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Volunteers in NY following science, asking the Governor & others to end COVID in NYS, part of @zerocovidus @endCOVID19 Plan: https://t.co/nzlynpi7Ih
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Sep 3, 2021 31 tweets 7 min read
Hochul announces new requirements & guidance for 'safe reopening' of New York schools

coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/d… The guidance prioritizes in-person learning and details recommendations and requirements for vaccinations, face masks, physical distancing, and testing to monitor potential transmission, among other areas.
Aug 18, 2021 36 tweets 15 min read
As contagious as chicken pox.

Far fewer pediatric beds - provide specialized care.

27k pediatric beds

5400 PICU

In the US

Usually 80% full

#DeltaSchoolsAirborne Asymptomatic spread is an issue!

Aerosols that float and can fill a room. Like infectious cigarette smoke.

Some droplets, droplets drop, aerosols float.

Aerosols drive disease.

#DeltaSchoolsAirborne
Aug 18, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
#DeltaSchoolsAirborne still time to share and signup! Join us Wednesday, August 18 @ 12PM PST, to discuss concerns on school reopenings and strategies that can work to reduce airbone transmission in the U.S. This event is open to anyone in the world and these strategies can be applied anywhere.

gospeakupamerica.com/deltaschools
Aug 17, 2021 4 tweets 6 min read
This is a thread sharing @kprather88 and friends program on Wednesday with BOCES, counties, parent groups and others in NYS. Please feel free to use to send to your local places!

eventbrite.com/e/delta-concer… Please use your contacts or @s to promote the program tomorrow. They need to register.

Twitter handles of speakers

@kprather88 @linseymarr @corsiAQ @chipatucsd @huffmanlabDU @joaquinlife @juliaraifman @theangryepi @theresachapple @datadrivenMD @ldelanowood @andrewmaketweet
Aug 16, 2021 7 tweets 2 min read
New COVID cases leaped in New York in the week ending Sunday, rising 23.3% as 29,211 cases were reported. The previous week had 23,694 new cases of COVID-19.

New York ranked 35th among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis In the latest week coronavirus cases in the United States increased 20.3% from the week before, with 914,968 cases reported.
Aug 16, 2021 7 tweets 3 min read
Call your favorite store chains and ask them for this. They're very responsive to calls or using the comment/contact on their websites which is fast and easy.

They hear from astroturfed groups.

Let them here from real people.

Links to follow. @Costco
customerservice.costco.com/app/answers/de…
Jun 19, 2021 48 tweets 23 min read
Let's talk about elastomeric respirators and high filtration masks as we head into Delta without a plan outside of personal responsibility and (essential but individual) vaccination.

Here's some information: cdc.gov/coronavirus/20… and this is where the graphic is from. Image Elastomerics look like the old fashioned gas masks you'd see in movies. They can cover your whole face or half.

You do not throw them away - so they're good for you and the environment.

The filters you will attach to them can be 95 or 100, which is extremely high filtration! Image