Laura Silver

• lover of books, bikes, trees, languages • author, Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food, NYC teacher

[Laura Silver @knishme]

Agreed. Looks like a normal day outside my window in Park Slope, everyone strolling around. $%&*! scary, is what it is.

[Brad Lander @bradlander]

Shutting down the safe streets program before it even really began is disappointingly shortsighted.

As playgrounds close and parks become crowded, people seeking exercise and fresh air to get through this stressful time need more space to spread out, not less.

[Chien Kwok⚔️🇺🇸 @chien_kwok]

@DOEChancellor Give full transparency to all those at NYC schools who & when tested positive & which schools. You & @NYCMayor have blood on your hands for covering up cases & not closing schools. This is criminal. @NYGovCuomo @NYCSpeakerCoJo @TishJames @UFT

[Laura Silver @knishme]

.@McGillGHP We need this.
Can you set it up remotely? (We watch individually) then @gregggonsalves speaks online...?

[McGill Global Health Programs @McGillGHP]

EVENT CANCELLATION NOTIFICATION - Please note that due to travel restrictions around COVID-19, we have to unfortunately cancel the upcoming Film Screening and Conversation with Gregg Gonsalves

[Laura Silver @knishme]

.@Twitter .@TwitterSupport We need @mlipsitch to have a blue check mark pls

[Jimmy Carter Presidential Library @CarterLibrary]

Not only did Geraldine Ferraro sit on the @USHouse Budget Committee, she was also the 1st woman to chair the Democratic platform committee and the 1st woman vice-presidential candidate! With President Carter, 9/21/78. NAID 181476 #ArchivesLadiesWhoLead #ArchivesHashtagParty

[Marc Lipsitch @mlipsitch]

By @rickmalley

[Laura Silver @knishme]

.@raweingarten @uft Thank you for being a voice of reason. #StopTheSpread #COVID19 It's not longer responsible to go to @NYCSchools. No chance of #SocialDistancing

[Randi Weingarten 🇺🇸 🖇️👩‍🎓📚 @rweingarten]

Was just on @MSNBC talking with @chrishayes about how school closures are always a last resort, but due to the lack of #coronavirus testing, it is necessary. If you don’t have the testing, you don’t know who has the virus.

[Laura Silver @knishme]

.@NYCSchools There is less than 12" of space between kids in an average classroom. We know #COVIDー19 is in #nycschools. W/o testing we can't know where. Let's #StopTheSpread cc:@UFT

[NYC Public Schools @NYCSchools]

UPDATE: On Fri 3/13/20, in an abundance of caution, we will close 2 school bldgs & one D75 program; only ONE has a confirmed #COVID19 case by @HealthNYGov. That case is a student in the New Dorp HS + Hungerford bldg on Staten Island. The others have special circumstances. [1/4]

[Laura Silver @knishme]

.@NYCMayorsOffice @NYGovCuomo @UFT @nycschools Let's be smart and help #StopTheSpread while we can. #COVID2019

[Laura Silver @knishme]

.@NYCMayorsOffice You can make a difference NOW. #StopTheSpread #COVIDー19 #closenyschools cc:@UFT @NYGovCuomo @SenSchumer

[Laurie Garrett @Laurie_Garrett]

I'm going out on a limb, making a prediction:
By March 23 we will have 30,000 (or more) reported cases in the USA.
You can all laugh at me on Mar 24. Or weep with me.
I'm basing this forecast on how tightly US is tracking the trail of Italy, coupled w/our far larger population.

[Laura Silver @knishme]

@DrKatzNYCHH Now is the time to act. I'm a lifelong NYer, too and a teacher @NYCSchools. Without testing we can't say how much #COVID2019 is in schools, but we know it's there. cc:@UFT

[Laura Silver @knishme]

@bradlander Plan TODAY, shut Monday. #FlattenTheCurve cc: @NYCMayorsOffice Also, best intentions can't schools sanitary with thousands of kids in them.

[Brad Lander @bradlander]

Doctors urge de Blasio to suspend school, make buildings aid centers https://t.co/vsaQHTjy1S

[Laura Silver @knishme]

.@DOEChancellor Really? Can you provide some evidence? Surfaces are gross, kids lick desks, nurses have no testing kits. FACTS show that esp. in absence of tests we must #flattenthecurve with definitive action now.

[Chancellor Kamar H. Samuels @DOEChancellor]

I want to be clear that we take #COVID19 precautions very seriously. The health and safety of our students and staff members is our highest priority. It's up to all of us to lead and model for our communities the importance of listening to facts and not responding to fear.

[William Wang @bruhmoment552]

@NYCMayor Close the schools
https://t.co/hVzS3TNstq

[A Non @thedazzlingblue]

@NYCMayor Here’s a FACT: your NYC teachers are scared. We shouldn’t be putting our lives/safety on the line while you refuse to close schools to contain this virus as others have done. #teacherlivesmatter #CLOSENYCPUBLICSCHOOLS

[C. M. Lopez Garcia @WorldWide_Story]

@NYCMayor #Facts NYC Public School Nurses need a basic kit to test students for the virus. We find out that a student has it when it’s too late to mitigate. Symptoms don’t show right away. It can be 4 weeks until it does. Students/Staff are being put at risk. @NYCMayorsOffice @UFT

[Laura Silver @knishme]

Yes! @nycemergencymgt make summer school model happen asap. @NYCMayorsOffice #FlattenTheCurve

[Mark Treyger 🍎 @MarkTreyger718]

I believe DOE should consider adopting summer school model at this time. Those children that require services should receive them at a few select school sites in each borough. During summer school, school sites are combined into a few buildings in each borough to service students

[Laura Silver @knishme]

@carradiovinyl @DOEChancellor #FlattenTheCurve #closenycschools Use common sense, stat. Seriously, Kids are licking doors, high fiving each other. This is not safety and it's not science.

[Laura Silver @knishme]

@UFT @UFT We are about to have WAY too many patients per nurse + per hospital. Help @NYCSchools understand the need to #FlattenTheCurve ASAP #Covid_19

[Laura Silver @knishme]

.@UFT Why aren't you actively helping to #FlattenTheCurve? #Covid_19

[Luis Ferré-Sadurní @luisferre]

IMPORTANT: Schools, mass transit, hospitals, nursing homes are exempt from this