she called for reliable data on exposure and case numbers in schools to be publicly available on the b.c. centre for disease control website, the same as how case counts in all health regions are reported.
the absence of reliable data will only lead others to try and compile their own information, mooring said.
kathy marliss, who created an online “covid tracker” page last year and still runs it based on exposure and case information submitted by teachers, parents and administrators, said she’d love to be “out of business” if the government posted the necessary data to keep everyone informed.
she said parents were anxious last year because information in the notices was so vague, creating concerns that outbreaks at schools weren’t being declared.
“that struck me as problematic because i have a high-risk household and a daughter who would be anxious,” marliss said about her grade 11 student.
“i felt like if they’re not going to provide the information then we’re going to find another way to do that,” she said, noting parents are already concerned at the start of the school year given rising case counts.
henry recently presented modelling data showing new covid-19 cases could exceed 1,000 a day by the end of the month and that high vaccination rates in the community would help protect students.