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@davidaugust@mastodon.online
2025-06-27 17:47:33

The challenge of HEPA filters in the classrooms.
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source: xcancel.com/kadamssl/status/19

screenshot of a thread by Kathryn @kadamssl: A new development in the sociological experiment of denial, backlash, and normalization: The moms are piling on the poor soul who sought suggestions to on how to get HEPAs into the classroom. 🧵 Jun 26, 2025 · 4:05 PM UTC Common Criticism 1. We don’t even have air conditioning in classrooms, and you’re worried about HEPAs?! Answer: Has it occurred to anyone that kids need BOTH and not neither? Common Criticism 2: HEPAs won’t do anything. Ju…
screenshot of a thread by Kathryn @kadamssl: Common Criticism 3: Are you going to pay for them?! (They’re too expensive.) Answer: First of all, the school boards *should* be purchasing & maintaining HEPAs. With all of the hand waving about absences, you’d think investing in staff & student health would be a no brainer… Second: Is anyone considering how expensive it is to have a sick child and/or to be sick themselves? Even with socialized medicine in Canada, it costs 💰 to take time off. I…
screenshot of a thread by Kathryn @kadamssl: Common Criticism 4: If the schools were ever going to get HEPAs, they would have done it during COVID. There’s no point trying now. Answer: ‘During COVID’ is now & we will need airborne mitigations now and for the foreseeable future. Remember, policy moves slower than science... Just because it hasn’t changed YET doesn’t mean it won’t. But it will take pressure from citizens, parents, advocacy groups, and any other concerned individuals to get …
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2025-06-17 07:39:49

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