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7 Nov, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Today in the #AtlanticBubble

There were 9 new cases reported in the Bubble today: 4 in Nova Scotia, 3 in New Brunswick, and 2 in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Of the 4 cases in Nova Scotia, 2 are travel-related and 2 are close contacts of existing cases. Due to the recent uptick in cases in Halifax, I've gone ahead and mapped out the cases that have been listed by public health as under investigation (see image).

Will update as needed
The three new cases in NB are all in the Fredericton area and are under investigation.

The two new cases in NFLD are both travel-related.

Note: there were two new travel cases in PEI that dropped after my daily summary yesterday.
With that, there are now 56 known, active cases inside the Bubble: 26 in NB, 20 in NS, 5 in NFLD, and 2 in PEI.

Please remember to wear a mask and maintain distancing when possible, and to isolate if you are entering the Bubble from outside.
Bit of a conflict between my region count and CTV provincial counts (will resolve tonight).

If there are cases "under investigation" in your area, consider limiting your indoor exposure risks, especially.

Thanks to everyone working hard to prevent spread!

Have a great weekend.

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8 Nov
Today in the #AtlanticBubble

There were 5 new cases reported in the Bubble today: 3 in Nova Scotia, 1 in New Brunswick, and 1 in Newfoundland and Labrador.

The source of all of these new cases remains under investigation. ImageImageImage
All 3 of the new cases in NS are in the Halifax area and show up in the context of a large number of very public exposure alerts and cases of unknown origin.

The NB case is in the Fredericton area, after 3 other cases were listed in recent days. All still being investigated.
Lastly the 1 new case in NFLD is in the Western Zone and is likewise under investigation (I believe this is the first one of that kind for the province in awhile).
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6 Nov
Today in the #AtlanticBubble

There were 3 new cases in the Bubble today: 1 in New Brunswick and 2 in Nova Scotia.

The case in NB is in the Cambellton area and is under investigation. Yesterday that region transitioned back to Yellow alert after a month of increased restrictions
The two new cases in NS are both in the central zone (Halifax). One is a close contact of an existing case, the other is not. These cases, and the cases announced in recent days, are still under investigation (I think we're up to six, unless someone can correct me).
I've added a line to the graphs to mark the recent cluster(s) of non-travel cases in Halifax, but I may take it out later if it doesn't go anywhere.

Personally, I'll be avoiding in-door dining for awhile in Halifax.
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5 Nov
Today in the #AtlanticBubble

There were 5 new cases reported in the Bubble today: 1 in NS, and 2 each in New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador.

All of the new cases in NB and NFLD are travel-related and were already isolating.
The case in Nova Scotia is in the Central Zone (Halifax) and is still under investigation. This is somewhat worrying, as it represents the 4th case in the last few days in Halifax that doesn't seem to have a confirmed link to travel.
"Do we have community spread?!?"

We only know about the cases we know about. It's possible that these four cases are all linked to the same index case. Or it's worse than that. Public Health is probably trying to figure that out now.
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2 Nov
Today in the #AtlanticBubble

There were 2 new cases in the Bubble today, both in Nova Scotia (Halifax).

One of the cases is travel related and isolating as required.

The other case I'll discuss in more detail...
The 2nd new case in Halifax today is still under investigation but is linked to the two cases announced in Halifax yesterday

"Three cases? Who cares?"

The number of cases isn't so important as the fact that we don't know where they came from yet.
This would represent the only cases in the province for ~5 months that haven't been tracked back to travel.

Until we know where the cases came from, we don't know how big of an infection chain is being detected. So it's important to get on top of this.

With that...
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Today in the #AtlanticBubble

There were six new cases reported today: 1 in New Brunswick and 5 in Nova Scotia.

The one NB case is in the Woodstock area and is related to a prior case caused by international travel. The person works at or attends a school. Parents notified. ImageImageImage
Four of the new cases in NS are directly related to travel outside of the Bubble, and the remaining case is a close contact of an existing travel case (e.g., household member). All were already isolating when detected.

That's the largest one-day case count in NS since May 15th.
There's a presumptive case in NFLD, but it hasn't been formally announced so it's not in my data.

By my count, that leaves 52 known, active cases inside the Bubble, of which 38 are in NB.
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Sex work study live-tweet starting now.

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There have been quite a few studies recently showing that police interactions can have negative effects on sex workers' ability to do things like successfully negotiate condom use or access health services.
The current study looks at the same concept as applies to risk of overdose among sex workers. With both sex work and substance use being criminalized activities in Canada (where the study takes place), there seems like there would be a good chance that police behaviour...
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