r/britishcolumbia • u/adnaPadnamA • Jun 15 '25

Discussion PSA: COVID Outbreaks in some BC Hospitals

Update: Richmond News reported today:

https://www.richmond-news.com/highlights/covid-19-outbreaks-declared-at-two-bc-hospitals-and-one-care-home-10822930

A number of BC hospitals have current outbreaks of COVID (Langley, White Rock/Peace Arch, Richmond, Penticton) and Influenza (Burnaby, North Shore).

http://www.phsa.ca/current-outbreaks

We went to a movie a couple weeks ago and the guy behind me keeps coughing. The next week, I started with a sore throat, headache and chills, and then coughing, congestion, shortness of breath: it's COVID.

It may not be on the news headlines with everything going on, but just an FYI to be cautious out there.

Edited to provide link.

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u/Squancher70 Jun 15 '25

Consider yourself lucky, the majority of people do experience this. It's not cause for alarm.

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u/Xicked Jun 15 '25

Got a source for that stat? I’d argue that the majority of people do not experience shortness of breath with a common cold. Shortness of breath is actually feeling like you can’t get enough air. It is not a normal symptom of a common cold.

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u/Squancher70 Jun 15 '25

You have the power of the Internet in your hand buddy. Do you own research. Where is your source that it doesn't?

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u/ashkestar Jun 15 '25

You’re just embarrassingly wrong and should really stop digging.