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Dr. Lucky Tran
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📢 Public Health, Climate Justice, and Science Communication 🎓 Columbia, Cornell, Cambridge, Adelaide ➡️ Find me on other websites: linktr.ee/luckytran
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“Placing HEPA air filters into classrooms in the Bradford area of the UK reduced the number of covid-19-related absences among students by more than 20 per cent” Clean air works. Why are we not doing this more?

Schools cut covid-19 sick days by 20 per cent using HEPA air filters
Schools cut covid-19 sick days by 20 per cent using HEPA air filters

The eagerly awaited finding comes from the first randomised trial of putting HEPA filter machines into classrooms

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ARalanrew.bsky.social

This report should make major headlines everywhere. The effectiveness of these simple devices will save lives & reduce Long COVID numbers.

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Mmarshallmatters.bsky.social

Because schools don't even have enough money to put paper in their copy machines

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MDmegateer.bsky.social

We put these in each of the classrooms at our church - used Sunday and throughout the week, so we are doing what we can (especially in a community where mask-wearing went away early because Texas).

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CHjwahjwah.bsky.social

Twats in govt?

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Mmirthdal.bsky.social

Often results for schools are lower than expected because they fail to ventilate or provide filtration in school buses - where kids are most likely to get infected. So rates of 20% are incredibly high if any of the kids are bused!!

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christina1950.bsky.social

Ich hoffe die Ampelregierung und das Bildungsministerium liest die Studie.

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CEcrimbunny.bsky.social

Not to mention a reduction in colds, allergy related issues, and just having cleaner air to breathe.

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Aalice-chachacha.bsky.social

Someone wants more people dead?

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Eemergencyninja.bsky.social

“Why are we not doing this…?” Because these results haven’t even been peer reviewed yet?

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GWgavinwhitaker.bsky.social

Did it have an effect on the other airborne viruses or are formite transition and infection from other viruses not requiring sick days confounding factors?

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Dr. Lucky Tran
@luckytran.bsky.social
📢 Public Health, Climate Justice, and Science Communication 🎓 Columbia, Cornell, Cambridge, Adelaide ➡️ Find me on other websites: linktr.ee/luckytran
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