Thread by @Protect_BC

Dr. @sarperotto confirmed Saturday that in B.C. people with a previous COVID 19 infection are not counted under COVID deaths and hospitalizations if they become re-infected.

The ramifications are huge.

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https://twitter.com/sarperotto/status/1581442091338825728?s=20&t=GTp3ukA9mMO0CbJchVZ03Q

Many of the subjects in the B.C. seroprevalence study will not be included in hospitalization or death counts.

This study showed that 70-80% of children, 60-70% of adults ages 20-59 and the 40% of adults over the age of 60 have already had COVID.

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medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

The 17,310 people who have made WorkSafe B.C. Covid Claims during the pandemic, including 8846 health care workers, 2406 educators, and people working in other high risk jobs, will no longer be counted in the hospitalization and death counts.

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Numerous long term care facilities in B.C. have had multiple outbreaks, with many seniors having had more than one COVID infection.

The deaths and hospitalizations of these reinfected seniors are not counted.

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The rates of COVID are increased in the immunocompromised, racialized and lower socioeconomic groups.
More infections means more reinfections.

This means that the deaths and hospitalizations of these groups will be undercounted more than others.

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ontariohealth.ca/sites/ontarioh…

Dr. @EricTopol has raised the concern about the high rate of reinfections with the Omicron variant seen in the recent VA study with > 250,000 with 1 infection and ~39,000 with 2 infections or more.

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erictopol.substack.com/p/a-reinfectio…

Eventually, so many people in B.C. will have had COVID infections that even if all the hospital beds and morgues are full, the COVID hospitalizations and deaths will read “0” on the @CDCofBC COVID Dashboard.

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The province of B.C. needs to stop putting so much effort into hiding the truth and actually do something to stop further COVID infections, hospitalizations and deaths!

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