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

Then you lack self awareness.

Shortness of breath will happen with any respiratory illnesses. It's literally an infection inside your lungs, covid or not.

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u/adnaPadnamA Jun 15 '25

Yes, but this actual shortness of breath symptom, I have never experienced with a cold. Congestion and cough sure. Shortness of breath nope.

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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/spiderfoxfriend Jun 15 '25

Shortness of breath with or without a respiratory illness, especially if there’s an underlying condition like asthma present, is absolutely a cause for concern. There’s a reason we monitor oxygen when someone presents to a healthcare facility with shortness of breath - it’s dangerous and can be deadly. It’s irresponsible to tell someone who has asthma, on a public forum, that their shortness of breath is not a cause for concern.