1/ Just what exactly is the state of #bced, at the height of the 3rd wave?

It’s not good, by pretty much every single metric.

And yet, our PHO keeps insisting that schools are safer than homes—and thousands of children are infected weekly. The attack rate of #VOCs is %.

2/ Here we have the @CDCgov guidance on when schools should move online.

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3/ Here we have the case rate per 100,000 for all the areas in the Lower Mainland in BC. Pretty much all areas are hotspots.

Burnaby is the 2nd worst and Fraser Health still hasn’t prioritized teachers for vaccines. #bced #bcpoli

4/ Here is the positivity rate for the Fraser Health region and all of BC. 10 and above.

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5/ Here are the positivity rates for the different age groups in BC.
From the @CDCofBC situation report.

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6/ Here are the trend lines by age group, from vb_jens.

Look at the under 10 group in particular.

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7/ Here are projections from Washington State University as to how many positive cases we are likely to currently have, if we actually tested as much as we are supposed to.
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8/ BC’s Community transmission is at or above 35%. This is unsafe with the amount of dangerous VOCs circulating in the community.
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9/ Number of children infected on April 3rd= 15,644 under 19 tested positive for COVID-19.
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10/ April 10th= 17,195 children under 19 tested positive for COVID-19 in BC.
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11/ Number of Variants of Concern reported by the @CDCofBC —from CTV.

12/ We know of 5813 School infection notices.

Each infection notice can be for 1 or 50 infected people.

There are many thousands who’ve been infected and no notice to the community has gone out.

Link: https://bcschoolcovidtracker.knack.com/bc-school-covid-tracker#home/

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13/ Since classes are at max capacity in majority of classrooms in BC, the recommended safe physical distancing is not possible due to space constraints. Can recommend 2m, but if you don’t lower density, it’s not possible.

30 in Secondary, 24 in elementary.

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14/ To end I will leave you with this factoid. Who should this apply to in #bced?

#bcpoli #COVID19BC https://twitter.com/nomorewestrays/status/1386434808201433090

15/ Here is more information on the Westray Law.

Not a lawyer, but pretty sure Provincial limited liability clauses do not provide protection from Federal Criminal Laws.

#bced #bcpoli #COVID19BC https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/legisl/billc45.html

16/ Here are WorkSafe stats from the end of February.

Think it’s a good time to get an update, @bctf.
#bced #bcpoli #covid19BC https://twitter.com/bctf/status/1366480835851874304

17/ The final quarter to the school year starts for many Secondary students and Teachers this week.

All new cohorts for grades 10, 11 & 12. Family bubbles are going to grow exponentially again this week.

What are the current P1 and B.1.1.7 doubling times?

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