Several B.C. hospitals and long term care facilities have seen a spike in COVID-19 cases recently according to the provincial health ministry, but these cases are not being named or reported publicly.

In a response to questions from CBC about COVID-19 outbreak declarations at acute care and long-term care facilities, the B.C. ministry of health confirmed that in some cases an outbreak is no longer reported even when there is a spike in cases due to spread at the hospital or care home.

Instead, “enhanced measures” are put in place without alerting the public.

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    You may be as surprised to learn that a virus can outlive a news cycle AND the attention span of a quasi-literate chad deeply steeped in con drivel, as you may be surprised to learn about the comma splice.

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      1 year ago

      People are dying of the seasonal flu too, it’s become apart of life. Why should we care anymore if it’s just become another seasonal flu.

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        1 year ago

        but whatabout people dying of everything else too … wahahhhahhhahh.

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          1 year ago

          Exactly, who cares anymore. It’s just the Canadian government whining about COVID.

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            1 year ago

            Yeah, not what I meant.

            But do go on denying the severity of COVID.