our b.c. response to covid-19 started early and is uniquely ours.
over the past six months, we’ve shown that we’re generous, empathetic, understanding, compassionate and kind. we pull together, we make sacrifices — sometimes heartbreaking sacrifices — and we show humility in doing the job that must be done to keep us safe. our b.c. position today is a result of our individual and collective efforts to stop the spread. we made the difference, because each of us is the difference.
that’s who we are as british columbians. we make a difference.
there is no clearer evidence of this than the recent release of b.c.’s serology report that measured the prevalence and spread of covid-19 in b.c. the study showed that the efforts each of us took produced a successful suppression of community transmission — and possibly the lowest rate of infection in north america. we made this happen. each one of us. by working together and staying apart.
and it is this effort, this dedication, this discipline that saw us bend — then flatten — our b.c. curve. it has made possible our b.c. summer of social, surgical, and economic renewal.
earlier this week, michael marchbank, the former ceo of fraser health, presented our first monthly progress report on our surgical renewal commitment. we’ve called 66,651 patients about rescheduling their surgeries; 52 per cent of surgeries postponed due to covid-19 have been completed.