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Air quality and ventilation issues trip up school reopenings across Massachusetts
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Across Massachusetts, the coronavirus pandemic has shined a spotlight on school air quality. Usually debates over the purity of school air percolate in isolation, such as when teachers or parents at specific schools levy complaints regarding mold, stuffy air, or high incidences of asthma, headaches, or scratchy throats.
But with new research emerging that coronavirus particles can linger in poorly ventilated areas and an MGH study indicating that young children carry high virus loads in their upper respiratory tracts, school air quality has suddenly emerged as a statewide crisis, and a politically volatile one.
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Related:
- Boston schools reopen remotely with many bugs to work through
- At Mass. schools, officials face challenges brought on by COVID-19 early in year
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