Thread by @DavidWa59907969

CTV News has learned they've detected a spike in recent days.

More cases of concerning P.1 variant confirmed in Vancouver lab than entire U.S. bc.ctvnews.ca/more-cases-of-… #BCpoli #COVID19

"As of Friday at noon, they revealed they've discovered a total of 215 of the P.1 variant through their screening, a number not yet reported by provincial officials."

Yesterday they said 176 total P1. 39 'missing' ones. They don't test all positive cases, it's higher.

“At St. Paul’s Hospital we’ve actually identified more P.1 variants than the entire United States,”

“This is concerning because P.1 is associated with immune evasion.”

Concern without action is nothing. @CDCofBC #BCpoli #COVID19

"The death toll in Brazil is soaring, where thousands of people are dying daily and ICU capacity in several states is overwhelmed, despite having a younger population than Canada."

Our PHO said nothing had to change with the variants, @CDCofBC
#COVID19 #BCpoli

"Despite the rapidly growing number of cases in B.C., the province's top doctor has downplayed the P.1 variant...."

That's BC PHO, always downplaying the risk.

Google BH SARS - you'll see she failed in 2003 as well, never using the Precautionary Principle. @CDCofBC
#COVID19

“We've had one cluster of this Brazilian variant that is concerning but we're managing it very carefully with Vancouver Coastal,”

lol - you don't even know the source or how many cases or where.

We need to eliminate the virus not 'manage' it, whatever that means.

Downplaying the risk should be in the headline, @PennyDaflos, imo.

Half of all people just read the headline.

Credit where credit is due, @CTVVancouver

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