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Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB June 2021
... was watching the Chaoulli case as it bubbled on up, but people will be watching the second case very, very closely. I ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC January/February 2021
... response measures are likely to disproportionately impact people with fewer resources, poorer health, and those already ... over time, particularly for younger populations.[ 4 ] People who use drugs are a subpopulation acutely affected by ... to mitigate these unintended harms and better support people who use drugs during the pandemic.[ 7 ] Not all ...
Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD November 2021
... review and were presented to everyone equally, imagine how people would act, and how compassion and community and ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Hasina Samji, PhD, MSc June 2021
... remote, and northern communities; and gender-diverse people). Engaging youth to speak to their needs and ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD March 2021
... that offers us inexpensive face-to-face access to other people allows us to feel closer to those we can’t be close ... anxiety, for most of us. It’s interesting to hear what people dream of doing when the pandemic is so-called ... can express grief, compassion, and care where words fail. People let into a circle of compassionate touch know that ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sarah B. Henderson, PhD November 2021
... ranging from 90 to 130 most days. On 29 June 2021, 380 people died across the province [ Figure ]. There were 1630 ... suggests that high temperatures simply killed hundreds of people who would probably still be alive had the weather ... neighborhoods with lower socioeconomic status, where more people live alone and where there is less protection provided ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD July/August 2021
... in the matter. He was renamed without his approval. Many people have names that could be considered difficult to ... despite us living in a multicultural world, there are many people of different races and ethnicities who shorten or ... name to fit in. However, by transforming their name, these people essentially lose their identity. I recently listened ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2021
... Significant numbers of vaccine refusals are likely as people worry about potential adverse health outcomes. ... terrible virus. It is estimated that roughly 300 million people died from smallpox in the 20th century. Its case ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD December 2021
... and has reinforced my belief in the underlying goodness of people. On a broader level, I have been so impressed with the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Stephanie Gin, RN, MPH July/August 2021
... that BC is on track to achieve elimination by 2030, 28 607 people living with HCV in BC remain untreated.[ 1 ] Many have ... of social and economic marginalization. Around 17% of people testing antibody positive in BC between 1990 and 2018 ... in Canada to recommend one-time birth cohort screening for people born between 1945 and 1965. As this birth cohort ...