BC School Covid Tracker
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"Hundreds of London schools are set to receive new air quality filters in a £2.7m scheme designed to reduce pollution in classrooms and protect children's health."
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London schools to get filters to cut classroom air pollution
City Hall says it is paying for about 200 schools to receive classroom air quality filters.
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"'When women are infected during pregnancy, the risks of complications increase significantly, particularly for preterm birth and both maternal and infant morbidity and mortality,' the researchers wrote."
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Study finds no link between mRNA COVID vaccines early in pregnancy and birth defects
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"Get angry that your government knows that Long COVID is now the leading chronic illness among children & it is doing nothing but continuing to force a long-disproven narrative down your throat: it’s fine. It’s safe for children to get COVID."
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Beyond all reason
Long COVID patients are constantly harangued about our requests for COVID safety. Yet what we're asking for is far less than what we're called on to do to survive.
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"Studies have shown that every infection of COVID-19, regardless of the severity, significantly increases one’s risk of developing a post-COVID-19 condition."
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How to be a student when you have long COVID
Long COVID can upend the lives of those who have it—when you’re a student, it can be even harder
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"These findings reinforce an urgent message that children and adolescents can develop long COVID not only after an initial infection, but also after reinfection. The public health implications are substantial."
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Long COVID is here to stay—even in children
Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC, also known as long COVID) are complex, multisystem, long-lasting complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection that profoundly impact the daily life of those...
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"The kids are back in school & so is COVID-19. According to B.C.’s wastewater surveillance program, not a lot of people are sick with influenza A or B, or RSV right now, but COVID-19 cases are starting to tick upwards."
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Flu and COVID Vaccines Coming Soon to BC Pharmacies | The Tyee
They’ve also been ‘well supplied’ with rapid antigen test kits for this year.
thetyee.ca
"The Psychosocial Impact of Long Covid in Children and Adolescents: ASystematic Review."
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"... it is neglect of the highest order to look children in the eyes and say 'we knew how to protect you and we didn't do it.'"
Thank you to Violet Affleck for speaking out on behalf of children and young people.
Exposure at Ecole John Stubbs Elementary SD#62 (Island Health) - September 15 and 18, 2025.
Exposure at Riverside Secondary SD#43 (Fraser Health) - September 15, 16, and 17, 2025.
Exposure at Norgate Elementary SD#44 (Coastal Health) - September 11, and 12, 2025.
Exposure at Mennonite Educational Institute Middle School (Independent School in Fraser Health) - September 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, 2025.
"As some politicians continue to emphasize personal choice when it comes to vaccinations, doctors and infectious disease specialists point out that getting vaccinated not only protects the individual, but also the community."
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Why getting vaccinated protects more than just you
Health experts say vaccine-created herd immunity safeguards more people.
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Exposure at Norgate Elementary SD#44 (Coastal Health) - September 9, 10, 11, and 12, 2025.
Covid is AIRBORNE - handwashing, while generally important, will do little to prevent the spread of an AIRBORNE virus. Also, folks are contagious BEFORE showing symptoms. The 'vulnerable' are not the only ones at risk... long-covid can impact anyone.
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COVID cases rising in several provinces | CBC News
Wastewater and other disease indicators for COVID are beginning to increase in parts of Canada, infectious disease physicians say, as students and teachers return to school and people begin to congreg...
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