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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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
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.