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Laura Stewart

5 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read

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I did an analysis of FARMS rates, and the “green” schools averaged about 10% points higher than the “yellow” and “red” schools. Could this be due to Covid testing access and reporting issues?@MCPS @MoCoCouncilMD @MCDHHSDirector

Green schools (using adjusted FY20 farms rate I rec’d from MCPS) averaged 48% FARMS, Yellow at 31%, and red at 39%.

And another visual. Green for highly impacted schools:

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8 Jan

https://twitter.com/idaredmc/status/1479536850209497091

#mcps #MDpolitics #Wellbeing #publichealth 🧵 1) Md pediatric beds are approx 6x than what they were a month ago(1/6 at 60, see Md dashbd) 2)highest # in Md hospitals on 1/7 than any time during Covid crises (some say there are still plenty of beds, but they aren’t staffed) 1/7

https://twitter.com/idaredmc/status/1479536850209497091

3) No regular CO2 data reporting in schools to measure ventilation 4) unequal Covid tracking b/c tests are hard to get to certain families 5) school Covid reporting tool not easily accessible for some families 6) no equity or 1st responder hubs if classes or schools close 2/7

7) kids walking in unsafe areas when no buses show 8) unsupervised kids in classrooms when too many teachers call off b/c of Covid spike 9) allowing unmasked sports after multiple superspreader events b4 winter break 10) no safe mask requirements or distro 4 kids 3/7

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7 Jan

Laura Stewart, an education advocate, said seven of the eight schools that are coded “green” — with low rates of positive testing — are in neighborhoods that do not have lower rates of infection. #Covid_19 #equity
washingtonpost.com/education/2022…

Those schools enroll high rates of children from low-income families who, she said, may face language limitations or other barriers to getting tested and reporting results. “There are a lot of ways that reporting is being suppressed,” she said.

Solutions:
1)more walk up testing in these communities. 2) tests with boxes of food and reporting info/say yes 2
Test form in multiple languages 3) PPWs drop off paper say yes forms and tests at apartment bldgs 5) work with church groups for distro and say yes 2 test drives

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