“How did this outbreak so quickly engulf the entire facility?” asked reporter Aaron McArthur last October, referring to the recent SARS-CoV-2 outbreak at Willingdon Care Centre in Burnaby. The answer has been floating around—for well over 18 months. Contained within the pandemic storm of sad statistics has been a heated debate between different groups of… Continue reading Droplets vs. Aerosols: What’s the Difference and Why Does it Matter? Protect Our Province BC to host a COVID-19 in BC Update: Omicron is here, what can you do to stay safe and how the province must urgently prepare Thursday, December 16, 12:30 - 13:30 pm PST Just like other countries around the globe, the province of Ontario is now acting swiftly ahead of the rapidly building… Continue reading URGENT ACTION: BC must prepare now for an Omicron Surge Briefing #4 Friday 19 November, Noon Amid the crisis that has arrived with the extreme weather event, the floods and mudslides caused by the “atmospheric river”, BC’s hospitals have been described as “in crisis” too, by front line doctors, nurses, and other hospital workers. Protect Our Province BC set out to hear their stories, to… Continue reading Stories from BC’s Hospital Front Lines – The Missing Voices Share This: How are BC’s hospital workers coping after 20 months of this pandemic? Protect our Province BC decided to find out by asking them directly. We published a survey asking these questions: How has COVID impacted you? How has it changed you? What do you want the public to know? What changes would you… Continue reading Stories from BC’s Hospital Front Lines – The Missing Voices How can COVID-19 testing be used as a strategy to end the pandemic? What is the difference between rapid tests and PCR tests? How are rapid tests useful, and how are they used in other jurisdictions to allow people to congregate safely? And what is BC’s testing situation, and what can be done better to… Continue reading POP BC Briefing: COVID-19 Testing: Strategies for Success Schools fill an important role in our society. They are where our children spend a lot of their day for 10 months of the year, learning and socializing with their peers. Most BC children are back to in-person learning this year. However, the COVID-19 context is daunting this school year: case counts are consistently high… Continue reading POP BC Briefing: COVID-19, Children, and Schools