2/ The guidelines say "As COVID-19 vaccinations have become widely available to British Columbians, the overall risk of COVID-19 transmission and serious consequences has diminished."
3/ the guidelines fail to mention masks as a way for employers to prevent Covid. The focus is on handwashing 🧼👎🏼
4/ the guidelines fail to mention the current pediatric healthcare crisis that is causing BC kids to get sick & die bc.ctvnews.ca/busiest-pediat…
5/ wouldn't it be nice to let parents work in safe work environments or enable remote work to all who can so they don't bring home more respiratory viruses, @WorkSafeBC?
6/ back to #LongCovid. It is not rare and vaccinations only reduce the risk slightly (some studies say ~15%).
Read this if you think Long Covid is not an issue 👇🏼
11/ in sum, Covid isn't over. It isn't the flu. @WorkSafeBC hides behind our PHO (who must resign) & endangers BC workers & their families. Do better. We keep receipts.
"Indigenous respondents held more negative views on government’s performance than others, with almost 90% disagreeing with the statement "'The B.C. Government managed the pandemic well'"
"The abrupt removal of most restrictions in April 2022 left most First Nations with no time to react to the changes in areas surrounding their communities and lands."
"More consideration should have been given to the impacts of removing almost all restrictions in April
2022 on rural, remote, and small communities with significant tourism"
I'd like to ask our provincial health officer to stop wearing performative Indigenous jewelry & accessories out of respect for this population that has been disproportionately harmed by her lax Covid policies.
Let me be very clear: if she actually listened to us, she'd know we are not advocating for "Covid Zero" but for simple effective airborne precautions that reduce morbidity like masks.
It is not lost on me that she met with Northern Health & First Nations Health Authority but mentioned nothing about the 5yo Indigenous girl, Mavis, from BC's North who died in November of Influenza
"The known: COVID-19 has been linked with increased risks of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and thrombotic disease events"
"The new:...hospitalisations of people with myocarditis and pericarditis, pulmonary embolism, acute myocardial infarction, and stroke were significantly more frequent after COVID-19."
Tl;dr (though I hope you do read!) -- Covid attacks the immune system
Patients with Long Covid had highly activated innate immune cells, lacked naive T and B cells & showed elevated expression of type I IFN (IFN-B) and type III FN (IFN-11) that remained persistently high 8 months post infection.