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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: COVID vaccination profile in Island Health | Island Social Trends

URL: https://islandsocialtrends.ca/covid-vaccination-profile-in-island-health/

Description: As the daily number of new COVID cases in Island Health continues to set records — today a new high at 562 — the push by public health for people to get vaccinated is unrelenting.

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Subject:   Island Health Vaccinations,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Dix, Adrian,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern BC Vaccine Card Stanwick, Richard Smart, Katharine Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD Vaccine BC Centre for Disease Control,  Delta Variant

Title: An open letter from Protect Our Province BC to BC Health Minister Adrian Dix and BC Chief Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry | December 21, 2021 | Protect Our Province BC

URL: https://protectbc.ca/an-open-letter-from-protect-our-province-bc-to-bc-health-minister-adrian-dix-and-bc-chief-provincial-health-officer-dr-bonnie-henry/

Description: Omicron moves faster than any virus we’ve ever seen. If the BC government continues to take a “wait and see” approach, it will inevitably result in a “too little, too late” public health strategy. So how can BC residents help to reduce the strain on the healthcare system?

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Subject:   Protect Our Province BC Dix, Adrian,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Delta Variant ,  Variants of Concern,  Omicron Variant ,  Vaccinations Province of British Columbia

Title: COVID-19: UVic men's rugby team's Omicron outbreak linked to national tournament | The Province

URL: https://theprovince.com/sports/rugby/covid-19-uvic-mens-rugby-teams-omicron-outbreak-linked-to-national-tournament/

Description: A post-tournament party at the men’s rugby university national championships last month in Ontario is being linked to a countrywide outbreak of the Omicron variant.

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Subject:   Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern University of Victoria,  Henry, Bonnie ,  2021 Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship Queen's University,  Delta Variant ,  University of British Columbia University of Guelph University of Calgary Concordia University Dalhousie University Royal Military College Rugby

Title: Omicron on Vancouver Island: More cases linked to UVic students | CTV News

URL: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/15-omicron-cases-now-linked-to-uvic-outbreak-island-health-1.5709448

Description: More cases of COVID-19 have been linked to gatherings of University of Victoria students while off-campus, something health officials say was expected.

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Subject:   Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern University of Victoria,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Rugby,  Delta Variant ,  Island Health Duclos, Jean-Yves Government of Canada Fraser Health 2021 Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship Queen's University

Title: COVID-19: 'Omicron tidal wave' is coming, hospitals will be overwhelmed, predict scientists | Vancouver Sun

URL: https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/covid-19-omicron-tidal-wave-is-coming-hospitals-will-be-overwhelmed-predict-scientists/

Description: New modelling shows B.C. could reach 10,000 new COVID-19 cases a day within two weeks, causing hospitals to become overwhelmed with patients, say a group of B.C.-based scientists.

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Subject:   Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern BC COVID-19 Modelling Group von Bergmann, Jens,  Delta Variant ,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Contandriopoulos, Damien Vaccinations Cytrynbaum, Eric Dix, Adrian

Title: ‘Mass disabling event’: Advocates fear tsunami of long COVID patients as Omicron spreads unchecked | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/long-covid-omicron/

Description: There are still a lot of unknowns about the post-viral syndrome, and COVID long haulers are struggling to find support.

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Subject:   Willis, Jan Long COVID McGarva, Jonah Long COVID Canada WorkSafeBC Zeidler, Karina Province of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern Tam, Theresa,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Vaccinations,  Delta Variant ,  Provincial Health Services Authority Goulding, Susie COVID Long-Haulers Support Group Canada

Title: Victoria hospitals, long COVID clinic brace for summer wave of COVID-19 reinfections | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/summer-wave-covid-19-reinfections/

Description: New subvariants that can get past antibodies are on the rise in BC, while new research shows reinfections increase overall health risks.

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Subject:   Variants of Concern Island Health Long COVID Saanich Peninsula Hospital Unger, Jeff Otto, Sarah,  Omicron Variant ,  Province of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health Burn-Murdoch, John Victoria General Hospital Royal Jubilee Hospital Vaccinations National Advisory Committee on Immunization,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Delta Variant ,  BC Centre for Disease Control Olsen, Tyler

Title: Victoria healthcare workers brace for Omicron’s impact on nearly full hospitals | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/victoria-healthcare-workers-brace-omicron-full-hospitals/

Description: Island Health is pleading with workers to take extra shifts, while some doctors and nurses say the province isn’t following the science on staff protection.

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Subject:   Island Health,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern Tan, Amy,  Delta Variant ,  Otto, Sarah BC COVID-19 Modelling Group Dix, Adrian Karlen, Dean University of Victoria Province of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health Hinshaw, Deena Government of Canada Cowichan District Hospital,  Henry, Bonnie

Title: B.C. has used less than 10% of its rapid antigen tests, officials say they don't prevent transmission | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/b-c-has-used-less-than-10-of-its-rapid-antigen-tests-officials-say-they-dont-prevent-transmission-925792/

Description: Rapid antigen tests have limited use, don’t prevent transmission of COVID-19 and are not a replacement for the vaccine, according to British Columbia’s top doctor.

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Subject:   Rapid Antigen Tests,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Health Canada Filiatrault, Lyne,  Delta Variant ,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Title: Expert pushes back on Bonnie Henry's claims schools are not a major source of transmission | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/doctor-pushes-back-on-bonnie-henrys-claims-schools-are-not-a-major-source-of-transmission-933513/

Description: B.C.'s top doctor has claimed that schools are not a major source of transmission, but is she right? The data isn't clear.

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Subject:   Henry, Bonnie ,  Jimenez, Jose-Luis Tupper, Paul Broadhurst, Jana Variants of Concern,  Delta Variant ,  Furness, Colin,  Omicron Variant ,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation Ventilation Austin, Sara Children First Canada Vaccinations Heighton, Jennifer Omaha Public Schools

Title: Four UVic rugby team members diagnosed with highly contagious Omicron variant | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/four-uvic-rugby-team-members-diagnosed-with-highly-contagious-covid-19-omicron-variant-927123/

Description: Just over two weeks ago, the UVic rugby team took on UBC in a snowy Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship gold medal game in Kingston Ontario, now an Omicron hotbed. UVic walked away with second place, and four cases of the highly contagious COVID-19 Omicron variant.

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Subject:   University of Victoria Rugby,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern 2021 Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship Boag, Ethan Island Health,  Delta Variant ,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Queen's University

Title: Worst-case Omicron scenario could see hospitals overwhelmed, new COVID modelling shows | Vancouver Is Awesome

URL: https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/coronavirus-covid-19-local-news/worst-case-omicron-scenario-could-see-hospitals-overwhelmed-new-modelling-4865035/

Description: Omicron appears to spread more readily than Delta variant; there's a higher chance of re-infection, as well as infection of vaccinated people. Modelling shows rising cases on Vancouver Island, driven by outbreaks at UVic and a religious gathering.

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Subject:   Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern,  Delta Variant ,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Vaccinations Island Health University of Victoria 2021 Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship Queen's University Fraser Health Rapid Antigen Tests

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