UK children & Covid-19
Urgent.
What's happening in Bolton will happen in dozens of cities & towns a couple of weeks later, and then everywhere a couple of weeks after that.
Headteachers' best strategies on the tweets below. 1/4
On April 5 the US GOV Center for Disease Control published surprising new findings: infections have been almost zero by contaminated surfaces, and virtually all by contaminated air.
Quote & link 👇
"the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection via the fomite transmission route is 2/4
low, and generally less than 1 in 10,000, which means that each contact with a contaminated surface has less than a 1 in 10,000 chance of causing an infection"
What that means for classrooms is that VERY GOOD VENTILATION is the best way to minimise 3/4
cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…
transmission.
Masks too, of course, but unfortunately it suffers social resistance.
Distance too, when physically possible.
Ventilation is the easiest for headteachers to do.
(Please tag this thread to teachers, heads, education officials & journos. 🙏)
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PS: Sorry, very important:
There are many simulations online showing that ventilation via THROUGH DRAUGHTS are much more efficient (obviously).
This is very important.
If through draught is not possible then forced ventilation via extractor fans become essential.
Epidemiologists' help needed please:
After the new CDC findings quoted & linked on the tweets above (👆), should headteachers allow air draught trough school building as described below, or keep bubbles and low ventilation?
CC: @ersmith2016 @KSchafheutle
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From Professor Costello 👇
Scandalous.
It's criminal now 👇
!!! For goodness sake people, PLEASE focus on this! 👆 👇
Criminal!
So the gov KNOWS about all that 👆, and is covering it up!!! 👇👇👇
Indian variant is doubling every week.
In 1 month = 2/4/8/16 times.
In 2 months 16 * 16 = 256
For classrooms with 30 children the ventilation showed in the video below is far from enough. Through draught is needed, via all windows and doors opened fully.
Teachers and Heads have not received adequate information. They haven't "got" it yet.
👆There 👇
"Indian variant outbreak in Staffordshire - 1,000 pupils self-isolating"
birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-…
Singapore shuts schools amid concerns the Indian coronavirus variant appears to affect younger children more.
uk.news.yahoo.com/indian-coronav…
Coronavirus aerosol 👇
Coronavirus Indian variant in UK schools:
Public Health England (PHE) removed a page of data about the spread of the new variant in schools from its latest report under pressure from Number 10.
keepingthereceipts.substack.com/p/secrecy-was-…
The 3 age groups with a clear up turn between 14 and 21 of May were CHILDREN!
From nursery to A Level!
CLASSROOMS are spreading this virus! Ventilation MUST IMPROVE! FGS ! 👇👇👇
From a Dr. Consultant at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, UK 👇
From a Prof of Primary Care, Oxford 👇
UK - long covid:
For 650,000 people the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks has been affected, with 192,000 affected a lot.
Fatigue affects 547,000 people, shortness of breath 405,000, muscle aches 313,000, and difficulty concentrating 285,000.
thetimes.co.uk/article/long-c…
Alas... 👇
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