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Jan 8, 2022 • 9 tweets • 7 min read
#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
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
Jan 7, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
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.
Jan 5, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
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%.
