Vancouver Is Awesome #33 - November 19, 2020

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ritish Columbia's main electrical supplier says homeowners are not ready for the upcoming winter storm season even though many households report they weathered COVID-19-related closures and shortages earlier this year.

A survey commissioned by BC Hydro finds 20 per cent of homeowners believe they are prepared for an extended power outage because they laid in supplies such as toilet paper, hand sanitizer and groceries.

But the online survey of 803 B.C. residents conducted in early October says more than half lack an emergency kit or a plan, meaning households are "stocked up, but unprepared" to ride out a major storm.

The survey says many have confused the need to prepare for the isolation due to COVID-19 restrictions with the separate need to prepare for extended winter power outages that could leave them without heat, light or the ability to cook food and keep it from rotting.

Forty-four per cent report stocking up on household supplies but Hydro says few named bottled water, an external phone charger, first aid kit or non-perishable food among those items.

The Crown utility says its data show there has been a 117 per cent increase in

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Hydro is urging residents to create a kit including batteries, warm clothes and food enough to last at least 72 hours.

"This storm season is unique because the COVID-19 pandemic is adding extra pressure on BC Hydro and its customers," the report says.

A plan is more important than ever because the option of staying warm at a mall, movie theatre or other public place is less appealing during the pandemic, says the report.

It found half of British Columbians would not leave home this winter, almost 20 per cent said they would stay in the dark for at least 48 hours before even considering it, while 90 per cent believe

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power would be restored within 24 hours of a major storm.

Regionally, 30 per cent of all Lower Mainland residents admit to taking no steps to ready for a loss of electricity, although the Hydro survey shows those in Northern B.C. and on Vancouver Island were the most likely to have experienced outages over the last year and are the most prepared for the upcoming season.

The best defence is preparedness, says the Hydro statement.

The utility has published directions on its website of dos and don'ts during outages that includes everything from a list of the contents of an emergency kit to what to do if live wires are nearby and how to keep the food in your freezer safe for up to 48 hours.

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Locals bring new garment company to life According to the Sidechannel team, he has.

The breathable, water-resistant layer is crafted from a synthetic twill face fabric paired with a fleece liner, created in an effort to meet its founders' technical needs while also presenting like regular clothing—in other words, a piece of gear that's able to take its wearer from a full day of shredding to the pub for aprés.

Better yet? The garment is made in Canada, and the company is pledging to repair or replace the product in the event it fails.

While the OV might be the Sidechannel team's newest endeavor, it's certainly not their first rodeo in the outdoors industry.

Pendygrasse's three decades of flyfishing and snowboarding "are the foundation of Sidechannel," the company explains in the release, while 20 years in the action sports photography business led to him producing visual media and developing campaigns for major companies like Monster Energy and Arc'teryx.

Founding partner Jon Roth, meanwhile, is a long-time flyfisherman and former pro snowboarder with an entrepreneurial streak: He's the man behind the Crowsnest Barber Shop chain.

Finally, general manager Kim Duff cut her teeth in the corporate world, "spanning procurement, logistics, market analytics, business development, marketing, and communications," before building her own consultancy and falling in love with the outdoors.

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nyone who's spent a significant amount of time outdoors in cold weather - whether on a ski hill or a river - knows there's nothing that can ruin a day quite like an uncomfortable base- or mid-layer.

A unique new product created by a trio of Vancouver locals and outdoor industry vets is working to make sure outdoors enthusiasts never have to deal with that issue again, while addressing issues surrounding sustainability in the apparel industry.

The OV—it stands for overall—is a threeseason, technical mid-layer. According to the company's Kickstarter campaign, it's intended to be worn under ski or snowboard pants and fishing waders, but is designed to look like workwear, in order to make it "versatile enough to wear as a standalone piece."

As Sidechannel founder and design director Dano Pendrygrasse explains in a release, the idea for the game-changing product originated one day as he was getting ready to go snowboarding.

"I looked at the fleece pants that I had been wearing for 20 years. In some ways they were the best piece of kit I owned," he tells. "They were pretty warm, they had lasted forever, and I used them for both snowboarding and under my waders for fly fishing. On the other hand, they were pilled and worn, the waistband stacked up with two other waistbands and cut into me, they got sweaty, and they looked, frankly, like crap. I thought, 'Everyone is wearing some dumb piece of clothing as a key layer... I bet I can do better.'"

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Public Hearing: December 2, 2020

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Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning for these locations: 1. 1265-1281 Kingsway To rezone 1265-1281 Kingsway from C-2 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey, mixeduse building with 43 secured rental housing units. A height of 21 metres (68.9 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.74 are proposed.

2. 4745-4795 Main Street To rezone 4745-4795 Main Street from C-2 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey, mixeduse building with 89 secured rental housing units. A height of 22 metres (72.2 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.7 are proposed.

3. 7280 Fraser Street To rezone 7280 Fraser Street from C-1 (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey, mixeduse building with 95 secured rental housing units. A height of 22.2 metres (72.8 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 3.24 are proposed.

4. 724 East 56th Avenue To rezone 724 East 56th Avenue from RS-1 (Residential) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of two residential townhouse buildings with 12 secured rental housing units.

A height of 10.7 metres (35.1 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 1.40 are proposed.

5. 2924 Venables Street To amend CD-1 (109) (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of two six-storey residential buildings containing 145 social housing units.

A height of 21 metres (68.9 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.02 are recommended.

6. Amendment to the Rental Housing Stock Official Development Plan To amend the Rental Housing Stock Official Development Plan (RHS ODP) to clarify the onefor-one replacement of existing rental housing in RHS ODP designated zoning districts may occur on a site within the same zoning district that has been rezoned to a CD-1. This amendment will still require that existing rental housing be replaced on a one-for-one basis in the same area to ensure no net loss of rental housing.

7. 349 East 6th Avenue To rezone 349 East 6th Avenue from RM-4 (Multiple Dwelling) to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a 12-storey residential building with 82 social housing units.

A height of 38.7 metres (127.0 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 4.87 are proposed.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE APPLICATIONS INCLUDING LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIESw: vancouver.ca/rezapps These Public Hearings are to be convened by electronic means as authorized by Ministerial Order No. M192, “Local Government Meetings and Bylaw Process (COVID-19) Order No. 3”. Members of the public may attend at City Hall to hear and watch the meeting proceedings, but are strongly urged to listen and watch the proceedings via the City’s website or follow Twitter @VanCityClerk.

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ower Mainland consumers asking to see businesses’ COVID-19 emergency plans are more likely to get blank stares than a copy of the plan.

That’s despite an order from provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. The May 14 order says businesses must “post a copy of your COVID-19 Safety Plan on your website, if you have one, and at your workplace so that it is readily available for review by workers, other persons who may attend at the workplace to provide services and members of the public.”

Glacier Media went to multiple businesses and organizations in Vancouver and Burnaby asking to see their plans as COVID-19 case numbers continue to climb.

Four businesses had an order immediately on hand when asked: Walmart at Burnaby’s Metrotown mall, McDonald’s and London Drugs at Broadway and Cambie, and Vancity Credit Union at W.10th Avenue and Cambie in Vancouver.

Those businesses also have the information on their websites.

Those who could not produce a plan immediately included Vancouver City Hall; Metrotown’s Real Canadian Superstore and Hudson’s Bay; Best Buy, Save-On-Foods, Canadian Tire and RBC bank in the Cambie/Broadway area of Vancouver.

“We are respecting the government’s precautions and observing social distancing in our interactions,” said a sign in the RBC lobby.

The bank does have some of its policy on its website.

In contrast, the Vancity lobby up two blocks away had a plan synopsis on the door and the full plan submitted to WorkSafeBC posted in plain view in its lobby. Information is less accessible on the credit union’s website.

In comparison, the city does have its plan on its website. And, after being contacted by Glacier Media, a spokesperson said a move would be made to have the plan at City Hall information desk. “We will make sure the original document and then the revised one is made available.”

At most of the businesses visited, store customer service desks called a manager when asked for a plan. Invariably, that manager would not say if a plan was available but instead referred questions to corporate communications staff elsewhere.

Walmart and a few others were the exceptions. Customer service manager Dapinder Kaur arrived with the plan in hand when asked.

Also, when asked for the McDonald’s plan, a manager enthusiastically said, ‘Yes!’ and reached several feet to grab and hand over the document for examination.

A Save-On-Foods’ spokesperson said the plans should be available at customer service desks but had no explanation why Glacier Media could not see it.

“They’ve all been instructed to have a copy at the customer service desk,” she said.

When pushed, a Metrotown SportsChek manager conceded the plan was not available for the public review.

In stores such as Hudson’s Bay and Real Canadian Superstore, managers disputed Glacier Media’s right to see the plan, even after reading Henry’s order.

“Anything to do with externals, go to public relations,” Real Canadian Superstore manager Sagar Kukreja said, referring Glacier Media to parent company Loblaws in Ontario.

As customers socially distanced past sanitizer pumps, mask displays and a broken device to sanitize cell phone at The Bay’s customer service desk, a manager declined to provide the plan. She referred Glacier Media to parent company HBS spokesperson Tiffany Bourré.

“Hudson's Bay's BC COVID-19 Safety Plan is available on hbc. com, and is also posted on the health and safety board within our store, accessible to all associates," Bourré said. “In addition, as we begin to launch mandatory face coverings for all B.C. stores on Monday, we will also have the plan available at our store entrances.”

Some managers unable to provide plans would not give their full names, saying they were not allowed to speak with media.

“I don’t have the right to give you my last name,” said the manager, Gary, at Canadian Tire.

A government response was not available by deadline.

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Wastewater has previously been used to study illicit drug use, said Prystajecky, which can help show trends in a given community. It also allows researchers to test an entire community for very little money.

For the past month, Prystajecky’s team has been studying samples taken from the Iona and Lulu Island wastewater treatment plants, as well as Annacis Island in Delta, Lions Gate in West Vancouver and the Northwest Langley facility — the largest of Metro Vancouver’s wastewater facilities.

Prior to that, the team spent six months validating the study, which will run until at least the end of the year.

Because wastewater isn’t a static product, samples are collected every hour rather than just once a day, Prystajecky said.

The samples are then sent to the lab at the BC Centre for Disease Control, where the virus is filtered out and separated from larger particulate matter.

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Dr. Natalie Prystajecky — the study’s principal investigator — was heading a two-year-long BC Centre for Disease Control study looking for evidence of diarrhea-causing viruses, such as norovirus, in wastewater until that research was put on hold by COVID-19.

But using the methodology developed in that study, Prystajecky and her team were able to pivot to study the new virus.

Studies have shown that about 50 per cent of COVID-19 cases have the virus that causes COVID-19 — SARS-CoV-2 — in their feces, said Prystajecky.

“With this virus, we don’t really know why we see so much of it in the stool and why some people have it in their stool and some people do not,” she said.

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all it the third wave of COVID-19 or just a continuation of the first wave: the coronavirus appears out of control across the United States, averaging over 140,000 new cases per day last week. The picture is a little brighter in Canada, but COVID-19 cases continue to climb, including in British Columbia, which saw a new daily high of 617 new cases on Saturday.

In the face of the ongoing pandemic, the NHL is still holding to their plan to start next season on January 1st, with hopes of playing as many as 60 games. Since the NHL playoffs will have to be done before the Tokyo Summer Olympics due to broadcast partner agreements and they’ll need space for any potential postponements due to coronavirus outbreaks, the NHL will have to play a very condensed schedule.

Add the scent of 4 inch pot #2 pot the season to That’s cause for concern, as a condensed schedule is likely to lead to an increase in injuries. $2.99 each $34.99 each your home The NHL can look to the example of other sports to see how this could affect the health of their players. The English Premier League is currently playing a condensed schedule and has seen a significant increase in muscle injuries — up 42% compared to previous seasons, according to a report from The Athletic.

This is likely due to a shortened preseason with less time to ramp up physical fitness, as well as less time for rest between games. That recovery time is essential to prevent injuries and a condensed schedule means players won’t be able to get the recovery time they need.

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9 am to 5:30 pm The Canucks typically have one of the toughest travel schedules in the league, making proper rest and recovery even more challenging. With the NHL likely to implement an all-Canadian division because of the still-closed border between the U.S. and Canada, that travel could become even more arduous, as they’ll need to go across timezones for every single divisional game.

The NHL could mitigate some of that travel fatigue. There’s talk that they’ll borrow from baseball, playing multiple games in one city: the Canucks could travel to Toronto to play two or three games in one trip rather than travelling to Toronto multiple times during the season. That seems safer for fatigue as well as for COVID-19.

Assuming an increase in injuries, that will put the Canucks’ depth to the test.

The Canucks were fortunate in terms of injuries last season.

While they had 271 man-games lost to injury — fifth-most in the NHL — the bulk of those came from Micheal Ferland, Brandon Sutter, and Antoine Roussel, rather than top-tier players. While the Canucks did lose Alex Edler, Brock Boeser, and Jacob Markstrom at times, they were not hit by injuries anywhere near as badly as other teams.

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t’s time for tough love in British Columbia.

From the onset of the pandemic, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix have been the “cool parents” as far as public health officials go in Canada.

The province’s public health strategy has been one of encouragement over enforcement.

Aside from temporary shut-down orders for restaurants, fitness studios, and banquet halls, Dr. Henry achieved widespread public adherence to suggested social distancing guidelines without having to impose many fixed rules.

This approach tapped into the psychology of group dynamics. More importantly, it seemed to work; transmission numbers were low. The province not only flattened the COVID-19 curve in April but also crushed it in May. By mid-August, B.C.’s COVID-19 infections spiked to 100 new cases per day. The province now reports 500-600 new cases daily, on pace to 1,000 cases per day.

The proliferation of cases in Metro Vancouver — especially in the Fraser Valley — may warrant new lockdowns, but the province should also consider the low-hanging fruit.

Scott Lear, professor at Simon Fraser University’s Health Sciences department, notes, “Vancouver and Surrey and the surrounding municipalities are the only major cities in Canada that don’t have a mask mandate.”

In fact, mask mandates cover 80% of Canadians.

Even when not wholly enforceable, mandates can result in increased mask use, as mask use went from 40% to 92% on public transit in the Lower Mainland after Translink implemented its mandatory mask policy in August. Deputy Provincial Health Officer Dr. Réka Gustafson even acknowledged that Translink’s mask mandate has prevented public transit from being a major source of COVID-19 transmission.

To be clear, masks are most effective in combination with social distancing.

Masks have worked in South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan.

Even the City of Richmond, which made mask-wearing mandatory in all city buildings, boasts amongst the lowest per capita number of COVID-19 cases in Metro Vancouver in part due to cultural demographics that adopted masks early.

Of course, masks are not a panacea.

However, if COVID-19 cases continue to skyrocket in Metro Vancouver, B.C.’s public health “mom and dad” will eventually need to take a stricter approach.

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Dr. Henr y and Minister Dix resist the idea, continuing to favour encouragement over enforcement. But perhaps they should change course on masks while they continue to enjoy high levels of public trust.

Masks help to reduce the spread of COVID-19 by trapping droplets that are released when the wearer talks, coughs, or sneezes. Multilayer cloth masks, if worn properly, filter up to 90% of droplets.

However, mask-wearing requires a critical mass of adoption to slow down the spread of COVID-19. Masks are a collective necessity, like obeying traffic lights: The public is much safer if virtually everyone adheres to the rules.

There is also evidence from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention in the United States that masks protect the wearer by reducing the amount of infectious droplets inhaled.

In this sense, mask-wearing is also an individual safety measure, like wearing a seat belt.

Mo Amir is the host of This is VANCOLOUR, a politics and culture podcast available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and www.thisisvancolour.com

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he City of Vancouver's sustainability team found itself in hot water last Friday after a well-intentioned tweet backfired.

Amid the COVID-19 health orders currently restricting social gatherings, City staffers took to Twitter encouraging Vancouverites to head outside for public health-approved walks alongside their immediate households. The tweet also recommended paying a visit to "seven locations around False Creek, some of which will be impacted by sea level rise in the future" during those walks.

The tweet was accompanied by a map illustrating the areas most likely to face consequences of higher water levels in coming years, as well as a link to the City's False Creek Coastal Adaptation Plan document library.

Many Twitter users swiftly jumped on the message to point out that highlighting anticipated impacts of the ongoing climate crisis doesn't exactly stoke optimism amidst a worsening pandemic and already-demoralizing restrictions.

"Awesome," read one response. "Really needed some extra doom and gloom in my day." Another sought clarification, asking, "Are you saying 'hurry, before they are gone'?"

One Twitter user re-framed the City's initial message in a quote tweet, writing, "While you wait to die from the pandemic, here’s a list of places in your neighbourhood that will be underwater shortly. Have a great day!"

Another succinctly stated, "This tweet was an emotional journey."

"Love to sprinkle impending doom on my current doom," read one of the over 100 quote tweets.

However, the tweet also garnered its fair share of support for the City's message. "Based on the replies and quote tweets, most people would prefer to pretend that there isn't $7 billion in land and assets at risk from human-caused global heating here," read one quote tweet.

Another British Columbian acknowledged that the tweet "is getting some heat," but expressed gratitude "for municipal action on both COVID and climate. It can be hard to think about two emergencies at once, but taking action on both can help people feel better, and so can a nature walk."

One Twitter user also offered "Props to the social media crew for honesty."

In response to the backlash, the City's sustainability account quickly issued a followup tweet saying they didn't mean "to be insensitive to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Vancouver City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider zoning for these locations: 1. Updated Zoning Regulations for Zero Emissions Residential Buildings To amend the Zoning and Development By-law for one-storey to three-storey residential buildings to allow the Director of Planning to exclude up to 2.3 square metres per dwelling unit from floor area to accommodate zero emissions mechanical equipment for heating or hot water, and to permit an additional 0.15 metres in height if the roof contains at least 0.35 metres of insulation.

2. 1325 West 70th Avenue To rezone 1325 West 70th Avenue from RM-3A (Multiple Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey residential building with 65 secured market rental housing units. A height of 17.6 metres (58.4 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.40 are proposed.

3. 618 West 32nd Avenue To rezone 618 West 32nd Avenue from RS-1 (Residential) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey residential building with a seventh-floor amenity space and 31 strata units. Proposed are a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.45 and a height of 21.7 metres (71 feet) to the top of the roof parapet, with additional height for a rooftop amenity.

4. 2406-2488 Garden Drive To rezone 2406-2488 Garden Drive from RS-1 (Residential) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit the development of a six-storey, mixed-use development in two connected buildings, with 109 strata housing units and commercial space at grade. A height of 22.0 metres (72.2 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.83 are proposed.

5. 949 West 41st Avenue and 5469-5507 Willow Street (Oakridge Transit Centre) To rezone 949 West 41st Avenue and 5469-5507 Willow Street from RS-1 (Residential) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District to permit a mixed-use development consisting of 17 buildings between one and 26 storeys in height, with approximately 330 social housing units, 180 secured rental housing units including 45 moderate income rental units, and 1,120 strata housing units. The proposal also includes 2,229.7 square metres (24,000 square feet) of commercial space, a 69-space childcare, and a two-acre public park.

A maximum building height of 83.8 metres (275 feet) and a floor space ratio (FSR) of 2.36 are proposed.

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Due to COVID-19, it is recommended that speakers participate by telephone or provide written submissions; however, space will be made available at City Hall to accommodate those who are unable to participate by telephone. Protective masks are recommended.

To participate in the Public Hearing process, you can register to speak in person or by telephone individually beginning at 8:30 am on November 27 until 5 pm on the day of the Public Hearing: • by going to the Council meeting page on the City’s website and selecting the meeting date, meeting type and agenda item(s) and specifying whether you will participate in person or by telephone; or • by calling 604-829-4238 and specifying which meeting date, meeting type and agenda item(s) you wish to speak to and whether you will address Council by telephone or in person.

If you want to participate by telephone then you must have access to a telephone, provide a telephone number that can be used to contact you, and an email address where instructions on when and how to call into the Public Hearing can be provided to you. You can also register by telephone, on the day of the Public Hearing, between 5:30 pm and 6 pm, or 30 minutes before the hearing starts, at City Hall. For more information, visit vancouver.ca/publichearings.

Send your comments to Council at vancouver.ca/ public-hearing-comments or by mail to: City of Vancouver, City Clerk’s Office, 453 West 12th Avenue, Third Floor, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1V4. Get live updates on the meeting at vancouver.ca/speaker-wait-times or follow Twitter @VanCityClerk. Watch the meeting live at vancouver.ca/council-video.

Copies of the draft by-laws will be available for viewing at all times on the meeting agenda starting November 27, 2020 at 1 pm. See the agenda on the City’s website at vancouver.ca/councilmeetings.

Minutes of the Public Hearing will also be available at this location approximately two business days after a meeting. Details of all Council meetings can be found at covapp.vancouver.ca/councilMeetingPublic.

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SEWAGE CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 Researchers then use a PCR test to detect the virus in wastewater.

“One of the things that we’re working on is how to normalize that data, because we know that not all the (wastewater) plants are identical,” Prystajecky said.

“Some serve really large communities – maybe over a million people, and some might have a lot of storm water. So we want to be able to really develop robust models to be able to interpret that data, and really developing this as a surveillance tool.”

Down the line, for example, the study could be used to confirm that a community is COVID19-free, or to predict a new outbreak.

“We can also use it to study very specific populations, so it has been proposed that this study could be used in work camps, to test the wastewater (there) as opposed to testing every person.”

The recent spike in COVID-19 cases in B.C. is also reflected in the wastewater samples, said Prystajecky, however, researchers are working to understand the relationship between what’s seen in the samples and what’s happening in the community.

“But interestingly, it’s not a rapid increase. We do have our case counts going up quite quickly, but the population of the Lower Mainland is huge,” she said.

“So there’s almost a dilution effect, there’s all these negative people diluting the positive people…So that’s what we’re trying to understand, is how quickly should we see that increase in wastewater compared to the human numbers?”

Once that relationship is understood, it’s possible the study could reveal underreporting of COVID-19 cases, said Prystajecky.

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