Anonymous
Post 02/28/2021 20:52     Subject: NYTs: “Why opening windows is key to reopening schools”
Anonymous wrote:The key to reopening schools is reopening them.


The key to re-opening is to open them SAFELY. Otherwise, we will need to shut down schools again.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2021 20:52     Subject: Re:NYTs: “Why opening windows is key to reopening schools”
Anonymous wrote:We got a brand new school building 5 years ago and none of the windows open. D’oh!


That’s utterly ridiculous. Why have windows that don’t open?
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2021 20:48     Subject: NYTs: “Why opening windows is key to reopening schools”
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Fascinating engineering analysis. It also show why 6 feet of distance is important - more kids would get infected in a given space & concentrations of the virus would be higher.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/02/26/science/reopen-schools-safety-ventilation.html




Notice how, when the fan is blowing into the room, the infected student and the teacher are breathing highly contaminated air, but the rest of the students are fine? Teachers are so screwed!


That's silly. It's only because the sick student they used sat in the front by the window. If the sick student was in the back corner, the whole thing would look different


Well, you don’t know where the infected kid will be. That’s the risk.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2021 20:17     Subject: NYTs: “Why opening windows is key to reopening schools”
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Fascinating engineering analysis. It also show why 6 feet of distance is important - more kids would get infected in a given space & concentrations of the virus would be higher.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/02/26/science/reopen-schools-safety-ventilation.html




Notice how, when the fan is blowing into the room, the infected student and the teacher are breathing highly contaminated air, but the rest of the students are fine? Teachers are so screwed!

That's silly. It's only because the sick student they used sat in the front by the window. If the sick student was in the back corner, the whole thing would look different
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2021 20:06     Subject: NYTs: “Why opening windows is key to reopening schools”
Anonymous wrote:Fascinating engineering analysis. It also show why 6 feet of distance is important - more kids would get infected in a given space & concentrations of the virus would be higher.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/02/26/science/reopen-schools-safety-ventilation.html




Notice how, when the fan is blowing into the room, the infected student and the teacher are breathing highly contaminated air, but the rest of the students are fine? Teachers are so screwed!
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2021 19:48     Subject: NYTs: “Why opening windows is key to reopening schools”
Anonymous wrote:My classroom windows open two inches, and I’m in a a better position than a lot of other teachers. This isn’t the simple solution people think it is.


I haven't run across a single report that discussed how far a window should open, and aside from that, we have portable filtration technology. This is just teachers imagining impossibility.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2021 19:46     Subject: NYTs: “Why opening windows is key to reopening schools”
Air filters, people. We have the technology.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2021 19:44     Subject: Re:NYTs: “Why opening windows is key to reopening schools”
We got a brand new school building 5 years ago and none of the windows open. D’oh!
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2021 19:43     Subject: NYTs: “Why opening windows is key to reopening schools”
My classroom windows open two inches, and I’m in a a better position than a lot of other teachers. This isn’t the simple solution people think it is.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2021 16:46     Subject: NYTs: “Why opening windows is key to reopening schools”
I think air purifiers must work too. Dentists are using them in office bldgs whose windows don’t open
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2021 16:45     Subject: Re:NYTs: “Why opening windows is key to reopening schools”
Anonymous wrote:It's a bummer that my classroom has no windows that open.


Relatively inexpensive air filters still work in your classroom.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2021 16:42     Subject: NYTs: “Why opening windows is key to reopening schools”
That only works where you either have windows or windows open.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2021 16:39     Subject: NYTs: “Why opening windows is key to reopening schools”
The key to reopening schools is reopening them.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2021 15:41     Subject: Re:NYTs: “Why opening windows is key to reopening schools”
It's a bummer that my classroom has no windows that open.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2021 15:18     Subject: NYTs: “Why opening windows is key to reopening schools”
Fascinating engineering analysis. It also show why 6 feet of distance is important - more kids would get infected in a given space & concentrations of the virus would be higher.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/02/26/science/reopen-schools-safety-ventilation.html