@NYCMayor @DOEChancellor @safeschoolsny @PoojaSalhotra @the_zim @FollowCSA @UFT @rweingarten @MichaelElsenRoo @ChalkbeatNY @marwa_zaatari @joshpascoe @DavidElfstrom
Just before the NYC school year ended, DOE announced each classroom will have 2 HEPA air purifiers next year.🧵
Just before the NYC school year ended, DOE announced each classroom will have 2 HEPA air purifiers next year.🧵
It sounded great! HEPA purifiers have been recommended by air quality experts all year.
The problem is that the units that have been distributed in NYC so far, last school year, and the second units (which some teachers already received in June) are NOT HEPA.
The problem is that the units that have been distributed in NYC so far, last school year, and the second units (which some teachers already received in June) are NOT HEPA.
They’re Intellipure compact units, and there’s no data to be found anywhere, independent or otherwise, on how effective they are against covid. 
None of the air quality experts/industrial hygienists I’ve heard from can vouch for what they can or can’t do. No one knows what the “DFS” technology they use (Intellipure’s term) could stand for. They don’t appear on any scientist generated lists of recommended school purifiers.
@NYCMayor @DOEChancellor: some thoughts. This is a time to build trust with remote families nervous to have their kids back in full classrooms, not knowing what mitigation measures will be used in schools this year.
Why lie to them? Purifiers are either HEPA or they’re not.
Why lie to them? Purifiers are either HEPA or they’re not.
Intellipure are not. Why say they are? It’s a lie.
And why spend millions on something that isn’t as effective as HEPA? We have no idea if they’re effective at all. Why do that? It sends a message to NYC families that @NYCMayor and the DOE don’t value school safety.
And why spend millions on something that isn’t as effective as HEPA? We have no idea if they’re effective at all. Why do that? It sends a message to NYC families that @NYCMayor and the DOE don’t value school safety.
And @UFT @BrianUFT you must be aware of this. Why don’t you care either? Why would you not stand up for NYC students’ and your own members’ safety? Protecting us from safety theater like this is part of your job!
This needs to be addressed and remedied now. NYC schools deserve purifiers that ACTUALLY WORK AGAINST COVID. Families deserve honesty and transparency.
@NYCMayor @DOEChancellor @UFT you’ve got to make this right.
@NYCMayor @DOEChancellor @UFT you’ve got to make this right.
I want to be in my classroom, teaching my students. My colleagues do too. Our elementary students, back in full classrooms & completely unvaxxed, deserve to be there safely & so do we.
As @ChalkbeatNY said, ventilation is one of the most critical covid prevention strategies.
As @ChalkbeatNY said, ventilation is one of the most critical covid prevention strategies.
https://twitter.com/huffmanlabdu/status/1413166160682487808
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