Great work on a new report by @JHSPH_CHS via @polsiewski et al: centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/pubs_…
Listen to the wide collections of experts -- improve ventilation schedules & add room #HEPA filters to back-to-school safety checklist.
Highlights of exec summary recommendations in 🧵 below.
Listen to the wide collections of experts -- improve ventilation schedules & add room #HEPA filters to back-to-school safety checklist.
Highlights of exec summary recommendations in 🧵 below.
https://twitter.com/JohnsHopkinsSPH/status/1430156203754233857
1. School administrators and decision makers should improve #school #ventilation now by bringing in as much outdoor air as the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system will safely allow and upgrading filtration.
2. School administrators and decision makers should purchase #HEPA air #filtration units to be placed in classrooms and common occupied spaces.
3. School systems should use only proven technologies for improving indoor air quality: appropriate ventilation, HEPA filtration, or UV germicidal irradiation. They should not use chemical foggers or any “air cleaner” other than filtration and ultraviolet germicidal irradiation.
4. School administrators and decision makers should stop enhanced cleaning, disinfecting, “deep clean” days, and any other expensive and disruptive cleaning.
5. School administrators and decision makers should install mechanical ventilation systems where none exist and upgrade those that do not meet current standards.
6. The US government should convene a federal task force dedicated to school air quality to develop guidance for long-term, sustainable, cost-effective improvements to indoor air quality in schools. This guidance should include accountability measures to assess improvements.
So glad for the report & great work by @JHSPH_CHS via @polsiewski et al.: centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/pubs_…
And have any critics noticed that these recommendations aren't changing much? This isn't one rogue group. The critical messages are simple & very consistent.
And have any critics noticed that these recommendations aren't changing much? This isn't one rogue group. The critical messages are simple & very consistent.
https://twitter.com/HuffmanLabDU/status/1386892812730339329
"You, as students, parents & staff must contact school district leaders to press that they listen first to experts. Be respectful, but make sure they ... deploy portable HEPA filters, & publicly release details ... incl. ventilation & filtration upgrades."
https://twitter.com/HuffmanLabDU/status/1428388707141263360
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