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President's Comment, COVID-19 /
BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD
May 2021
... collective trauma (a traumatic event shared by a group of people) being used to describe the COVID-19 pandemic. I often ... But trauma carries different meanings for different people. For some, trauma means broken bones and ruptured ... necessarily true of the pandemic. That’s not to say people haven’t suffered; we have seen far too many deaths; ...
Editorials, COVID-19 /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
July/August 2020
... in early May, my heartfelt congratulations go out to the people of BC as their sacrifices have flattened the curve of ... but why is getting a tattoo a priority? I realize many people are impatient to get back to normal, whatever that ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 /
BY: Michael Otterstatter, MSc, PhD
October 2020
... in a population, scientists track over time how many other people are likely to become infected from a single case. This ... each person with COVID-19 was infecting nearly three other people. Through the spring, BC reduced that number down to ... plays a key role in disease control by quickly identifying people who may have been exposed to the virus. These people ...
President's Comment, COVID-19 /
BY: Kathleen Ross, MD
June 2020
... Truly inspiring work has been done by an untold number of people to pull this all together. Now we wait. Physical ...
News, COVID-19
July/August 2020
... online in order to provide education and peer support to people during physical distancing due to COVID-19. The peer-led groups provide an opportunity for people living with persistent pain to interact and build a ...
News, COVID-19
June 2020
... and testing, special authority extensions, care for people who use drugs, and limited coverage inhalers for ...
Editorials, COVID-19 /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
December 2020
... a little. I am trying to remember that just because other people have bigger problems does not mean I cannot mourn my ... even toying with the idea of creating a network for these people so they can talk with each other through this ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 /
BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC
July/August 2020
... reported in BC.[ 1 ] COVID-19 disproportionately affects people who use substances, including risk of transmission, ... (SARS-CoV-2) infection, and drug overdose risk. How are people who use substances impacted by COVID-19? People who use substances are often socioeconomically ...
News, COVID-19
May 2020
... who do not have severe or critical disease. This is about people in the community struggling to determine if they might ...
News, COVID-19
June 2020
Research to address impact of COVID-19 on medication use and mental health for people with arthritis
... during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, people living with arthritis, such as rheumatoid arthritis, ... What is not known is how the pandemic has impacted people with arthritis and how to better support arthritis ... Through surveys and interviews, the UNIFIED study will ask people living with arthritis how COVID-19 has affected access ...