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What if schools could prevent sick days, teacher shortages and lost IQ points? A new COVID safety course lights the way.
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COVID Safety For Schools
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COVID Safety For Schools
@CovidSafetyEd
Practical training for schools to help them keep students and staff safe during the COVID pandemic
- We’ve just launched the COVID Safety For Schools Course. It’s a free, comprehensive online course for Australian schools to help them keep students and staff safe during the COVID pandemic. covidsafetyforschools.org
- Reinfection increases the risk of serious outcomes, including in kids. Given what we now know about COVID's long-term health impacts, schools need to minimise the risk of COVID spreading - for the sake of kids, teachers, their families and the wider community. @CrabbBrendan
00:00 - One of the most important topics covered in the COVID Safety For Schools Course is "Why should we care?" In the course Prof Jeremy Nicholson summarises what is currently known about the potential long-term impacts of COVID on kids.
00:00 - We've had a huge response to our COVID Safety For Schools Course. Clearly a lot of people are looking for reliable information. We created it primarily for Australian teachers and parents, but it’s freely available for anyone who’s interested to learn more about COVID safety.
- Replying to @CovidSafetyEdThe course is informed by the latest science and features leading experts in fields relevant to COVID, including @BrendanCrabbAC @Sunny_Rae1 @kate_cole_ @drdavidallen @DrBronKing @dgurdasani1 @RobynSchofield3 @DrPieterPeach @NjbBari3 @snouzin @c_s_wallace
- Replying to @CovidSafetyEdWe’ve created a downloadable template to make it easy for parents to write to their kids' school and recommend the course as a PD activity for staff. covidsafetyforschools.org/parents
- Replying to @CovidSafetyEdThe COVID Safety For Schools Course is and will always be free. School staff, parents and anyone who wants to know more about staying safe can do the course at any time.
- It can be done. Teachers and students can be kept safe by ensuring good ventilation, augmenting with HEPA filters, using high quality masks and monitoring CO2 levels.School CAN be done Covid-safely. Here are my classroom C02 levels over the past week. How did I do it? All windows wide open, door wide open, fans on, HEPA filter on to clean the air, P2 mask on and the air monitored by my trusty @CO2RadicalAus Aranet4. 😷
- Replying to @CovidSafetyEdThe course gives schools: 👉 Accurate information about COVID, informed by the latest science 👉 Tools to debunk myths and misinformation 👉 Strategies to minimise health risks from COVID without disrupting their core role of giving kids a great education
- Together we can make schools safe covidsafetyforschools.org
00:00 - Teachers, please take some time over the holidays to learn how to keep you and your students safe from COVID. The COVID Safety For Schools Course features Australia's leading experts, and is free. It could be the most important PD activity you ever do.
- We know that elevated CO2 is an indicator of poor ventilation. New research shows higher CO2 also increases the time that SARS-CoV-2 is infectious in the air. Another good reason to measure and improve ventilation in schools.I’m excited to discuss our latest research on how ambient CO2 affects how long #SARSCoV2 remains infectious in air. We report that even subtle increases in CO2 affects both how long #COVIDisAirborne and transmission risk. Here’s a🧵going over the findings nature.com/articles/s4146…
- Replying to @CovidSafetyEdThe course is a free resource for Australian schools and parents. It features credible scientific and medical experts, and sets out to provide the facts about COVID without any political or commercial influence.
