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[Thread] #Schools & #COVID19
Dept @Education_Ire guide on re-opening (27 July) didn’t warn about poor #ventilation risks; a later document (25 Aug) has some advice, but not how to monitor ventilation or practical advice for safer classrooms 1/ https://assets.gov.ie/85177/d9643a37-5254-483e-a72e-d2a08ae36d46.pdf">https://assets.gov.ie/85177/d96...
Dept @Education_Ire guide on re-opening (27 July) didn’t warn about poor #ventilation risks; a later document (25 Aug) has some advice, but not how to monitor ventilation or practical advice for safer classrooms 1/ https://assets.gov.ie/85177/d9643a37-5254-483e-a72e-d2a08ae36d46.pdf">https://assets.gov.ie/85177/d96...
Practical steps (1): Understanding why #ventilation is so important to reduce risk of transmission of #COVID19 2/ https://theconversation.com/how-to-use-ventilation-and-air-filtration-to-prevent-the-spread-of-coronavirus-indoors-143732">https://theconversation.com/how-to-us...
Practical Step (2): this British Medical Journal poster explains risks to teachers & children, to remove the fear & empower them to understand how to make their #schools *& their homes* safer from #Covid19 https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3223">https://www.bmj.com/content/3...
Practical steps (3) Duke University @Lucas_Bolivian has developed an app to assess the ventilation risk, which could be used for classrooms (size/occupancy/activity etc) https://twitter.com/lucas_bolivian/status/1306035740984434689?s=21">https://twitter.com/lucas_bol... https://twitter.com/lucas_bolivian/status/1306035740984434689">https://twitter.com/lucas_bol...
Practical steps (4): listen to Dr @GabrielScally here on @TodaywithClaire https://www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer/html5/#/radio1/21819996">https://www.rte.ie/radio/rad... & Prof @johnwenger9 here on @RebootPod podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/reboot-republic/id1399118606?i=1000488029086">https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcas...
Practical steps (5): here’s what schools in Denmark are doing: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1294707856462295041.html">https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/12... & here’s New York: https://abc7ny.com/nyc-schools-delayed-opening-public-de-blasio-school-ventilation/6413567/">https://abc7ny.com/nyc-schoo... /6
Practical steps (6): technical information, incl mechanical ventilation systems from @CDCgov https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/schools.html">https://www.cdc.gov/coronavir... & @CIBSE_NatVent https://www.cibse.org/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-covid-19-and-hvac-systems">https://www.cibse.org/coronavir...
Finally, some more links for the science teachers, a live document with latest research #h.4kwzcdbu2z58">https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1fB5pysccOHvxphpTmCG_TGdytavMmc1cUumn8m0pwzo/mobilebasic #h.4kwzcdbu2z58
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