Amid myriad proven COVID-19 prevention measures—masks, vaccines, contact tracing—one of the most powerful tools to prevent transmission is a good ventilation system that frequently recirculates fresh air.
to prevent future shutdowns. Recently, the Environmental Protection Agency issued guidance for the first time on the importance of ventilation in the long-term COVID fight too; the CDC has also described it as one of the core"tools in the mitigation toolbox" against the virus.
"People have decided the pandemic is over—but that doesn't mean we can abandon any sense of caution," Chase-Miller said.Ventilation amid the pandemic's next phaseAs individual-level precautions dissipate—masking made optional, vaccination rates plateauing—systems-level solutions to ensure healthy kids don't breathe in the particles expelled by hollering, hacking and yawning sick classmates are crucial for prevention.
"Many school facilities were not built and have not been renovated to be consistent with today's building standards," EPA wrote in a statement to ABC News.In Portland, that means shoddy ventilation may leave infectious particles looming. Jordan, in Philadelphia, says he has never seen any such reports. In response, his union started collecting its own data. Yet, when issues with facilities were raised with the district—like black mold in some schools, from tables to cabinets to library books, due in no small part to poor ventilation—they were frequently met with silence, Jordan said.
Most schools depend on property taxes for funding facilities improvements, according to the GAO—meaning that poorer districts face greater budgetary constraints as a result.
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