This week's Pandemics in BC blog posts:
General: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/03/27/2026-03-27-general/
BC: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/03/27/2026-03-27-bc/

#covid19bc #covid19 #covid #measles

Advocacy opportunity 📣 Pre-register to present directly to BC gov about YOUR priorities for the next provincial budget!

The registration deadline is Friday, April 10 at 2pm: https://consultation-portal.leg.bc.ca/consultations/195 Presenting can be done virtually; they’ll follow up in May about whether you’ve been selected. Additional written input options will open in June.

This is a great chance to speak directly to policy-makers if you want things like:

💨 #CleanAir
🩺 #LongCovid care
💩 wastewater monitoring
😷 N95s for healthcare workers
🧪 free rapid tests past 2026
💉 ongoing vaccine access including #Novavax

Let’s tell BC gov to put their money where their mouth is, when it comes to protecting the health of British Columbians!

#BCBudget #BCBudget2027 #BCpoli #BCHealthcare #Covid19BC #PublicHealth #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #NovavaxNow

From this week's Pandemics in BC blog posts:
General: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/03/06/2026-03-06-general/
BC: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/03/06/2026-03-06-bc/

#covid19bc #covid19 #covid #vaccines #measles

From this week's Pandemics in BC blog posts:
General: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/02/28/2026-02-28-general/
BC: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/02/28/2026-02-28-bc/

#covid19bc #covid19 #covid #measles #influenza #vaccines

This week's Pandemics in BC blog posts:
General: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/02/20/2026-02-20-general/
BC: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/02/20/2026-02-20-bc/

#covid19bc #covid #covid19 #influenza #mpox #measles

This week's Pandemics in BC blog posts:
General: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/02/13/2026-02-13-general/
BC: https://covidbc.webfoot.com/2026/02/13/2026-01-13-bc/

This week I had only one article about COVID-19 which I thought was interesting enough to include in the General blog. There *was* some interesting stuff for non-COVID pathogens, however.

#covid19bc #covid19 #covid #influenza #enterovirusA71 #hfmd #h5n1 #measles

Advocacy opportunity 📣 BCCDC is currently assessing BC’s wastewater surveillance program. Do the survey here: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5bVmczsX2GeocuO

Wastewater testing is an “early warning system” to monitor community illness levels, including surges & new variants. Clinical data (like rising hospitalizations & deaths) are lagging indicators, making wastewater monitoring an essential tool for pandemic preparedness and risk assessments. Unfortunately, BC drastically downgraded their testing program in Sept 2025 - they stopped testing a third of the wastewater treatment plants, reduced sampling to only once a week (it was previously 3 times a week), and reduced sequencing to once every two weeks.

This is our chance to let BC know:

👉 wastewater testing is essential
👉 we don’t want any more cuts
👉 we want them to improve the program!

The survey only takes a few minutes & is anonymous. You can also learn more about BC’s wastewater program here: https://www.bccdc.ca/our-services/programs/wastewater-surveillance

#PublicHealth #Covid19BC #CovidIsNotOver #RSV #influenza #AvianInfluenza #measles #mpox