Fresh Air Schools AB

Advocacy for better air quality and airborne mitigation of COVID-19 in Alberta #COVID19AB #CovidisAIRBORNE; working with @theWHN

[Devon McDonald @McDevonMD]

“The no-brainer that works in every school is a good portable filter in every space that’s sized appropriately for the space,” said Jeffrey Siegel, a civil engineering professor specializing in air quality at the University of Toronto.

[Dalia Hasan MD MSc CCFP @DaliaHasanMD]

“Now is the time to get your mask ready”

Dr. Theresa Tam
Chief Public Health Officer of Canada

https://t.co/j0iPmriu3S

[Amanda Hu @amandalhu]

Reminder: guidance and requests are not the same as policies/rules and people don’t treat them the same way. When something is not stated as a rule, it does not convey urgency and most will say, “Well if something was actually dangerous, they would *tell* me what to do”

[💜 NB citizen Covid Updates @nb_covid_info]

An NB school has confiscated a young child’s HEPA from their bookbag.

It wasn’t even in use.

[Amanda Hu @amandalhu]

"A safe environment is equally important in workplaces, which also need to identify cases early and ensure appropriate ventilation."
Toronto Star Editorial Board calls for a return to common sense: prepare, test, clean the air and acknowledge the problem!
https://t.co/ALZimIfyDl

[Fresh Air Schools AB @FreshAirAB]

To paraphrase: Schools are safe for your kids but we felt the need for 200 more substitute teachers this year.
🤔

[Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz @GosiaGasperoPhD]

Absences in public schools have more than doubled in past week

“We are only two weeks into school and we are already seeing high absence rates, and this was entirely predictable,” https://t.co/kJJANdlsci

[tern @1goodtern]

Just imagine if we had responded to the news in January 2020 that Covid was airborne, and gone into a worldwide wartime production mode to put air filtration into every building/indoor space/vehicle that had more than 20 occupants a day.

[Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @CanHealthwatch]

Comparative study shows that children faced a 78% higher risk of new-onset conditions after catching COVID

https://t.co/AktGAEjbaY

from @C_DiChiara_MD, et al

The most important health news, in one place, at Canada Healthwatch 🍁 https://t.co/4PY2eoLhhe

[Amanda Hu @amandalhu]

The confluence of bad air quality outside and bad air quality inside is a national problem threatening the health of our children: https://t.co/703vly6YXv

[Concerned Canadian Citizen 🇨🇦 @malolisica]

There is a reason why Dr. Tam was wearing a mask throughout the press conference. If you're in the public eye, in a group setting, indoors, respect & protect others and be a role model. #MaskUp

[Ontario School Safety @ONSchoolSafety]

One of the most effective ways to protect kids and teachers against the dual threat of viruses and polluted air is better ventilation coupled with air filtration, parent groups and air quality experts say.

We have the tools! It just needs to get done 🤔

[Mark Ungrin @Mark_Ungrin]

This is what you get when an organization understands its success depends absolutely on keeping people healthy. Evidence-based practices keeping people safe.

I just wish society valued our kids this much.

[𝙹𝚘𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚍 [email protected] @jvipondmd]

"The government’s policy is to pretend we’re getting ‘back to normal’. The result is millions of us live in fear of losing our lives"
https://t.co/qWil0aaYfR

[Ontario School Safety @ONSchoolSafety]

When you clean the air, students won't miss school.

Education workers won't miss work.

Clean air is not a luxury, it's a right.

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

#LongCOVID Poses Special Challenges for Elders, The Group Already Hit Hardest By #COVID19. Older people are less likely to be diagnosed but more likely to experience certain kinds of illnesses, research suggests, by @paula_span https://t.co/XTdmMpjCLR via @nytimes @NeglectedNo

[Protect Our Province BC @Protect_BC]

Q: Can COVID be Transmitted by Airborne Route?
Worth watching the answer.
And how this answer was translated in "political speak". And so here we are, September 2023 looming and we are facing another unsafe school restart in BC.
https://t.co/7I2aTroij5

[Protect Our Province BC @Protect_BC]

@DrFiliatrault teaching people how to make CR boxes at the Clean Air Festival.