Safer Air: To Cut Virus Risk In Fall, Schools Scramble To Improve Ventilation

Matthew Gillis , director of operations at Brookline Public Schools, checks a window while volunteer parent Kristin Jones records the window is working properly. at the Old Lincoln School in Brookline.

"The goal," says Somerville, Mass., Mayor Joseph Curtatone,"is to establish an environment where we can safely educate the kids."that the coronavirus can linger in the air, including several documented cases that linked poor ventilation to spread of the virus. The state is advising schools that while masks are the best defense against that, better ventilation can help too.

"Think about it in terms of dilution of contaminant in the indoor space," Allen says."You either want to dilute it by bringing in more outdoor air, or clean that air to remove the particles. There’s two removal mechanisms: dilution or cleaning." As with many school decisions right now, he says, how good the ventilation has to be will ultimately be a judgement call after bringing in outside experts, elected officials and the public.

jshoreboston WBUR Shut it down!

WBUR The legacy of boomers who didn’t wanna pay no taxes, leaving us in a gigantic shit storm and then bailing on us and retiring. fedup

WBUR Anybody heard of schools 'fogging' the rooms at night? I don't know how that can help if masks aren't required during the day.

WBUR School buildings are rayciss

WBUR Another reason we should close public schools permanently.

WBUR The same hardvard making pretend foods for our food supply? Losing cred.

WBUR Open the windows and doors

WBUR And this Harvard 'expert ' went to every school and counted ?

WBUR maryfrances3271 aren’t you glad you’re retired?

WBUR They do realize that school won't happen at this rate? Most schools may never open again. goodriddance to the shitty ones.

WBUR My former school was 50 years old. Many things were upgraded since it was built.

WBUR Just a reminder that everything that affects students in school, also affects teachers and staff, for years beyond the students span of experience within the same building. Sometimes decades.

WBUR All ya need to do is walk into any classroom and take wif to know this.

WBUR How about office buildings?

WBUR An 'expert' quoted by NPR is like the old days or publish or perish. Good for grant money.

WBUR Now do this for college campuses!

WBUR Perfect conditions to have all K-College age Get infected and take the virus home to adults and rest of family. BetsyDeVosED doesn’t live in reality, just another Radical-Right Fascist

WBUR How many years have we heard of teachers having to buy school supplies for their classrooms and students - out of their own pocket - because of budget cuts. Now Republicans are expecting teachers to do the same with a deadly virus and PPE? Opening schools is a nightmare to come

WBUR Ventilation is racist

WBUR And killls teachers.

WBUR You have no idea.

WBUR When I started school the only 'airflow' was obtained by opening a window.

WBUR until we have a vaccine, kids should stay home.

WBUR Too many kick backs to teachers unions no money left for ventilation

WBUR GregAbbott_TX Our room filters are only changed twice a year. Our janitorial staff hasn’t received any special training. TeachersVote

WBUR Lol i’ve talked about this for years. Most contained classrooms don’t even have windows that open leading to VOC’s lingering for years

WBUR “decades of research show bad airflow harms student health and performance” Don’t forget to wear your mask 😷

WBUR Harvard isn't a real university

WBUR Is that what happened to teachers all these years. They have been under-ventilated? Or just hyperventilating?

WBUR It's been true since the 1960s. I know, I was there.

WBUR If folks want to understand what “defund” means just look at public education. We have been doing for decades.

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