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Jan 17,, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Regarding B.C.'s Omicron restrictions being extended indefinitely today — it's entirely possible they get amended again tomorrow, and the change was simply to keep the status quo for 24 hours until a bigger press conference
(which would explain why the extension was quietly placed online to satisfy legal requirements, instead of communicated through any sort of news release or press conference — an actual indefinite suspension would be big news!)
you may ask "but why wouldn't the government just do an announcement today if they're going to change things tomorrow?"

look, i'm not clairvoyant

if i were, would i be spending all my time either working or being on this bad website?

(please do not answer that question)
people who had weddings planned sometime in the next month sure having a fun afternoon

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Jan 18,
#COVID19 hospitalizations in B.C. jumped up 27% over the weekend to 819, and there were 22 new deaths, most over a weekend since October.

Effects of the Omicron surge are really being seen in two of our main metrics, but ICU cases only up 4 to 99.

Today's chart.
Given the sharp uptick we've seen in deaths in the last week, but not a corresponding rise in ICU cases, one might think a lot of these are in long-term care settings.

But we only get that information on a backdated basis, so hard to be conclusive.
An average of 44,061 people in B.C. received a booster shot over the weekend, a 22% increase over the prior week.
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Jan 17,
HOME FOR A REST VS BABY BELUGA
I'M LIKE A BIRD VS CALL ME MAYBE

THE SEMIFINALS OF #bcsongbracket ARE HERE

WHO WILL MAKE THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND?
Home For A Rest
Band: Spirit of the West
Year: 1990
Genre: Folk Rock
Path To The Semifinals: defeated Mama Let Him Play, Eyes Of A Stranger, Raise A Little Hell
Typically Sang At: 1am, half singing and half screaming the words while awkwardly dancing

Baby Beluga
Artist: Raffi
Year: 1980
Genre: Children's
Path To The Semifinals: defeated Full Metal Jackoff, Summer of '69, Making It Work, We're Here For A Good Time
Typically Sang At: your small child, softly, while they fall asleep

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Jan 10,
A 23% increase in #COVID19 hospitalizations in just three days in B.C., rising from 349 to 431, and nearly a doubling since the beginning of the year.

At the same time, ICU up just to 95.

Seven new deaths.

Today's chart.
You're much more at risk for hospitalization if you're unvaccinated, but the number of two dose people in hospital is also going up fairly quickly.

The current wave does not lend itself to easy soundbites.
Everyone knows Omicron is tearing through B.C.

But people want to know when will it start to subside. And it's still hard to say!

However, Coastal Health has had the same testing restraints in place for a couple weeks now.

They've seen a drop.

*Some* mild encouragement.
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Jan 10,
BRACKET TIME

The first round of #bcsongbracket to determine the best song in British Columbia has begun!

Today, we go from 44 entries to 32, with the top seeds in each era getting a bye to the second round.

who is ready to be ANGRY about THINGS THAT DON'T MATTER
Let's start with the classic side, beginning with the second song entry for two of B.C.'s most iconic bands.

Ocean Pearl may not the favourite song of all 54-40 fans, but it's arguably their most listened to hit.

But is it a match for Loverboy's 80s anthem Turn Me Loose?
Speaking of artists with two songs in the bracket, Spirit of the West's Home For A Rest could be the favourite to win it all — but they also have If Venice Is Sinking.

Is the Spirit spirit so deep it can defeat Roxy Roller, one of the most enduring glam rock hits of the 70s?
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Jan 10,
oh god i made too many polls

anyhow, it's time for the last chance votes for #bcsongbracket, which will now be 44 songs deep instead of 48 because math is hard!

Up first: the iconic artists of the 70s and 80s!
next: iconic artists of the 90s to present!

we've got Spirit of the West, Nelly Furtado, and Carly Rae Jepsen all looking for a coveted second entry
next, Doucette's Mama Let Him Play, Grapes of Wrath's All The Things I Wasn't, Skinny Puppy's Assimilate, and Long John Baldry's (deep breath) "Don't Try To Lay No Boogie-Woogie On The King of Rock & Roll" try and get the final slot in our early era quadrant
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Jan 10,
Time for the 90s and 21st century play-in rounds for #bcsongbracket!

We've got TEN WHOLE POLLS to get through, because you nominated many many songs and it's important you have a chance to see a bunch of them fail the popular voting test.
First: I'm giving these artists two chances to get through the qualifying rounds based on nominations:

- Rascalz
- Odds
- Swollen Members
- Grimes
- Matthew Good

Both of the songs will be in the same poll, but there will be some last chance votes in case vote splitting happens.
First: the Rascalz vote!

Northern Touch was more iconic, some prefer Top Of The World, but they'll have to get past a couple of other beloved acts from the 90s first.
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