modern hospitals are typically well ventilated, but lack filtration, especially in small rooms and other enclosed spaces where viral buildup in an airspace is most likely. Ventilation alone isn't getting the job done.
"Precarious teachers and students they work with are especially at risk, considering schools are superspreader spaces and teachers are one of the most impacted professions from COVID."
🧪 #LongCOVID is here to stay—even in children - The Lancet Infectious Diseases www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
"To a lawyer trained in occupational safety regulation or human rights litigation, this is not an academic disagreement. It is a warning that existing standards may now be legally indefensible"
www.businessupturn.com/trade-policy...
If you can't work from home you need to be wearing a well-fitted respirator style mask (N95 or equivalent) when sharing indoor air with others, including at work!
If the company isn't going to help keep you safe you need to take steps to protect yourself and everyone else.
We need your help.
“Whichever figure you use, the numbers are enormous, rivaling conditions like ADHD and autism as one of the most common chronic diseases in American youth today.” - we really have created an enormous problem, yet don’t seem ready to face it. 1/
Children and teens who had a Covid reinfection had a doubling of #LongCovid risk (PASC) and a significant increase in many other adverse outcomes (Figure) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Done ✅
Let’s hope this is a watershed moment for public health. Feels like it. Congratulations especially @drbronking.bsky.social - but also to Anna-Maria Arabia and all involved. Pls circulate the pledge and get on board. Here is an OpEd we put out yesterday www.burnet.edu.au/news/indoor-...
Over 1/5th of Irish students missed more than 20 school days last year, with illness being the main reason at primary level & more than 1/2 of school abscences at post primary level being categorised as "unexplained". These figures cannot be normalised. #cleantheair
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
"Jeimy says that many infants and toddlers admitted to hospital with rare infections since 2022 weren’t yet born when pandemic restrictions were in place, and they therefore couldn’t be experiencing immunity debt. They were, however, likely exposed to SARS-CoV-2."
#covid
If you're working on building support at your school, join our Safer shared air in schools webinar tomorrow!
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This illustrates exactly how the term, 'Covid' has come to mean, 'the non-pharmaceutical interventions adopted during the emergency phase of the pandemic', not the disease itself.
The 'Covid effect' mentioned in the piece is actually acute C-19 and its sequelae.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
In kids:
Apr 21, 2025 — Unvaccinated children and adolescents were up to 20 times more likely to develop long COVID than their vaccinated peers, according to new research.
www.pennmedicine.org/news/covid-v...
In 2020, Arundhati Roy wrote a gorgeous, prescient essay called “The Pandemic is a Portal”. In this piece, I discuss who actually walked through it: the COVID conscious community, and why I’m proud to be a part of it.
www.thegauntlet.news/p/the-pandem...
As of July 1st, CO2 Monitors are mandatory in all Dutch classrooms. Why not in Austria?
@schumannkorinna.bsky.social @andibabler.at @goeg.at
Don't our elected officals care about the kids and their future?
They contrarian won’t like this worm tablet if the trials consistently keep showing that it works against COVID.
"Researchers said they can confirm that younger children can have long COVID. Clinicians and caregivers may not recognize long COVID in these children because they are unfamiliar with it."
#Medsky
www.rutgers.edu/news/study-s...
With the loss of Masklab (RIP) I found and added three new KN95 vendors that have stylish color and pattern ranges (some for kids, too): www.patreon.com/posts/868717...
Big numbers. Bc of much less severe disease than in adults, authorities have gambled that COVID/long COVID in kids is of little concern. There's much evidence now to suggest that's wrong. There's a clear path to better protect kids. We should take it.
www.otago.ac.nz/news/newsroo...
This image explains how wastewater surveillance works: Virus shedding: Infected people shed viruses when they use the toilet, shower, or wash. Wastewater flow: The virus enters the sewerage system. Sample collection: Wastewater samples are sent to labs for testing. Analysis: Testing can detect rising/falling infections, new variants, or changing strains. Public health use: Results help authorities make informed decisions to protect public health in Australia.
Australia: National Wastewater Surveillance Program
"Starting in the latter half of 2025, the National Wastewater Surveillance Program will test wastewater from sentinel sites across Australia to detect and monitor priority diseases, such as COVID-19 and influenza."
www.cdc.gov.au/topics/commu...
Study: Post-Covid-19 Symptoms in Children: A Cross-Sectional Survey
First published: 09 June 2025
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
US School Districts Receive IAQ Funding. Organizations are looking more closely at ways the poor indoor air quality in classrooms affects schools — specifically, increased absenteeism, lower test scores and decreased teacher retention rates.
www.facilitiesnet.com/iaq/tip/K-12...
V.Good advice in this article about supporting uni students w long-Covid.
The general population not ‘getting it’ is one thing, but the steadfast commitment to denial by some scientists & health care workers to pretend covid is over is wild.
Integrity?
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/pract...
