"We watch the briefings pretty religiously," said Moxness, a security consultant, whose wife joins him for the viewings. Moxness is among those British Columbians who have turned the province's COVID-19 briefings into a cornerstone of their pandemic experience. Some people, in turn, have built the briefings into their days and developed viewing rituals, while others have tuned out. 's COVID-19 briefings were held daily at the start of the pandemic and have gone down to twice a week. Regardless of people's stances, Tworek, the UBC professor, said the briefings have become an important symbol of the pandemic in B.C.

Source: CBC News February 22, 2021 12:00 UTC