ATTENTION: PARENTS (🧵)
If your child is attending a school with insufficient aerosol mitigations, here is a brief letter you can use to withdraw consent for certain activities. Copy freely!
Text in thread, link to document at end.
#COVIDisAirborne #SafeSchoolsCoalition
If your child is attending a school with insufficient aerosol mitigations, here is a brief letter you can use to withdraw consent for certain activities. Copy freely!
Text in thread, link to document at end.
#COVIDisAirborne #SafeSchoolsCoalition
2/ to keep it to a page, I've omitted references. But you can for sure append them. Here are some good ones:
Science article: science.org/doi/full/10.11… & great overview acsh.org/news/2021/08/2…
Wired article: wired.com/story/the-teen…
Science article: science.org/doi/full/10.11… & great overview acsh.org/news/2021/08/2…
Wired article: wired.com/story/the-teen…
3/ optional #COVIDisAirborne references, continued
Lancet article: thelancet.com/journals/lance…
CMAJ article: cmaj.ca/content/193/26…
And for BC folks, @georgiastraight article: straight.com/covid-19-pande…
Lancet article: thelancet.com/journals/lance…
CMAJ article: cmaj.ca/content/193/26…
And for BC folks, @georgiastraight article: straight.com/covid-19-pande…
4/ Okay, here starts the letter:
Dear Teacher / Administrator:
As COVID-19 transmission is primarily airborne (it moves like smoke, lingers even after someone has left a room, accumulates in a room if your have many ‘smokers’),
...
Dear Teacher / Administrator:
As COVID-19 transmission is primarily airborne (it moves like smoke, lingers even after someone has left a room, accumulates in a room if your have many ‘smokers’),
...
5 / letter, continued
there are many aspects of the current COVID-19 safety plan that engineers, aerosol scientists, and, indeed, many, many physicians, including infectious disease specialists across Canada and around the world, say are wholly inadequate.
[include this image!]
there are many aspects of the current COVID-19 safety plan that engineers, aerosol scientists, and, indeed, many, many physicians, including infectious disease specialists across Canada and around the world, say are wholly inadequate.
[include this image!]
6/ letter, cont'd
Given this, [plus our own extra risk ...], I must withhold consent for my child to participate in the following activities:
[list continues in next tweet. I am not practising engineer anymore, just one with a degree! Use your own judgement / seek add'l advice]
Given this, [plus our own extra risk ...], I must withhold consent for my child to participate in the following activities:
[list continues in next tweet. I am not practising engineer anymore, just one with a degree! Use your own judgement / seek add'l advice]
7/ letter cont'd
Indoor physical education;
Any group activity in the gymnasium (assemblies, etc);
Indoor eating – please allow the children to eat their recess snacks outside. If they cannot eat lunch outside, I will sign them out to come and eat at the car with me;
Indoor physical education;
Any group activity in the gymnasium (assemblies, etc);
Indoor eating – please allow the children to eat their recess snacks outside. If they cannot eat lunch outside, I will sign them out to come and eat at the car with me;
8/ letter cont'd
Music / singing – they may only participate outdoors, or in [safe space if you have one] with all doors and windows open, AND all singers / musicians masked;
Be in ANY room with a person who is not complying with the indoor mask mandate;
Music / singing – they may only participate outdoors, or in [safe space if you have one] with all doors and windows open, AND all singers / musicians masked;
Be in ANY room with a person who is not complying with the indoor mask mandate;
9/ letter cont'd
Furthermore, my child will wear their masks outdoors unless physically distanced. My child understands the basics of the aerosol science, and is very good at understanding what is safe when.
Furthermore, my child will wear their masks outdoors unless physically distanced. My child understands the basics of the aerosol science, and is very good at understanding what is safe when.
10/ letter, cont'd
I have provided Jane with a CO2 monitor. When we breathe out, we breathe out CO2. The more people breathing in an enclosed space, the higher the CO2 climbs. So, it’s a very good proxy measure of ventilation performance.
I have provided Jane with a CO2 monitor. When we breathe out, we breathe out CO2. The more people breathing in an enclosed space, the higher the CO2 climbs. So, it’s a very good proxy measure of ventilation performance.
11/ letter, cont'd
Please feel free to leverage this for in-class science! At 800 ppm for more than 15 minutes, changes should be made (open windows wider, open door).
[Side note: If it's elevated too long, my kids will play sick and call me for pick-up. We practiced.]
Please feel free to leverage this for in-class science! At 800 ppm for more than 15 minutes, changes should be made (open windows wider, open door).
[Side note: If it's elevated too long, my kids will play sick and call me for pick-up. We practiced.]
12/ letter, cont'd
I apologize for any inconvenience this might cause, and thank you for your understanding. Please call me at 123-456-7891 or email me at awesomeparent@gmail.com if you have any questions.
[almost done 😁]
I apologize for any inconvenience this might cause, and thank you for your understanding. Please call me at 123-456-7891 or email me at awesomeparent@gmail.com if you have any questions.
[almost done 😁]
13 / letter, cont'd AND LINK to document
Please stay safe and thank you for all you do under difficult circumstances to keep the children safe.
LETTER: docs.google.com/document/d/1-J…
[a wee bit more below...]
Please stay safe and thank you for all you do under difficult circumstances to keep the children safe.
LETTER: docs.google.com/document/d/1-J…
[a wee bit more below...]
14 / end comments
Obvs, need mask, vent'n & air cleaning info, and more, but priority today was just setting boundaries for my kids.
I'm not sure, honestly, how much they will attend. Maybe mostly afternoons since no food breaks. Or pull again like last year.
💕to all
Obvs, need mask, vent'n & air cleaning info, and more, but priority today was just setting boundaries for my kids.
I'm not sure, honestly, how much they will attend. Maybe mostly afternoons since no food breaks. Or pull again like last year.
💕to all
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