FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The BC government claims to be as transparent on the pandemic as any jurisdiction in North America; is this true? The BC Government has announced it will be removing some of the few remaining protections against Covid-19, despite ongoing uncertainty over the trajectory of current cases and the possibility of new variants.… Continue reading Knowledge is Power: So Why is BC Hiding COVID-19 Data?
Join journalism Professor Sean Holman and reporter Brishti Basu for a Protect our Province panel on the challenges of obtaining timely data to support pandemic coverage in the BC media. In this briefing, we will discuss the relative lack of public Covid-19 data compared to other provinces, and explore the vital and urgent need for… Continue reading Knowledge is Power: So Why is BC Hiding COVID-19 Data?
There is no great debate about aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 except in BC Public Health Officers’ minds. How else would you explain super-spreading events? What about infections in quarantine hotels in Australia? After all, individuals were in separate rooms? How do you explain that outdoors is safer than indoors? Two metres should be enough for… Continue reading We Need to Name It, to Tame It.
This past week has been full of what Dr. Henry calls “intentional disinformation” about COVID-19. But the disinformation was not only spread by anti-vax and anti-mask groups. This week, our own BC public health officials joined in with two scheduled presentations: Child Care: Discussing COVID-19 with Public Health and North Vancouver School District’s Q & A… Continue reading What happens when misinformation is spread by Public Health?
Dear VCH Leadership, It’s been nearly two years since the harsh reality of COVID-19 entered our lives here in British Columbia. Since then, there have been nearly 300,000 confirmed cases and we are closing in on 2,500 lives lost. Our case count has never been higher, and any perceived control we had over the pandemic… Continue reading Anonymous Letter to VCH Leadership from a Concerned BC Clinician
Open Letter to Health Minister Adrian Dix and Premier John Horgan. Over the past twenty-two months, our BC Public Health Officer and her team have failed to learn important pandemic lessons and are actively repeating the same mistakes over and over. SInce March 2020, there has been failure to acknowledge the precautionary principle, recommended during… Continue reading PoP BC Demands that an Independent Science Table Be Established in BC.
Protect Our Province BC, Safe Schools Coalition BC, and BC School COVID Tracker are joining forces to put pressure on the BC NDP with a Phone Zap and Email Campaign. Join us! On January 7th, 2022, three grassroots groups with a shared goal of lowering community transmission of COVID in BC will call on members… Continue reading Join Our Phone Zap Campaign January 7, 2022
BC is embarking on its fifth COVID-19 wave on the back of a yet to be resolved 4th Delta wave. Feels like déjà vu, except this time, it’s Omicron, a much more transmissible variant that evades antibody immunity provided by prior infection or a second dose of vaccine. In BC, many double vaccinated adults are… Continue reading BC Public Health’s pandemic response, the great TRIZ game!
Protect Our Province BC hosts a panel to discuss BC’s approach to protecting children Guest Speaker: Prof. Colin Furness, Canadian epidemiologist Thursday, January 6, 4:00 – 5:00 pm PST BC’s politicians and public health leaders seem to have abandoned all ideas of preventing the rapid growth of Omicron, telling both businesses and schools to prepare for… Continue reading COVID-19, Schools, and Children: Debunking the Myths
Safe Schools Coalition BC (SSCBC) is a non-partisan, non-union, parent and teacher led organization striving for improved COVID-19 protocols, primarily in the K-12 education system. Protect Our Province BC fully supports the implementation of all of the public health measures outlined in their open letter to the Education Minister. Open letter to Education Minister Jennifer… Continue reading Parent & Teacher group issues Open Letter regarding School Safety Measures for Omicron