So, where is this wave picking up fastest right now?
The Lower Mainland, full stop.
Vancouver still exploding, but Fraser Health picking up speed.
Consistent with what we're seeing in other places with Omicron — it's the densest places getting hit fastest (at least for now).
What can we about the vaccine status of people getting Omicron in British Columbia?
Government only provides data on a rolling weekly basis.
But the per capita rate of people with two doses getting infected doubled last week, compared to only going up 20% for the unvaccinated.
But what does this mean?
Well, it means (very broadly) that unvaccinated people last week got infected at a rate five times higher than unvaccinated people, instead of ten.
Still a big gap!
And ratio for hospitalizations remains the same — and will be key in the weeks ahead.
Where are we in the vaccination campaign?
Here's an *updated* chart, showing total shots per day (1st, 2nd and 3rd) since third doses and first doses for kids began in earnest.
Still less than half the number of daily shots as the peak of the campaign.
We're picking up the speed for third doses, but not first doses for children — but there are a heck of a lot more third doses to be delivered, so that *pace* is going slower.
(are these two charts helpful? i'm still on the fence for these two)
Let's wrap up with hospitalizations and deaths, and where are baseline is.
Deaths, at 2.29 a day, are at their lowest level since September 1.
We'll get a good sense of where this might go from other jurisdictions over the next week.
oh no i tweeted 11 charts today
promise that won't be the case every day.
But let's wrap our heads around what the next couple weeks will look like, and how during that time we'll get a much better sense of where we're heading.
Until then, we'll have to muddle through somehow.
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"Justin, once the election is over, what will you be doing?"
me: here is a pyramid of beer from the seven key municipalities we will be focusing on tonight
7. KELOWNA
It's a rematch of the 2018 election where Colin Basran won big — can he do so again in an environment where crime and growth concerns are greater than four years ago?
there were no kelowna beers in the bcl so we're going with a more geographically appropriate cider
6. LANGLEY TOWNSHIP
Can Rich Coleman make a return to politics, will controversial councillor Eric Woodward and his new party dominate — or will one of the other two plausible contenders sweet up the middle?
A 9% imperial sour is bold but by night's end you might need it
really the ideal time to enjoy the last good stretch of summer
who is ready for some charts
The rolling average of #COVID19 wastewater measurements fell in ALL FIVE Metro Vancouver treatment plants last week.
It's now about half what it was at the height of this wave.
Total hospitalizations were down about 10% in the last week, the biggest dip in more than two months, as we start to see the effects of this wave subsiding
Among the people elected to the board were a former Rebel Media personality, and people who ran for less successful right-wing parties in the prior election.
Four of Metro Vancouver's five wastewater treatment sites have seen a marked decline in #COVID19 concentration in the last three weeks, suggesting the third Omicron wave has peaked.
Outside of Langley, numbers are back to where they were in early June.
If we zoom into the last two months, we can more clearly see the slow but meaningful decline in the four sites, along with how much Northwest Langley is being an outlier at this point
Today in "governments being accountable for the billion dollar organizations they oversee", a quick recap of hoping to speak to someone about the departure of BC Housing's CEO
Shayne Ramsay announced today he would be leaving BC Housing after two decades leading the organization.
It's a big, complex job, and has become bigger and more complex as time as gone on.
For a very basic metric of this, here's a chart.
BC Housing said Ramsay wouldn't be speaking on his departure today, or answer questions about his stated reasons for leaving.
When you go to BC Housing's media page, you're directed to phone a number that is no longer in service.
RANKING THE SPOOKIEST PARTS OF CANADA'S ONLY FULLY PRESERVED 1981 GHOST TOWN
14. GYM
- great raised stage
- yes that's original gym equipment, this will only get weirder
- literally dozens of chairs stored for the school assemblies that will never happen
13. PLAYGROUNDS
- there are four of them, all overtaken by nature to various extents
- very solid wooden structures, two of which are quite interesting
- you're darn right i went down the slides