Here's an interview with Dr. Bonnie Henry talking about B.C.'s #COVID19 response in October.

The video was released in November, and this weekend some have argued she advocates for a Swedish model to deal with the pandemic.

Having watched the video, seems Dr. Henry repeats a philosophy she's had though the pandemic:

- Eliminating the virus is impossible, so we have to live with it for the time being
- Lockdowns have harmful effects
- Keeping schools open is important

Nothing all that new.
Of course, since the interview happened in October, the limits to a non-COVID Zero approach (unless you have massive test and trace operations) have become quite stark.

And people are angrier today than they were six months ago.

So the tone around these things has shifted.
We're all stuck in the same situation, week after week, and to repeatedly say in a plainspoken fashion "I think B.C.'s #COVID19 strategy has been bad!" can get tuned out.

So it's understandable why people showcase new video clips and heightened rhetoric to make their argument.

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6 May
News out of Prince Rupert continues to be good.

Two months ago, it was the hotspot for transmission in British Columbia.

85% of adults were given a vaccine shot.

Weekly #COVID19 cases fell from more than 100 to 3.

Then they went to 2.

Last week, there was ONE CASE. Image
everyone says bring back the boring chart but really let's have the prince rupert chart for the entire province
More good news!

One month ago, the B.C.'s transmission hotspot was Whistler.

Everyone there was given a chance to get a shot.

There were 410 cases in their local health area at the peak.

Last week, there were 39.

A 95% reduction, three weeks after mass vaccination.
Read 4 tweets
5 May
572 cases of #COVID19 in B.C. today, the lowest number since March 20, as B.C.'s curve continues to bend down at a VERY encouraging pace.

Hospitalizations down to 481, and zero new deaths.

Today's chart. Image
33,068 people given a vaccine shot in B.C. yesterday, 1,412 of which were a second dose — highest number since early March.

Stilllllll waiting for that ramp up in daily numbers which *should* happen very soon now. ImageImage
Because of a data correction, the charts record negative three #COVID19 deaths in B.C. today.

(the province says there were zero)

As you can see, it doesn't change the rolling average all that substantially for the moment. Image
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5 May
It's Wednesday, which means detailed hospitalization numbers in B.C. dropped.

Once again, a big change in cases to "young people" did not happen.

As hospitalizations plummet in people 80+, the dominant age brackets reflected are those in their 60s and 70s. Image
Over the course of the pandemic, just over 11% of all ICU cases of #COVID19 in B.C. were in people under the age of 40.

In the most recent week of data, it was 7%.
I keep pointing out this lack of change in health outcomes and case counts in the 3rd wave for a couple of reasons.

One is Horgan, "don't blow this", and all that jazz.

But the other is many people were very confident something was happening in B.C., or about to happen.
Read 4 tweets
4 May
697 new cases of #COVID19 announced in B.C. today, as the province's rolling average and active case count continues to go down at a steady pace.

Hospitalizations back up to 486, as it's still on that plateau.

One new death.

Today's chart. Image
Another 32,832 people received a vaccine shot in B.C. yesterday, as we wait for the Pfizer doubling of supply to show up in the daily figures.

It's a fairly static story at the moment. ImageImage
Just one death today is encouraging — but last Tuesday there were zero deaths, so the rolling average actually goes up.

It's fortunate we haven't seen a spike due to vaccinations, it's frustrating that preventing a 3rd wave means we're still seeing 1-7 deaths each day. Image
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4 May
when you put in your census code and it's the long form
so far there is no section of the long form census asking how many parks you ranked in the last year BUT I HAVE FAITH
prior to completing a long form census i had no idea how important it was to continually affirm that i do not live on a farm or do any farming-related activities
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3 May
Frustratingly, the BCCDC has had another "systems issue" today, which is code for "you're not getting much data".

So limited extra numbers today.

We had around 164 hospitalizations the last three days — down from the 60-70 peak, but still way too high.
88% of all #COVID19 hospitalizations in B.C. now are in the Lower Mainland.

In the rest of B.C., it's less than 10 a day, and going down.
For the first time since cases began declining in the 3rd wave, we saw a decent drop in active cases in Fraser Health.

We've talked about one (or even three days) worth of data not being enough to draw conclusions many times during this, but let's hope that dip continues. Image
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