1/ The way to avoid infection in the first place is to minimize inhaled dose of virus-laden respiratory aerosol particles. N95, increased ventilation, improved central filtration, right-sized portable HEPA air cleaners or #CorsiRosenthalBox es. usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

Follow and support LAUSD Alliance for COVID-Safe Schools and help protect the children and our communities. Right now, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and LA Public Health are not interested in doing so.

Today on #LaborDay, we’re sending a huge thanks to United Teachers Los Angeles UTLA Adult Ed SEIU Local 99 for everything you do. You teach, counsel, feed, coordinate, play, protect, support, challenge, and help raise our kids. It’s so much. It’s too much. You & our schools deserve more. Thank you.

Over the last few weeks in NY: ➡️Several hospitals reinstated their mask mandate ➡️NYC added free KN95 masks to public health vending machines ➡️NYC council members supported a new free mask bill ➡️NYS announced a free N95/KN95 mask & test program for schools Organizing works!

They killed monitoring. So? We have Walgreens, and this. If nothing else, comment, "I support nationwide wastewater surveillance. Please make sure the public continues to have access to the data." I just commented- join me? regulations.gov/document/CDC-2…

1/ Have you been waiting out this surge, hoping to get a fall booster ASAP? Well too bad. The CDC's ACIP want to limit access to ages 75+, pregnant or immunocompromised. No schoolkids. No LC patients. No families who want safer holidays together. COMMENTS DUE TOMORROW (links)

Hey Team #COVIDisAirborne - I'm gathering lesson plans schools can use to teach students about the importance of indoor air quality. All grade levels. Drop your links below ⬇️. TIA.

It's interesting that groups that have gone on about the impacts of school closure say very little about the v. high rates of persistent absences (>10% of school missed) among children- mostly due to illness. 25% of children persistently absent in autumn 2022 in England

"Ventilated, clean air [has a role] in preventing the spread of COVID, and research shows that improved air filtration and ventilation can also increase employee performance and productivity as well as improve test scores and teacher retention rates." publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/regulatin…

We’re in a wave. Alberto M. Carvalho we have no reporting, no dashboard, no protection, and *promotion* of sick kids in class. How is this ACTUALLY working out for attendance, learning, test scores, & budgets? We could minimally promote masks, tests & get HEPAs in all rooms

Exactly the same experience at my kids (private) school. Effective filtration and ventilation stops outbreaks. Right now only the rich who send their kids to private schools get to enjoy this perk, but this is cheap and easy to implement everywhere. There's no excuse.

Not enough people know about this, but there's a NIH-supported program giving out SIX FREE COVID TESTS. Sign up here: test2treat.org No insurance required. You also get access to telehealth, as well as free treatment (if eligible). Please share and get the word out!

We’d LOVE to work with Los Angeles Unified and United Teachers Los Angeles on HEPA) filters for every room. (Our principal was in the classroom today bc we don’t have enough subs, my kid is sick for the 2nd time this year. The absences are real right now).

1. 'Northland emergency doctor Gary Payinda said some viruses, which used to cause barely a sniffle in healthy adults, were now putting people in hospital. "We're now seeing your typical regular healthy middle-aged person presenting to ED with... 1news.co.nz/2023/09/13/cov…

We're thrilled to be partnering with Sotomayor High School to build DIY air filters and measure air pollution benefits for #CleanAirDayCA! We’re proud to join students across the state who are coming together to clear the air. Join us: cleanairday.org/clean-air-pled…