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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: B.C.'s stockpile of COVID treatments growing amid continued eligibility restrictions | CTV News

URL: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-s-stockpile-of-covid-treatments-growing-amid-continued-eligibility-restrictions-1.6216756

Description: B.C.’s stockpile of COVID-19 anti-viral treatments has ballooned even further in as guidelines continue to restrict access to the drug despite ample supply.

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  Paxlovid Dobell, Anne Lush, Jennifer BC Centre for Disease Control,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Government of Canada

Title: No consultation: B.C. plan to expel seniors from hospitals may not be 'attainable,' care providers say | CTV News

URL: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/no-consultation-b-c-plan-to-expel-seniors-from-hospitals-may-not-be-attainable-care-providers-say-1.6090375

Description: The Ministry of Health did not consult with the very care home operators it expects to take in seniors being expelled from hospitals in preparation of a surge in serious illnesses anticipated from COVID-19 and influenza, CTV News has learned.

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  BC Care Providers Association Lake, Terry BC Centre for Disease Control BC Nurses' Union Grewal, Aman Lush, Jennifer Lush, Marianne Dix, Adrian,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Influenza

Title: Province-wide public health orders: Effective until January 8, 2021 at midnight | Island Health

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EowWrDNWEAEfSIZ?format=jpg&name=small

Description: Island Health on Twitter: "Dr. Bonnie Henry has extended COVID-19 public health orders until Jan 8, 2021, midnight. Everything we’ve been doing to slow the spread of the virus we need to 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 doing. Read the full order and more directions: http://ow.ly/vKY150CGgF7 #COVID19IslandHealth Image"

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Subject:   Island Health,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  Province of British Columbia,  Henry, Bonnie

Title: COVID exclusive: Face of B.C. government pandemic battle called herself a “private citizen” | theBreaker

URL: https://thebreaker.news/news/bonnie-book-foi/

Description: Her face is on the cover. Her name gets top billing. The title is the slogan she repeats at the government press conferences that she is paid to give. But Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry claimed in internal email that her March 9-published book about her job is separate from her job. How is that?

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Subject:   Henry, Bonnie ,  Dix, Adrian Province of British Columbia Sullivan, Michelle Thompson, Laurel Lambrechts, Nicola Prevost, Jean-Marc,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health

Title: [Response to B.C. health officials' press conference regarding leaked BC Centre for Disease Control reports]

URL: https://twitter.com/katiederosayyj/status/1390825013989703683?s=20

Description: Katie DeRosa on Twitter: "To sum up the press conference in response to leaked @CDCofBC reports, BC’s top two public health officers were basically gaslighting journalists, insisting the #COVID19 data we’ve been asking for has been there all along if we only looked hard enough. Not true. #bcpoli / Data experts & epidemiologists such as @vb_jens Carolin Colijn, Sarah Otto & @Dr_Conway_VIDC have been sounding the alarm for months about how BC falls behind other provinces in terms of data transparency, specially re neighbourhood-level data, data broken down by race. #bcpoli / One small example of data gap. I asked Health pretty much for two weeks straight for # of P1 variant cases in Whistler to see whether numbers spiked after outbreak first declared. By the time they were offered, it was after mass vaccinations had dealt with the outbreak. #bcpoli / Also, if Health released daily data on the evolution of P.1 variant cases in Whistler over time, from start of outbreak, to peak, to a decline as vaccines were rolled out, it would give a clear picture of the effectiveness of mass vaccinations and could ease vaccine hesitancy."

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  Province of British Columbia,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Gustafson, Réka von Bergmann, Jens Otto, Sarah Conway, Brian Variants of Concern BC Centre for Disease Control Colijn, Caroline Gamma Variant

Title: Emails show Dr. Bonnie Henry knew of concerns over BC’s COVID-19 data and school exposures while publicly downplaying them | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/henry-stanwick-covid-school-exposures-emails/

Description: Internal emails show BC public health leaders, including provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, had concerns about the quality of COVID-19 transmission data collected in schools—and that those concerns persisted in private, months after officials had started making claims to the media and the public on a regular basis that the risk of transmission in schools was very low.

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Subject:   Henry, Bonnie ,  Capital Daily Burnaby Beacon Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  Gustafson, Réka Daly, Patricia Brodkin, Elizabeth Galanis, Eleni Docking, Christine Interior Health Northern Health Vancouver Coastal Health Fraser Health Howe, Carolyn Greater Victoria School District Island Health Stanwick, Richard Hoyano, Dee British Columbia Teachers' Federation Greater Victoria Teachers' Association BC Centre for Disease Control Mooring, Teri Waldron, Winona Ventilation

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: 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: 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. government mute on Penny Ballem pay, Bonnie Henry book | Castanet.net

URL: https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/359728/B-C-government-mute-on-Penny-Ballem-pay-Bonnie-Henry-book/

Description: Documents obtained under the freedom of information law show that Dr. Penny Ballem, the head of the province’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign, charged taxpayers $405,000 last January through September for her services. Meanwhile, the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) is refusing to explain how Dr. Bonnie Henry was allowed to co-author a book about her work as the Provincial Health Officer during the pandemic’s first wave.

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Subject:   Ballem, Penny,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Pendru Consulting Vaccinations Omicron Variant Variants of Concern ImmunizeBC Aronson, Art Provincial Health Services Authority Visscher, Andrea,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health ,  Province of British Columbia Olsen, Adam Beare, Lisa Woywada, Jason

Title: ‘Show the work’: Doctors skeptical of B.C.'s rapid test strategy, question Henry's rationale | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/doctors-skeptical-of-b-c-s-rapid-test-strategy-question-henrys-rationale-927627/

Description: Physicians say recent remarks about rapid antigen tests from B.C.’s provincial health officer are misleading, inconsistent and completely inaccurate at times.

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Subject:   Rapid Antigen Tests,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Leung, Victor Province of British Columbia Filiatrault, Lyne University of Victoria Health Canada Hasan, Dalia COVID Test Finders Government of Canada,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health

Title: Viewpoint: We can all make a difference | Powell River Peak

URL: https://www.prpeak.com/opinion/viewpoint-we-can-all-make-a-difference-3417241/

Description: While we have been anticipating and preparing for it, it was still a shock when COVID-19 finally arrived so dramatically in our small part of the world.

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Subject:   Powell River Physicians COVID-19 Steering Group Tla'amin Nation Medical Clinic Associates Vancouver Coastal Health Powell River General Hospital,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health

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