Pay more attention when you go out on the New Year's Eve long weekend
The New Year's long weekend is coming, but a large number of Canadians have been put down by various viruses one after another, and the emergency department is about to get out of control.
The BC Center for Disease Control and Prevention suddenly issued an announcement: The province's flu season has officially broken out, reaching a peak among young people! 2 new children died of flu-related diseases!
The latest data shows that BC has reported 2 cases of influenza-related childhood deaths in the past 2 weeks.
Both cases are known to have experienced "secondary bacterial infections" that led to serious complications and eventually death.
Health officials warn that flu and respiratory syncytial virus will increase.
Last week, the Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention had already warned that the current level of streptococcal infection is very high, so everyone should pay more attention, especially if there are children at home.
As of today, there are 20 cases in people under the age of 51, which is more than double the number recorded last year.
In addition, the BC Department of Health also gave various epidemic data-
As of Christmas, the number of new crown hospitalizations in the province increased to 153, which is relatively stable, and 358 new people were infected with the new crown that week.
Even more worrying are the flu and RSV outbreaks, which have now risen to 12.5 percent and positive RSV testing to 9.5 percent.
Health officials said the data only included the number of people tested in the laboratory and did not accurately reflect the true total number of infections.
Especially after Christmas, more and more Chinese in Canada are getting sick -
Some people were diagnosed with influenza A on Thursday and had a fever for the 7th day, and some people coughed so much that they couldn't breathe, exclaiming: "This is not much better than the new crown yang." ”
Some netizens said that they were coughing + runny nose + loss of smell + dizziness, and after going to the hospital for an operation, they said that it was not pneumonia, but a viral infection, and they didn't say what the specific disease was, but they just wrote a list to buy medicine.
"Last month I had the same symptoms, mentioning RSV."
There are also people who are so sick that they suddenly lose their sense of smell and taste, crying and saying, "What the hell is this, eating has lost its meaning..."
There are also villagers who have mild symptoms, but they have also been sick for a week: "I had a fever for 2 days and coughed for 3 days after the fever subsided. ”
Someone is really miserable: I have been sick since December 11, "I am about to cough up 8-pack abs, I took an X-ray and said it was normal, but every day I opened my eyes and coughed, I took all kinds of medicine, my family doctor prescribed antibiotics, and it was useless to eat for a week, help!"
Xiaobian originally thought it was nothing, it might be luck or a problem with the working environment, people who work in schools may have more opportunities to be exposed to various viruses, and they should have fun and wave after vacation, until their friends are infected one after another.
Some people are happy to mention the new crown for the third time, vomiting and diarrhea and fever;
Some friends are more miserable, suddenly there are symptoms of tinnitus, and then on the 3rd day, the day turns to vomit wildly, and I vomit all the medicine after taking a medicine, followed by high fever and low fever alternately, and finally get better and low blood sugar is committed, and now it is cough + smell failure + general exhaustion...
The point is, it's really hard to see a doctor at the end of the year now.
My friend's family doctor said that he would not do it this year, so that everyone could find a new one, but it was not easy to find a family doctor in Vancouver, this week I was sick and wanted to go to the nearby walk-in clinic, and I called 4 companies, and people did not say that they had to make an appointment, and a question was scheduled for January 17, if there was no doctor at work, I had to call every day to "try my luck" if I wanted to walk-in.
Because the tinnitus was uncomfortable, she called the pharmacy to ask if she could buy medicine, and the pharmacist said that they couldn't prescribe it, and suggested going to Richmond UPCC to see a doctor, but the person said: We have a family doctor here, and the waiting time starts from 5 or 6 hours...
After a round of phone calls, this friend dismissed the idea of seeing a doctor, "Even if I vomit so much that I call an ambulance, I guess I will have to wait for 2 or 3 hours on the hospital corridor bed... Forget it..."
She had already been vaccinated against the flu, and she didn't know if it was the flu or some other cause.
BC Health Officer Bonnie Henry has recently warned that the flu virus is spreading rapidly, and this time it is influenza A, also known as H3N2, which has entered its peak, nearly 2 weeks earlier than before, and cases are rising rapidly.
She said that this flu is different from previous years, and the impact on young people is particularly serious, due to long-term epidemic prevention measures, most people have not been exposed to influenza viruses in the past two years, and their resistance is insufficient, so they need to pay more attention.
Now is the peak of the epidemic of various respiratory diseases, and people with asthma, diabetes, cancer, or other chronic diseases that cause a weakened immune system should be more vigilant, stay home when sick, and wear masks in indoor public places.
I hope you all can usher in the New Year's Eve in good health.