasing Delta numbers as well as improvements in care.  ICU admissions also tend to lag behind hospital admissions. 

[Jaimito]

5 hours ago, CanuckGAME said:

How do you come to this conclusion when vaccinated people can still carry and pass on this virus?

 

Also which group of people brought this strain and spread it across the globe?  Sure wasnt the unvaccinated folks who arent allowed to travel.

It takes replication to generate mutations. The more number of infected people, the more mutations. Unvaccinated get infected more, and shed more virus at a longer time.  The new variant may infect vaccinated more than prior, but it is aborted quicker because of pre existing immunity from vaccine.  It's not all or nothing. But look globally, low and unvaccinated population will continue to drive more cases and hence more variations. 

 

Unvaccinated are traveling all the time. You don't need a vaccine proof in US airlines. There are exceptions too, like religion or children.  The virus spreads because humans migrate.  Don't forget those black market vaccine passes. They exist for a reason. 

 

All the major variants of concern were first detected in regions of uncontrolled spread. Alpha in UK Sept 2020, before they had any vaccination. People were told to just go Xmas shopping in Dec 2020. Beta in S Africa.  20% HIV+ in adult population, no access to vaccines at the time.  Gamma from Brazil, thanks to pro covid president they have. Delta from India, another pro covid president who declared victory over Covid and opened up political campaigns and mass religious gatherings, resulting in huge cases and deaths. Those images of people begging for oxygen or piles of open fire cremation due to crematorium overflow are so sad. 

 

There's a reason you don't see a Taiwanese or New Zealand variant.  Low cases, low number of potential variations that can be selected.  Now they are getting vaccines in the high numbers and then slowly open up. 

 

Omicron first detected in Botswana. I worked there for a few months in their largest public hospital. It's quite basic in resources. Not a single MRI.  Bunch of Chinese drs work for free there as a token of friendship from Beijing.  20% HIV+. I didn't date any local girls there, suffice to say.  One of my colleges from Harvard went to a even more resource poor hospital in the country and told me they had no gloves or soap. She would show me photos of chest x ray films taken on her iPhone because they have no radiologists. Is it any mystery that a variant of concern might have arose from that part of the world?  

 

Don't parrot what anti vaxers want you to believe. Vaccinaton is how this pandemic will end in fewest mortality and morbidity. Choosing infection without vaccination will get you that 800,000+ deaths in US so far. 

 

 

Edited December 31, 2021 by Jaimito

[-Vintage Canuck-]

B.C. COVID-19 pandemic update:

 

As of Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021, 88.0% (4,388,068) of eligible people five and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 82.9% (4,131,506) have received their second dose.

 

In addition, 91.9% (4,260,681) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 89.1% (4,131,345) have received their second dose and 19.1% (884,416) have received a third dose.

 

Also, 92.3% (3,991,809) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose, 89.6% (3,875,648) have received their second dose, and 20.4% (883,558) have received a third dose.

 

B.C. is reporting 4,383 new cases of COVID-19, including 21 epi-linked cases, for a total of 251,054 cases in the province.

 

There are 17,357 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 230,784 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 211 individuals are in hospital and 66 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

 

The new/active cases include:

• 2,319 new cases in Fraser Health
  • Total active cases: 7,940
• 977 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
  • Total active cases: 6,424
• 501 new cases in Interior Health
  • Total active cases: 1,713
• 122 new cases in Northern Health
  • Total active cases: 422
• 460 new cases in Island Health
  • Total active cases: 856
• four new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
  • Total active cases: two

Note: Active cases exclude those who have died, discontinued isolation or been lost to followup.

 

In the past 24 hours, one new death (Interior Health) has been reported, for an overall total of 2,420.

 

There have been 2,825 cases of the Omicron variant of concern confirmed in B.C.:

• Fraser Health: 777
• Vancouver Coastal Health: 1,333
• Interior Health: 152
• Northern Health: 13
• Island Health: 548
• Unknown: two

There have been six new health-care facility outbreaks at Mission Memorial Hospital, New Vista Care Centre, Chartwell Langley Gardens, Chartwell Carlton Gardens, Chartwell Crescent Gardens and Guildford Seniors Village (Fraser Health), for a total of 13 facilities with ongoing outbreaks, including:

 

long-term care:

• The Oxford Senior Care Home, Fort Langley Seniors Community, AgeCare Harmony Court, New Vista Care Centre, Chartwell Langley Gardens, Chartwell Carlton Gardens, Chartwell Crescent Gardens, Guildford Seniors Village (Fraser Health); and
• Ridgeview Lodge (Interior Health)

acute care:

• Mission Memorial Hospital (Fraser Health); and
• Lions Gate Hospital (Vancouver Coastal Health)

assisted or independent living:

• The Waverly Seniors Village (Fraser Health)

mental health and substance use:

• UBC Hospital - Detwiller Pavillion (Vancouver Coastal Health)

From Dec. 22-28, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 15.8% of cases.

From Dec. 15-28, they accounted for 54.7% of hospitalizations.

 

Past week cases (Dec. 22-28) - Total 15,429

• Not vaccinated: 2,185 (14.2%)
• Partially vaccinated: 249 (1.6%)
• Fully vaccinated: 12,995 (84.2%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Dec. 15-28) - Total 117

• Not vaccinated: 64 (54.7%)
• Partially vaccinated: 0 (0.0%)
• Fully vaccinated: 53 (45.3%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 22-28)

• Not vaccinated: 337.3
• Partially vaccinated: 96.4
• Fully vaccinated: 283.7

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Dec. 15-28)

• Not vaccinated: 14.9
• Partially vaccinated: 0.0
• Fully vaccinated: 1.1

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 9,368,643 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.

 

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021HLTH0247-002464

[Gurn]

14 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said:

B.C. is reporting 4,383 new cases of COVID-19, including 21 epi-linked cases,

 

14 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said:

There have been 2,825 cases of the Omicron variant of concern confirmed in B.C.:

So 1,558 cases of Delta, in a day?

[-DLC-]

Condensed version.  Yikes!