https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-interior-covid-cases-update-1.6121240
Kelowna is running up the COVID numbers in BC. No surprise there.
Between the forest fires, the gangland shootings, the bombing attempt, and the crane collapse, the covid outbreak is barely in the top 5 things going on here right now.
Talking to one of my industry friends, she told me that people thirty and under (including her and her staff and more than half of her customers) weren't even eligible to get their second dose until the end of July. They made people under 30 last in line for vaccines, even though they knew that people under 30 are the people in public-facing jobs as well as the ones who would be out socializing the most. They knew that people under 30 would be more likely to be out socializing and spreading the virus, but also that people under 30 would be least likely to get sick from the virus.
And that's exactly what's happening. Despite the spike in cases, hospitalizations haven't followed. Young people are catching the virus, but very few are getting seriously ill. As Dr Henry said last week, hospitalizations are now decoupled from cases. This isn't a big tragedy or a doomsday scenario.
This is a tourist center-- we have people coming from Vancouver, all over the Interior, and Alberta, all coming to town. And that's probably what has made this a covid hot-spot. As more restrictions are added, as well as the effects of the wildfires, maybe people will stop coming here for a while.
-k
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