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There is a pretty stark difference between British Columbia and Washington State right now (10x cases, 42 vs 1 death)

• jamie_ca 7y ago
  BC had 3 more over the weekend, now 4 deaths. And quite an up-tick in cases. :(
  • inasio 7y ago
    Crap, and quite a few of those cases in Vancouver Island (lots of retired people, not a lot of hospital infrastructure). Announced only 1 hour ago it seems, and not yet in the Johns Hopkins tracker
    • fdjlasdfjl 7y ago
      Fortunately we're reacting ahead of time. Universities, rec centers, and public facilities are shutting down. We are also in the process of setting up a Korean-style drive through testing lab. Hopefully we can keep it out of the nursing homes.........
    • hackermailman 7y ago
      Zero social distancing going on either, busses crammed to the hilt and E. Hastings is wall to wall addicts outside right now. Someone I work with his wife is a health worker under potential exposure quarantine and he showed up to work today. I guess we are aiming for the full Italy version of this pandemic.
      • munk-a 7y ago
        Be vocal about it and talk out. I spoke out vocally at my workplace and most of us are now remoting - its on every individual to self-quarantine because relying on force (like the mounties or army) simply isn't reasonable - policing people closely defeats quarantining and those transit resources need to keep going to make sure essential employees can get to work. That all said I'm curious what Translink's plans are to restrict access to the skytrain.
• bawolff 7y ago
  Well if its doubling every 3 days, its only the difference of 10 days...
• blaser-waffle 7y ago
  Washington State is also an outlier in that one of the first places that got hit was a nursing home and they didn't react quickly enough; several of their residents died fairly quickly. The rest of the state is doing alright, comparatively.