Health experts are continuing to plead with school districts to check ventilation systems before reopening.poor air circulation in aging schools, could put teachers and students at risk for COVID.
HEALTH EXPERTS ARE PLEADING WITHSCHOOL DISTRICTS TO CHECKVENTILATION SYSTMESBEFORE REOPENING.POOR AIR CIRCULATION IN AGINGSCHOOLS COULD PUT TEACHERS ANDSTUDENTS AT RISKFOR COVID.CHRIS CONTE TAKES A LOOK ATSOLUTIONS SCHOOLS CAN TAKE SOKIDS CAN SAFELY HEADBACK TO SCHOOL.EMPTINESS AND DARKNESS HAVECONSUMED THIS NATION'S SCHOOLSFOR MONTHS.BUT AS FALL APPROACHES, IT ISSHEDDING LIGHT ON A PROBLEMDECADES IN THE MAKING.SOT001227 I'M CONCERNED, IUNDERSTAND WHY ANXIETY IS HIGHDR. JOSEPH ALLEN OVERSEES THEHEALTH BUILDINGS PROGRAM ATHARVARD UNIVERSITY.MONTHS AGO HE STARTED SOUNDINGTHE ALARM ABOUT POOR VENTILATIONSYSTEMS PLAGUING SCHOOLSNATIONWIDE.SOT000323 WE'VE CHRONICALLYUNDERINVESTED IN OUR SCHOOLBUILDINGSNATIONALLY, 90 PERCENT OFSCHOOLS ARE UNDER- VENTILATED.NOT A GREAT THING BEFORE THEPANDEMIC ... BUT NOW, POOR AIRCIRCULATION COULD HELP SPREADCOVID.DR. ALLEN IS PLEADING WITHSCHOOLS TO ADDRESS VENTILATIONBEFORE REOPENING.SOT000654 WHAT'S HAPPENING INCLASSROOMS DEPENDS ON THE ACTIONWE TAKE OR DON'T TAKE TO HELPGUIDE SCHOOLS, HARVARD CREATED ARISK REDUCTIONS STRATEGIESREPORT.GRAPHICFOR SCHOOLS THAT CAN'T AFFORD TOUPGRADE THEIR VENTILATIONSYSTEMS, OR DON'T HAVE TIME,PORTABLE AIR CLEANERS CAN HELP.DR. ALLEN SAYS A PORTABLE AIRCLEANER WITH A HEPPA FILTER ISKEY.IN A CLASSROOM WHERE VENTILATIONIS POOR, CHANGING THE AIR OUTFIVE TIMES PER HOUR ... MEANSAIR IN THE ROOM CAN BE CLEANEDEVERY 12 MINUTES.
EVEN OPENINGWINDOWS HELPS.LAST WEEK, HARVARD EVEN RELEASEDAN AIR CLEANER CALCULATOR.IT ALLOWS SCHOOL OFFICIALS TOINPUT THE SIZE OF CLASSROOM,EVEN CEILING HEIGHT.THEN IT RECOMMENDS THE KIND OFAIR CLEANER THAT WOULD BESAFEST.SOT001123 IF YOU HAVE LOWERVENTILATION YOU SHOULD INCREASETHE AMOUNT OF FILTRATION, IF YOUHAVE GOOD VENTILATION YOU DON'TNEED AS MUCH FILTRATIONSOT001108 MOVEMENT OF AIR YES,MOVEMENT IS HUGEDEANNA ADKINSON'S ENGINEERINGFIRM HAS BEEN HELPING SCHOOLDISTRICTS ASSES THEQUALITY OF THEIR AIR FLOWSYSTEMS.WHAT THEY'VE FOUND IS ALARMING.SOME SCHOOLS HAVEN'T HAD AIRFILTERS UPGRADED IN DECADES.SOTDEANNA000118 JUST FROM WALKING AROUNDSOME OF THE OLDER SCHOOLS THEYAREN'T EVEN MEETING CODERIGHT NOW AS FAR AS VENTILATIONGOESAND THERE'S PLENTY OF REASON FORALARM.TAKE THIS VIRAL PHOTO FROMGEORGIA WHERE STUDENTS ARECRAMMED INTO A HALLWAY.AN OUTBREAK HAS NOW BEENREPORTED THERE ..
ON THE FIRSTWEEK OF SCHOOL.SOT000758 IF YOU LOOK AT THE CASESOF SPREAD IN SCHOOL RIGHT NOW,THEY ALL SHARE COMMON TRAITS,IT'S NO MASK WEARING AND LOW TONO VENTILATIONKEEPING THE AIR CLEAR IN THENATION'S SCHOOLS, NOW MOREIMPORTANT THAN EVER.I'M CHRIS CONTE REPORTING.HARVARD PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF20 QUESTIONS PARENTS SHOULDANSWERBEFORE SENDING KIDS BACK TOSCHOOL.AMONG THE TOP THREE - ARE THENUMBER OF CASES IN THE AREA LOWENOUGH FOR SCHOOLSTO REOPEN?WHEN AND HOW WILL MASKS BEREQUIRED AND HOW WILL THE SCHOOLSUPPORT MASKUSE?WILL HAND WASHING STATIONS ORHAND SANITIZER BE AVIALABLETHROUGHOUT THESCHOOL?AND LASTLY... WHEN WILL KIDS BEREQUIRED TO WASH
(Part 1 of 2) School districts are scrambling to insure the safe travel of children using buses even though social distancing..
