"Instead of rationalizing bare-minimum policies, we should ask the question: How can we marshal all of our country’s resources to support educators entrusted with carrying out this important work?" Thank you to @asosin and @BibbaKahn for these insights
https://t.co/UvXCnPt95Q
Lots of hiking and embracing the unpredictable New England weather like never before! Kudos to @asosin and @jesscampanile for this awesome graphic! #SafePandemicFun
Undergrads living on campus are terrified of being sent home for accidentally violating severe restrictions (the strictest I’ve heard of). I challenge @dartmouth to include students in planning and think more creatively about how to make this work
.@jonshaffer “We need to organize power to work alongside marginalized populations and DEMAND social and economic rights for all.” @dartmouth#globalhealth
.@jonshaffer “Radical double standards are baked into public health science to determine what interventions are relevant for investment between the global north and global south, which leads to wild inequalities” @dartmouth#globalhealth
.@jonshaffer “there are fundamental issues in how we decide whether or not a health intervention is cost effective in LMICs vs. HICs” @dartmouth#globalhealth
“We can’t wait for COVID vaccines. Focus on evidence based interventions, support the most vulnerable, apply science, and innovate ways to reduce spread and provide care. Avoid politically motivated statements.” @agnesbinagwaho@dartmouth#globalhealth
“Avoid western supremacy bias. Be humble. Listen.” We have a lot to learn from the successful COVID-19 suppression in LMICs @agnesbinagwaho@dartmouth#globalhealth fellows
Community participation is key but must be evidence based- need public-private-community partnerships. Thanks @agnesbinagwaho for sharing Rwanda’s successes with @dartmouth#globalhealth fellows
“We can all see now that the long history of dismissing remote learning was not a result of technological or organizational pitfalls, but rather a lack of prioritizing or valuing the experiences of students with disabilities” @jesscampanile
If campuses are going to reopen, they need to be prepared to take responsibility for their students. Sending people home to potentially vulnerable communities with 24hr notice is NOT a solution
Universities were warned against reopening. Overwhelmed by the virus, they're sending students back home. If they don't test them they'll create outbreaks across the country.
Fauci: sending students home after outbreaks is “the worst thing you could do.”
https://t.co/HT0PZoPUKM
“Even slight transgressions have the capacity to be unmasked as precarious consequences, as actions of a few individuals could cause infection to reverberate throughout the community.” An important piece from @middcampus
"Complacency is not an option, and we cannot pretend like Middlebury will be the inevitable exception. We have to fight for this, hard."
Our editorial board weighs in on the importance of upholding safe and consistent conduct during the Covid-19 pandemic.
https://t.co/uCvGow2me7
Universities must move past shame and blame and work with students to develop COVID-19 prevention strategies on campus @ElissaNadworny@drjessigold @JuliaLMarcus @insidehighered
Dartmouth student @Hannah_M_Lang ran her own research study to help determine how the school could support student compliance with public health guidelines. Students had creative ideas for how the school could offer support, without shame or scolding. https://t.co/iCXFiob3X0
Public health policies will be ineffective until they have their "public" at the center: for colleges, this means that student input and buy-in is essential
https://t.co/CRtBV9LpAM via @cogwbur
@drjessigold @JuliaLMarcus Most smaller schools in VT/NH/ME are just getting started- check this article out and keep an eye on UVM: https://t.co/EEOQgn7A8n
@asosin: "We must adopt the discourse of empathy and solidarity that was central to our own success as a state, rather than resorting to shame and blame, as we seek to maintain adherence with stringent public health measures."
https://t.co/EEOQgn7A8n via @vtdigger