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COVID-19: Vancouver Island, BC (Central & North)

Collected by: Vancouver Island University

Archived since: Mar, 2020

Description:

In March 2020 the Canadian Web Archiving Coalition (CWAC) stated: "The deadly flu outbreak of 1918-19 is often called the ‘forgotten pandemic.’ Our responsibility now is to ensure the lessons of COVID-19 are not forgotten. Our collective efforts to capture and preserve the essential online elements of this unprecedented event are critical." (CARL-ABRC). The COVID-19: Vancouver Island, BC (Central & North) Web Archive reflects community experiences and responses to the pandemic in the region served by Vancouver Island University, documenting and supporting diverse aspects of scholarly inquiry, creativity, and community life. The Web Archive is intended to provide a body of information that will support scholarship, creativity, and study. Information rights related to web archiving include considerations of copyright and fair dealing, and of individual and community privacy. The following are among principles and resources that guide web archiving decisions: Ethics of care, for example in VIU Library’s Pledge to our user communities; OCAP® principles, and awareness of relationality and accountability to Indigenous communities, and potential impacts related to web archiving; Good practice and expert advice, emerging and accessed through communities of practice, e.g. the Canadian Web Archiving Coalition (CWAC); and VIU Library, Evolution of Physical Collections: 2017-2021 VIU Library, Special Collections Guidelines (Under review 2020). Web archives are informed by available capture technologies and also by affordances of the content source; not all websites can be successfully crawled or rendered, and quality of archived versions varies. This project is supported by VIU's Special Funding for COVID-19 research projects and carried out in coordination with the University of Victoria’s COVID-19 Collection and the Canadian Web Archiving Coalition. Contact us at research.help@viu.ca with questions or for more information about content included in the Web Archive. [Working description 2021 April 6]

Subject:   Spontaneous Events Society & Culture Science & Health Vancouver Island COVID-19 (Disease)

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Title: British Columbia COVID-19 situation report for K-12 schools | February 2022 | BC Centre for Disease Control

URL: http://www.bccdc.ca/Health-Info-Site/Documents/COVID_sitrep/K12_Situation_Report/SitRep_K-12_February2022.pdf

Description: The purpose of this report is to provide a situational update on COVID-19 in BC K-12 schools since the start of the 2021-2022 school year.

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Subject:   BC Centre for Disease Control Vaccinations Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern ,  Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine ,  Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine

Title: B.C. preparing for fall rollout of new Omicron COVID-19 vaccine | Globalnews.ca

URL: https://globalnews.ca/news/9828362/bc-covid-booster-fall-omicron-henry/

Description: The province’s top doctor is urging British Columbians to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine, and start looking at the shots less as a booster and more of an annual immunization similar to the flu shot.

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Subject:   Vaccinations,  Variants of Concern ,  Omicron Variant Henry, Bonnie National Advisory Committee on Immunization Influenza,  Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine ,  Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Health Canada BC Centre for Disease Control Wolak, Anna

Title: BC respiratory season: Medical masking required & health-care workers must be vaccinated | Island Social Trends

URL: https://islandsocialtrends.ca/bc-respiratory-season-medical-masking-required-health-care-workers-must-be-vaccinated/

Description: Starting Tuesday October 3, masks will be mandatory in all health authority hospitals, private hospitals, long-term care, seniors assisted living, and provincial mental health facilities for workers, visitors, contractors, and volunteers.

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Subject:   Henry, Bonnie Dix, Adrian Vaccinations Conservative Party of British Columbia Province of British Columbia Influenza Respiratory Syncytial Virus,  Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine ,  Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern ,  "Kraken" Variant Pirola Variant Furstenau, Sonia Gandhi, Sanjiv

Title: [Comments about experience with the Omicron variant]

URL: https://twitter.com/nursembrown/status/1471325427549437958/

Description: Meaghan Brown (she/her) on Twitter: "#Omicron is in #BC & at more than 44 cases as of yesterday. I'm currently #Covid_19 + & day 5 isolation. I'm double vaxxed & followed public health guidance. I have Omicron vs delta typical symptoms. Contact tracing guidance I received from PH is out of date & DANGEROUS. / Why do I think I have Omicron? Rapid incubation from likely contact (48 hours). Minimal respiratory symptoms, more myalgia, fever, headache, fatigue. No loss taste/smell. My close contacts developed the same symptoms *also within 48 hours* of contact with me and are RAT +. / Guidance from PH: my vaccinated (2 dose) close contacts DON'T have to self isolate, just self monitor & isolate if symptoms. This is despite recent Pfizer data suggesting 2 doses are about 35% effective against omicron. Luckily, they decided to self-isolate anyway. / Quick side note: we need boosters for everyone, now, not at 6 months post dose 2. My 6 month date was Dec 10. I was likely exposed Dec 9 or earlier. I just received my booster invite today, Dec 15th. / Today @adriandix announced no new measures. Emphasized that omicron is a problem in ON now, encouragers BC to be vigilant. Based on current contact tracing policies alone, omicron is definitely already a BIG #BC problem. / *encouraged"

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Subject:   Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern ,  Vaccinations,  Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

Title: Vancouver Island's race between variants and vaccines | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/covid-variants-vancouver-island/

Description: The Island has contained the variant cases that it knows of so far, but vaccination is still in the early stages.

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Subject:   Variants of Concern ,  Vaccinations Alpha Variant Beta Variant Gamma Variant Island Health Benusic, Mike Henry, Bonnie Fraser Health Brunt, Howard,  Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine ,  Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Vancouver Coastal Health Simon Fraser University AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD Vaccine Interior Health Northern Health Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 Vaccine

Title: Analyzing BC’s new restrictions amid exponential COVID-19 growth | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/new-restrictions-exponential-covid-19-growth/

Description: Vancouver Island has seen a rapid increase in cases—but variant growth remains much lower here than on mainland.

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Subject:   Variants of Concern ,  Wang, Flight Horgan, John Island Health Henry, Bonnie Gamma Variant Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort Alpha Variant Beta Variant Stanwick, Richard Mount Washington Alpine Ski Resort Brouselle, Astrid British Columbia Teachers’ Federation Mooring, Teri Ventilation Vaccinations AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD Vaccine Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine,  Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine ,  Province of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health Furstenau, Sonia

Title: Vancouver Island is awash with Omicron. What are authorities doing to slow it? | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/vancouver-island-omicron-covid-fifth-wave/

Description: Data from other jurisdictions show the Island is in for a rough month to come, but authorities are still denying basic facts about the virus.

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Subject:   Variants of Concern ,  Omicron Variant Henry, Bonnie Northgate Chuch University of Victoria Island Health Rapid Antigen Tests Vaccinations Contandriopoulos, Damien Stanwick, Richard University of Victoria | Centre for Athletics, Recreation and Special Abilities Province of British Columbia Dix, Adrian Health Canada National Advisory Committee on Immunization College of Pharmacists of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health BC COVID-19 Modelling Group Karlen, Dean BC Centre for Disease Control Protect Our Province BC Filiatrault, Lyne Gasperowicz, Malgorzata,  Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

Title: B.C. teens can now register to book their COVID-19 vaccine appointment | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/b-c-teens-can-now-register-to-book-covid-19-vaccine-appointment-797363/

Description: Teens in B.C. are now officially eligible to register for their COVID-19 vaccine appointments.

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Subject:   Vaccinations Province of British Columbia British Columbia Teachers' Federation Henry, Bonnie Dix, Adrian,  Variants of Concern ,  Delta Variant Colijn, Caroline,  Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine ,  Health Canada

Title: Wearing of masks doesn’t seem to be mandatory | Chemainus Valley Courier

URL: https://www.chemainusvalleycourier.ca/opinion/wearing-of-masks-doesnt-seem-to-be-mandatory/

Description: Security everywhere turns a blind eye to the mandatory mask ruling.

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Subject:   Queen Margaret's School Santa Claus Vancouver Canucks Hockey Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern ,  Vaccinations,  Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine ,  Sawchuk, Joe

Title: COVID-19 vaccine FAQs | First Nations Health Authority

URL: https://www.fnha.ca/what-we-do/communicable-disease-control/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine-faqs/

Description: What you need to know: vaccine information resources.

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Subject:   First Nations Health Authority Vaccinations,  Variants of Concern ,  BC Vaccine Card Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine,  Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine ,  AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD Vaccine Delta Variant Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 Vaccine Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 Vaccine​

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