1/ When writing to a school about #ventilation, I don't mention COVID at all. It carries a lot of baggage.
Focus on minimum standards first. Everyone can accept that poor ventilation results in poor academic outcomes. It's been proven, over and over.
2/ Use the same approach for #EnergyEfficiency. If people cared about the environment or saving money or the safety of others we wouldn't see people driving pick-up trucks everywhere. Focus on comfort or lifestyle.
3/ Maybe those who drive enormous lifted pickup trucks around the city do care about the environment or saving money or the safety of others. It obviously isn't enough to overcome the perception of lifestyle benefit they use to outweigh the societal impact of their choice.
4/ Back to #Ventilation. You can use this:
Research has shown the low level of ventilation represented by CO2 levels of 1800 ppm in the classroom environment were correlated with a 24% fall in student cognitive function compared to 600 ppm. Reference: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
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Got a box of 3M VFlex 9105 #N95 respirators. Very comfortable, large surface area, easy to shape, VERY easy inhale. It seems to retain more heat from my own breath (good for winter!) and is a little bit harder to don/doff than the Eclipse Arc. Highly refined design.
The fold over the edges of the 3M VFlex #N95 really adds to the comfort.
2/ To give you a positive reason to join the Mastodon network, I'll be unboxing and testing this beast on there.
3/ The (negative) reasons to leave Twitter: the entire accessibility team is gone. Moderator positions slashed. Vital on-call tech gone. Morale destroyed.
Looks like this needs to be provided again to school administrators. Portable air cleaners do NOT interfere with the HVAC system. Mixing the air is beneficial in nearly all situations. /1
My 7-year old daughter went to the movie Lightyear and was confused by what she saw and now I'm struggling to describe time dilation and special relativity
Meanwhile
The #Lightyear conversation has continued today with new questions about the size of space, what's scariest about space travel (running out of fuel, apparently) and more concerns about time dilation (it's okay, we can't travel that fast). Not a peep about kissing.
I asked 7 year old if they had lunch outside since it was gorgeous weather, 29°C. “We had gym outside, then came inside for lunch, and went back outside for recess right after lunch”🤦♂️
Classroom CO₂. First dip to 600 ppm is morning recess, then back inside for math, second dip is gym outside, then lunch inside, third dip is recess outside right after lunch. Still low values, so not concerning.
They also have a Fellowes portable air cleaner in addition to good ventilation. Air temperature held steady at 24°C and was about 55% relative humidity. Opening windows was not necessary.