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DoNoHarm BC @[email protected] · 2026-06-01 · 21:31 UTC

Advocacy opportunity 📣 BC's Finance committee is now accepting written feedback on what to include in BC's 2027 budget. This is a critical chance to tell policy-makers to support clean air, Long COVID care, testing, wastewater monitoring and more.

Learn how to submit your written feedback at https://donoharmbc.ca/bc-government-2027-budget.../ - and find some sample answers you can use to make it easier! In past years, budget feedback has resulted in some notable successes - including a 2024 commitment of over $3 billion in continued pandemic funding.

This year's feedback deadline is 2 pm (Pacific Time) on Friday, June 19. Note that if you're already scheduled to present directly to the finance committee, you do *not* need to do a written submission as well.

#BCBudget #BCBudget2027 #BCHealthcare #CleanTheAir #CleanAirEverywhere #LongCovid #NovavaxNow #N95sSaveLives #CovidIsNotOver

#bcbudget #bcbudget2027 #bchealthcare #cleantheair #cleanaireverywhere #longcovid

DoNoHarm BC @[email protected] · 2026-05-29 · 03:03 UTC

Input opportunity 📣 We've been asked to share a new initiative by a research team at UBC. Right now, they're setting priorities for new research around "healthcare barriers related to respiratory infection risk" - and they want to hear from people across BC about what to focus on!

Do you live with chronic physical health conditions that increase risks from respiratory infections? Are you a family member, caregiver, or advocate for people with chronic physical health conditions? Your input can help shape future research projects!

👉 Take the anonymous survey: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6xtweXavuikuiOy (Note: if you comment, like, or share this post you may become publicly identified with the study.)

Questions? Email: [email protected]. More about who's working on this initiative: https://heet.nursing.ubc.ca

#BCHealthcare #KeepMasksInHealthcare #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #N95sSaveLives

#bchealthcare #keepmasksinhealthcare #covidisnotover #covidisairborne #n95ssavelives

DoNoHarm BC @[email protected] · 2026-01-29 · 04:06 UTC

Good news 🙌 Following our campaign in September (https://donoharmbc.ca/national-standard-on-n95s-into-bc-law/), WorkSafeBC has announced that once the most up-to-date standard for respirators in the workplace (CSA Z94.4) is released, they’re going to review it for future updates to BC’s workplace regulations.

This means we’re one step closer to getting up-to-date best practices about workplace N95 use and airborne transmission into BC law!

Thank you to everyone who wrote in to WorkSafe and attended the public hearing. Your voices made an impact! If you want a refresher on what a CSA standard is and why this one’s important, find our explainer at https://donoharmbc.ca/national-standard-for-n95s/ 😷

#N95sSaveLives #CovidIsAirborne #BCHealthCare

#n95ssavelives #covidisairborne #bchealthcare

DoNoHarm BC @[email protected] · 2025-12-20 · 05:33 UTC

Psst - the BC government is currently finalizing the plan for the 2026 provincial budget (which will likely be presented in February 2026). This gives us ONE LAST CHANCE to make sure that BC invests in key public health priorities in the coming year!

Join us to demand:

📈 Wastewater monitoring & communicable disease dashboard updates year round
💨 Clean air measures
💉 Vaccine access, inclusing Novavax
🧪 Access to COVID tests
😷 N95s for healthcare workers
🏥 Improved Long Covid care

Visit https://donoharmbc.ca/bc-budget-2026-campaign/ to get our easy email script - or simply add your representative to your holiday card list, because mail to MLAs is free!

#BCBudget2026 #BCpoli #BCHealthCare #N95sSaveLives #CovidIsAirborne #LongCovid #NovavaxNow #Postcards4PublicHealth

#bcbudget2026 #bcpoli #bchealthcare #n95ssavelives #covidisairborne #longcovid

DoNoHarm BC @[email protected] · 2025-11-19 · 19:46 UTC

ACTION ALERT 📣 BC is falling behind in protecting patients, healthcare workers, and our healthcare system. As we enter fall and winter, Newfoundland, Labrador, PEI, and major Quebec and Ontario hospitals have already restored mask requirements in medical settings – yet so far, BC has failed to take action.

Instead of masks in healthcare, BC has:
🏥 increasing hospital & ER closures (over 250 so far this year)
🚨 expert warnings about the possibility of the "worst kind of flu season”, due to a mismatch between the current vaccine and an emerging dominant strain
🦠 a global surge of COVID-19
🐓 a rise in avian influenza outbreaks
☣️ increased measles exposures in BC, coupled with the loss of Canada’s measles elimination status 😭😭😭

It’s past time for action. Head to https://donoharmbc.ca/masks-in-healthcare/ to join our renewed calls for BC to restore healthcare mask protections ASAP - and to improve them by closing loopholes and making respirators (like N95 masks) the default choice 😷

#KeepMasksInHealthcare #MaskUp #MasksSaveLives #N95sSaveLives #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #BCHealthcare #COVID19BC #measles #h5n1

#keepmasksinhealthcare #maskup #maskssavelives #n95ssavelives #covidisairborne #covidisnotover

Ms. Que Banh @[email protected] · 2024-11-15 · 21:07 UTC

I have requested doctor be masked before we enter examination room.

#Covid #Medical #MaskUpSaveLives #CovidIsNotOver #PublicHealth #BCpoli #RecklessEndangerment #PeopleWithDisabilities #VictoriaBC #YYJ #HealthCare #MedicalProfessionals #FireBonnieHenry #Doctors #BCHealthCare

#covid #medical #maskupsavelives #covidisnotover #publichealth #bcpoli

Ms. Que Banh @[email protected] · 2024-08-09 · 10:03 UTC

The first #COVID19 #data released by the #BritishColumbia for #Disease Control since the official end of the province's #PublicHealthEmergency shows #hospitalizations decreasing, but still near their highs for the year.

There were 175 test-positive #COVID patients in #BChospitals as of Thursday, according to the #BCCDC. That's down from 204 at the start of last month, but still the fourth-highest total of 2024, and more than double the 76 people #hospitalized at this time last year.

The BCCDC's most recent update showed 368 new, lab-confirmed #COVIDinfections in the province, though that number significantly #underestimates the spread of the #virus because most people in the province do not qualify for lab-based testing.

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/mobile/175-in-hospital-with-covid-19-in-bccdc-s-first-update-since-end-of-public-health-emergency-1.6986823?cache=/13-canadian-bucket-list-sights-for-the-nature-lover-1.2378214

#BCPublicHealth #BChealthCare #FireBonnieHenry #BCNDP #CovidIsNotOver #ZeroCovid #C19 #CovidSafety #MaskUpSaveLives #BCpoli #Medical #Health #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #OathbreakerBonnie #CovidCrisis #CovidEugenics #EugenicsIsNotHealthCare #DisabledLivesMatter #PeopleWithDisabilities #PublicHealth #CDNpoli #MaskUp #WearAMask #N95sSaveLives #AdrianDix #EbyTheEnabler #DavidEby #EugenistBonnieHenry #CapitalistCovidFailures

#covid19 #data #britishcolumbia #disease #publichealthemergency #hospitalizations

Ms. Que Banh @[email protected] · 2024-08-09 · 09:22 UTC

From @thetyee

Gregory said the database is a good idea for some diseases, in particular for some vaccines that do protect people from infection. But when it comes to COVID-19, he said, the vaccine doesn’t prevent transmission.

“Relying on vaccinations as the measure of whether people are likely or not to transmit [COVID] to vulnerable patients is a very dangerous strategy,” Gregory said.

Instead, he added, it would be best if everyone wore masks in public health settings whenever possible.

Mitigation measures such as properly worn N95s, HEPA air filtration, ventilation and avoiding high-risk areas like indoor crowded spaces are “all variant proof,” Gregory said. “No variant has evolved to circumvent an N95.”

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/08/05/No-Longer-Official-Emergency-COVID-Remains-Crisis/

#BCPublicHealth #BChealthCare #FireBonnieHenry #BCNDP #CovidIsNotOver #Covid19 #ZeroCovid #C19 #CovidSafety #MaskUpSaveLives #BCpoli #Covid #Medical #Health #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #OathbreakerBonnie #CovidCrisis #CovidEugenics #EugenicsIsNotHealthCare #DisabledLivesMatter #PeopleWithDisabilities #PublicHealth #CDNpoli #MaskUp #WearAMask #N95sSaveLives