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GLG
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Northwestern B.C. sees spike in COVID-19 cases
11 positive cases recorded in region, which includes Haida Gwaii, over past week
The health region that includes B.C.'s North Coast and Haida Gwaii has recorded a spike in COVID-19 cases over the past week, new data reveals.
On Thursday, the B.C. Centre for Disease Control released its two-week snapshot mapping the spread of the virus, indicating 11 new cases in the Northwest Health Service Delivery Area. The region had zero cases one week ago.
Also on Thursday, British Columbia's Northern Health Authority, which covers the top two-thirds of the province, recorded its largest single-day increase in active COVID-19 cases since the pandemic started.
Eight new cases were reported. Previously, the biggest jump occurred on April 18, when five new cases were reported over 24 hours.
No public exposure events in region: Northern Health
Northern Health spokesperson Eryn Collins said it is important for people in northern B.C. to know that there have not been any public exposure events in the region, which would require an alert to be issued to the general public.
"Contact tracing is underway for all confirmed and active cases, and all of the individuals who have recently tested positive are self-isolating," she said.
Collins also said none of the cases in northern B.C. are linked to travel to Kelowna, where than more than 70 people have tested positive for the coronavirus after attending events in the city between late June and early July.
However, Collins said some of the cases were connected to travel, while others were the result of being exposed to known cases. She also said several people in the region were self-isolating after visiting Kelowna.
State of local emergency on Haida Gwaii
While the exact location of cases is not disclosed, the Council of the Haida Nation says at least one person on the archipelago tested positive for the virus last week.
The council, along with other North Coast First Nations, has declared a state of emergency and urged visitors to stay away from the region out of fear local health-care services could be overwhelmed by hospitalizations.
Currently, there are no COVID-19 related hospitalizations in the Northern Health region, and the province has said it is prepared to reallocate resources as necessary.
Single case at Site C work camp
There has also been one case reported at the Site C work site in Fort St. John but, because the worker was first tested in Alberta, it is recorded as an out-of-province case and is not part of the running total for Northern Health.
BC Hydro said that as of Thursday, 10 other workers are in isolation at the camp.
Collins confirmed that no other positive cases of COVID-19 at Site C have been recorded.
One other case has been reported in the northeast. There are currently no positive cases being reported in the northern Interior, which includes Prince George.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/northern-b-c-covid-19-increase-1.5661268
11 positive cases recorded in region, which includes Haida Gwaii, over past week
The health region that includes B.C.'s North Coast and Haida Gwaii has recorded a spike in COVID-19 cases over the past week, new data reveals.
On Thursday, the B.C. Centre for Disease Control released its two-week snapshot mapping the spread of the virus, indicating 11 new cases in the Northwest Health Service Delivery Area. The region had zero cases one week ago.
Also on Thursday, British Columbia's Northern Health Authority, which covers the top two-thirds of the province, recorded its largest single-day increase in active COVID-19 cases since the pandemic started.
Eight new cases were reported. Previously, the biggest jump occurred on April 18, when five new cases were reported over 24 hours.
No public exposure events in region: Northern Health
Northern Health spokesperson Eryn Collins said it is important for people in northern B.C. to know that there have not been any public exposure events in the region, which would require an alert to be issued to the general public.
"Contact tracing is underway for all confirmed and active cases, and all of the individuals who have recently tested positive are self-isolating," she said.
Collins also said none of the cases in northern B.C. are linked to travel to Kelowna, where than more than 70 people have tested positive for the coronavirus after attending events in the city between late June and early July.
However, Collins said some of the cases were connected to travel, while others were the result of being exposed to known cases. She also said several people in the region were self-isolating after visiting Kelowna.
State of local emergency on Haida Gwaii
While the exact location of cases is not disclosed, the Council of the Haida Nation says at least one person on the archipelago tested positive for the virus last week.
The council, along with other North Coast First Nations, has declared a state of emergency and urged visitors to stay away from the region out of fear local health-care services could be overwhelmed by hospitalizations.
Currently, there are no COVID-19 related hospitalizations in the Northern Health region, and the province has said it is prepared to reallocate resources as necessary.
Single case at Site C work camp
There has also been one case reported at the Site C work site in Fort St. John but, because the worker was first tested in Alberta, it is recorded as an out-of-province case and is not part of the running total for Northern Health.
BC Hydro said that as of Thursday, 10 other workers are in isolation at the camp.
Collins confirmed that no other positive cases of COVID-19 at Site C have been recorded.
One other case has been reported in the northeast. There are currently no positive cases being reported in the northern Interior, which includes Prince George.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/northern-b-c-covid-19-increase-1.5661268
GLG
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British Columbia Weekly COVID-19 Surveillance Report for July 17-23, 2020
http://www.bccdc.ca/Health-Info-Site/Documents/BC_Surveillance_Summary_July_23_2020.pdf
http://www.bccdc.ca/Health-Info-Site/Documents/BC_Surveillance_Summary_July_23_2020.pdf
sly_karma
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Brutally busy in the Okanagan at the moment as pent up demand from spring and the arrival of fine weather at last have created a firestorm of tourism. A metric **** ton of Alberta plates on the roads and plenty from SK, MB, ON and PQ as well. Traffic levels on the streets, highways, beaches and lakes are as bad as any pre COVID summer long weekend. I'm impressed the new infection rates are only 30 a day so far. We are in a good position inasmuch as there is ample capacity for contact tracing to contain these small outbreaks. If you take away the cases from the Kelowna dumbassery, the province is only seeing 10-20 a day, ie, about same as june and early july.
It's a warning to us about complacency though. I've pulled my horns in and am thinking hard about anything I have to do outside the home or work site again. Gym visits on hold for now, if we eat out it's outdoor table or forget it. No friday beers at the pub until summer crowds ease. Not saying the tourists are the problem per se, just that all of us have to keep sharp and not relax precautions just because it's summer.
It's a warning to us about complacency though. I've pulled my horns in and am thinking hard about anything I have to do outside the home or work site again. Gym visits on hold for now, if we eat out it's outdoor table or forget it. No friday beers at the pub until summer crowds ease. Not saying the tourists are the problem per se, just that all of us have to keep sharp and not relax precautions just because it's summer.
Whole in the Water
Well-Known Member
Wow sobering video. Thanks for posting. I think most people, myself included have thought about this virus as a temporary inconvenience that will soon pass and then back to normal. Very likely that we could have this virus and it’s mutations for years to come. Let’s hope they can develop a vaccine and soon!
One of the talking head experts on TV took the position that this virus is never going away and will follow a pattern similar to the HIV/Aids virus where over time we will learn to treat it and respond more effectively to managing it but that is about the best we can hope for. I think he may be right.
wildmanyeah
Crew Member
T cell testing is now showing that we may get immunity from this virus for up to 17 years. This is based of a study that’s showing people that were exposed to SARS many years ago also appear to have immunity to the covid 19 virus.
seems like a lot of positive news for a vaccine effectiveness.
a lot of the original papers saying we may not get immunity was based on antibodies not staying in our system.
seems like a lot of positive news for a vaccine effectiveness.
a lot of the original papers saying we may not get immunity was based on antibodies not staying in our system.
GLG
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The video that ST posted is out of date. It's like 3 years old, covid years that is.
The world may have this virus for a few years but the problem is not the virus or the vaccine it's the distribution of the vaccine. The virus does not mutate like a flu virus so the vaccine is much easier to create and we will not need to play catch up. As of today there are 4 vaccines that are in or going in to stage 3 study. Stage 3 are very large studies and the last stage before rollout.
Here is a website that tracks the the top ones with a perspective on the Canadian situation.
Pre-clinical evaluation - 141
Phase 1 - 25
Phase 2 - 17
Phase 3 - 4
Approved - 0
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/coronavirusvaccinetracker/
Companies are not waiting for the results of stage 3 studies and are already putting these vaccines into production. The one that has been in the news lately is AstraZeneca and the Oxford University group. Here is a video.
Here is some info from a trusted news source on the production.
Over a million doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine possible by September - researcher
LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) - Early estimates of the production a million doses of the University of Oxford’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine by September could be an underestimate depending on how quickly late-stage trials can be completed, a researcher said on Monday.
“There might be a million doses manufactured by September: that now seems like a remarkable underestimate, given the scale of what’s going on,” Adrian Hill of University of Oxford said, referring to the manufacturing capability of partner AstraZeneca.
“Certainly there’ll be a million doses around in September. What’s less predictable than the manufacturing scale-up is the incidence of disease, so when there’ll be an endpoint.”
He added it was possible that there would be vaccines available by the end of the year.
https://ca.reuters.com/article/healthcareSector/idINS8N27M05J
GLG
Well-Known Member
That's nonsense.
HIV virus keeps changing in ways that make a vaccine really hard to create. Covid not so much. In fact there are two major clades and the test vaccines probably work on both. The difference between the two claves is the amount of spikes and not their shape.
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wishtofish
New Member
Looking for thoughts on a potential boating trip next week. Under the new rules it is stated as a maximum of 5 guests. Does this mean that if i wanted to take my wife and elderly dad, that my sister and her family of 5 would push us over the 5 guests. Would it also mean that a friend of mine could not raft up for dinner one night.
GLG
Well-Known Member
Trigger Alert
Warning if you get triggered by reading about a possible vaccine for Covid-19 do not read this. It may cause you to have a jammer or post some nonsense anti-vaxx plandemic garbage. For everyone else this is good news as they will be running this trial in the hard hit southern states where they have lost containment of the virus. Good luck my friends and neighbors to the south.
Monday, July 27, 2020
Phase 3 clinical trial of investigational vaccine for COVID-19 begins
Multi-site trial to test candidate developed by Moderna and NIH.
A Phase 3 clinical trial designed to evaluate if an investigational vaccine can prevent symptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adults has begun. The vaccine, known as mRNA-1273, was co-developed by the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotechnology company Moderna, Inc., and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. The trial, which will be conducted at U.S. clinical research sites, is expected to enroll approximately 30,000 adult volunteers who do not have COVID-19.
“Although face coverings, physical distancing and proper isolation and quarantine of infected individuals and contacts can help us mitigate SARS-CoV-2 spread, we urgently need a safe and effective preventive vaccine to ultimately control this pandemic,” said NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. “Results from early-stage clinical testing indicate the investigational mRNA-1273 vaccine is safe and immunogenic, supporting the initiation of a Phase 3 clinical trial. This scientifically rigorous, randomized, placebo-controlled trial is designed to determine if the vaccine can prevent COVID-19 and for how long such protection may last.”
Moderna is leading the trial as the regulatory sponsor and is providing the investigational vaccine for the trial. The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and NIAID are providing funding support for the trial. The vaccine efficacy trial is the first to be implemented under Operation Warp Speed, a multi-agency collaboration led by HHS that aims to accelerate the development, manufacturing and distribution of medical countermeasures for COVID-19.
“Having a safe and effective vaccine distributed by the end of 2020 is a stretch goal, but it’s the right goal for the American people,” said NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. “The launch of this Phase 3 trial in record time while maintaining the most stringent safety measures demonstrates American ingenuity at its best and what can be done when stakeholders come together with unassailable objectivity toward a common goal.”
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/new...trial-investigational-vaccine-covid-19-begins
Total number of vaccine candidates
Pre-clinical evaluation - 139
Phase 1 - 25
Phase 2 - 17
Phase 3 - 5
Approved - 0
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/coronavirusvaccinetracker/
Warning if you get triggered by reading about a possible vaccine for Covid-19 do not read this. It may cause you to have a jammer or post some nonsense anti-vaxx plandemic garbage. For everyone else this is good news as they will be running this trial in the hard hit southern states where they have lost containment of the virus. Good luck my friends and neighbors to the south.
Monday, July 27, 2020
Phase 3 clinical trial of investigational vaccine for COVID-19 begins
Multi-site trial to test candidate developed by Moderna and NIH.
A Phase 3 clinical trial designed to evaluate if an investigational vaccine can prevent symptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adults has begun. The vaccine, known as mRNA-1273, was co-developed by the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotechnology company Moderna, Inc., and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. The trial, which will be conducted at U.S. clinical research sites, is expected to enroll approximately 30,000 adult volunteers who do not have COVID-19.
“Although face coverings, physical distancing and proper isolation and quarantine of infected individuals and contacts can help us mitigate SARS-CoV-2 spread, we urgently need a safe and effective preventive vaccine to ultimately control this pandemic,” said NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. “Results from early-stage clinical testing indicate the investigational mRNA-1273 vaccine is safe and immunogenic, supporting the initiation of a Phase 3 clinical trial. This scientifically rigorous, randomized, placebo-controlled trial is designed to determine if the vaccine can prevent COVID-19 and for how long such protection may last.”
Moderna is leading the trial as the regulatory sponsor and is providing the investigational vaccine for the trial. The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and NIAID are providing funding support for the trial. The vaccine efficacy trial is the first to be implemented under Operation Warp Speed, a multi-agency collaboration led by HHS that aims to accelerate the development, manufacturing and distribution of medical countermeasures for COVID-19.
“Having a safe and effective vaccine distributed by the end of 2020 is a stretch goal, but it’s the right goal for the American people,” said NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. “The launch of this Phase 3 trial in record time while maintaining the most stringent safety measures demonstrates American ingenuity at its best and what can be done when stakeholders come together with unassailable objectivity toward a common goal.”
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/new...trial-investigational-vaccine-covid-19-begins
Total number of vaccine candidates
Pre-clinical evaluation - 139
Phase 1 - 25
Phase 2 - 17
Phase 3 - 5
Approved - 0
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/coronavirusvaccinetracker/
SerengetiGuide
Well-Known Member
Northwestern B.C. sees spike in COVID-19 cases
11 positive cases recorded in region, which includes Haida Gwaii, over past week
The health region that includes B.C.'s North Coast and Haida Gwaii has recorded a spike in COVID-19 cases over the past week, new data reveals.
On Thursday, the B.C. Centre for Disease Control released its two-week snapshot mapping the spread of the virus, indicating 11 new cases in the Northwest Health Service Delivery Area. The region had zero cases one week ago.
Also on Thursday, British Columbia's Northern Health Authority, which covers the top two-thirds of the province, recorded its largest single-day increase in active COVID-19 cases since the pandemic started.
Eight new cases were reported. Previously, the biggest jump occurred on April 18, when five new cases were reported over 24 hours.
No public exposure events in region: Northern Health
Northern Health spokesperson Eryn Collins said it is important for people in northern B.C. to know that there have not been any public exposure events in the region, which would require an alert to be issued to the general public.
"Contact tracing is underway for all confirmed and active cases, and all of the individuals who have recently tested positive are self-isolating," she said.
Collins also said none of the cases in northern B.C. are linked to travel to Kelowna, where than more than 70 people have tested positive for the coronavirus after attending events in the city between late June and early July.
However, Collins said some of the cases were connected to travel, while others were the result of being exposed to known cases. She also said several people in the region were self-isolating after visiting Kelowna.
State of local emergency on Haida Gwaii
While the exact location of cases is not disclosed, the Council of the Haida Nation says at least one person on the archipelago tested positive for the virus last week.
The council, along with other North Coast First Nations, has declared a state of emergency and urged visitors to stay away from the region out of fear local health-care services could be overwhelmed by hospitalizations.
Currently, there are no COVID-19 related hospitalizations in the Northern Health region, and the province has said it is prepared to reallocate resources as necessary.
Single case at Site C work camp
There has also been one case reported at the Site C work site in Fort St. John but, because the worker was first tested in Alberta, it is recorded as an out-of-province case and is not part of the running total for Northern Health.
BC Hydro said that as of Thursday, 10 other workers are in isolation at the camp.
Collins confirmed that no other positive cases of COVID-19 at Site C have been recorded.
One other case has been reported in the northeast. There are currently no positive cases being reported in the northern Interior, which includes Prince George.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/northern-b-c-covid-19-increase-1.5661268
Outbreak in Haida was started by someone who had lived in US for quite some time and went up there just to help protest QCL. Ironic really.
Birdsnest
Well-Known Member
You won't hear that from the cbc. lol
Big Green Machine
Well-Known Member
Actually have not seen any media report this. Anyone verify or is this the unofficial story going around the water cooler?
wildmanyeah
Crew Member
https://globalnews.ca/news/7232263/new-coronavirus-cases-haida-gwaii/
"Those original cases are thought to be related to off-island travel by residents, though an investigation into the initial source of infection remains ongoing."
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-outb...ommunity-members-asked-to-stay-home-1.5042064
"Alsop said it appears a person who moved away from the community then moved back was the first case. He would not provide more details, citing confidentiality. That first case was confirmed on July 18. "
"Those original cases are thought to be related to off-island travel by residents, though an investigation into the initial source of infection remains ongoing."
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-outb...ommunity-members-asked-to-stay-home-1.5042064
"Alsop said it appears a person who moved away from the community then moved back was the first case. He would not provide more details, citing confidentiality. That first case was confirmed on July 18. "
SpringVelocity
Crew Member
Uh oh for QCL
Unreel
Well-Known Member
Looks like the lodges will be forced to shut down now due to the new provincial order. Maybe If the bands were paying more attention to their own residents coming and going from the island instead of what the remote lodges were doing, this wouldn't have happened. But then again we know this was never about covid.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/brit...-haida-gwaii-amid-covid-19-outbreak-1.5669848
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/brit...-haida-gwaii-amid-covid-19-outbreak-1.5669848
spikeydave
Member
Keep us posted don what QCL has to say. Hopefully they can go ahead but doubtful.
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