No argument from me. I work at a school in which we are supposed to wipe down desks and computers every period between classes. Whole thing is very pointless. Lunch lasts 2 hours because they completely disinfect the cafeteria between the three different lunch periods (1/3 of the student body goes to A-lunch for 30 min. Then they disinfect all the surfaces for 15 min before ringing the bell for B-lunch, etc. etc.)RZehr wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 2:31 pm Time to end the “hygiene theater”:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/end-the-hygi ... 40864.htmlIt’s time to unplug the sanitizing robots and put away the bottles of Clorox that seem to line the entrances to every school, restaurant and supermarket wanting to advertise its safety protocols. While such protocols may be reassuring to an anxious populace, they are not necessary, says a revised guidance issued on Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The coronavirus is spread almost exclusively by airborne and aerosolized particles, as scientists have known for months. Despite scientists’ growing certitude about how the pathogen is transmitted, many establishments have continued to insist on strict sanitization protocols. In some school districts, for example, classrooms close for full-day “deep cleaning.”
The persistence of such practices has led to the advent of a derisive term — “hygiene theater” — to describe rituals that appear to do little to stop the virus from spreading. It is not clear if the CDC’s new guidance will lower the curtain on those theatrics, given how entrenched some of those practices have become.
There are hand sanitizer stations in every classroom and hallway and most kids just take a squirt every time they walk into every classroom.
On the plus side, the school has never been more spotless. And I haven't caught so much as a cold since the pandemic started a year ago.
