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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools)

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Advocate for Safe Schools with a focus on prevention like Clean Air to protect children from health risks like long Covid. Sharing data on child Covid hospitalizations, long Covid, and schools with clean air: scholenveilig.com 🌍The Netherlands

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · Dec 7

COVID isn’t a cold—it's like a car accident. It damages organs, causes long-term illness & raises risk of heart attack. In the long run it's always a losing game. Hack it by understanding risk.
Keep (children) safe! www.peertopublic.com/posts/unders... by @gckirchoff.bsky.social &
Arijit Chakravarty

Understanding Cumulative Risk

A brief lesson on probability statistics and how that pertains to individual risks of developing symptomatic Long Covid

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · 7d

Long-term influence of pediatric long COVID syndrome on the visual perception and neuropsychiatric symptoms - Pediatric Neurology www.pedneur.com/article/S088...

Long-term influence of pediatric long COVID syndrome on the visual perception and neuropsychiatric symptoms

Long COVID presents with a wide range of persistent symptoms and durations following COVID-19 infection. However, data on children and adolescents remain limited. This study aims to explore visual per...

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · 7d

Children and adolescents face a significantly *higher* risk of various PASC outcomes after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2
#postcovid #longcovid
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Long COVID associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study

Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisyst...

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · Jul 18

Want to Reduce Your Risk of Cancer? Heart Disease? Diabetes? Dementia? And More? Here's How. - WHN

Protect yourself and your kids.💕
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Want to Reduce Your Risk of Cancer? Heart Disease? Diabetes? Dementia? And More? Here's How. - WHN

What if simple changes could significantly reduce your risk for serious illnesses, such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, dementia, and more? We all want to protect our health: eat better, move more...

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · Jul 5

Why Are So Many Children Getting Long COVID? www.newsweek.com/why-are-so-m...

Why are so many children getting long COVID?

A study by Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) last year found that up to 5.8 million American children now have long COVID.

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Prof. Rob McLeod @robscot.bsky.social · May 28

💥Breaking news 💥

The #ImpAQS project report is out...
Improving Air Quality in Schools... a longitudinal study of #ventilation & #airquality in Austrian classrooms...

@tugraz.bsky.social

Access full report & Exec summary👇

En - www.tugraz.at/en/institute...
De - www.tugraz.at/institute/ib...

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · Apr 25

Improving Air Quality in Schools: what can we do?
A collective approach: school staff & parents
📽️Part 3: www.youtube.com/watch?v=25me... @unisontheunion.bsky.social Leila Williams @leilamw3.bsky.social Corsi-Rosenthal Foundation UK
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Improving Air Quality in Schools: what can we do? Part 3

YouTube video by UNISON

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · Apr 25

Improving Air Quality in Schools: what can we do?
V E N T I L A T I O N
📽️Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA5N... @unisontheunion.bsky.social @samhe.bsky.social Dr Henry Burridge @henryburridge.bsky.social & Matthew Clark
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Improving Air Quality in Schools: what can we do? Part 2

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · Apr 25

Guess what boosts learning 📚
Cuts down sickness 🤧
And makes everyone healthier ❤️‍🩹
Nope, not a magic pill.
It’s clean air.
Improving Air Quality in Schools: what can we do?
📽️ Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuAg... @unisontheunion.bsky.social Dr Binita Kane @binitakane.bsky.social & Prof Steve Griffin

Improving Air Quality in Schools: what can we do? Part 1

YouTube video by UNISON

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · Apr 5

In countries where the government doesn't inform its people, we still think clean air in schools is unnecessary nonsense.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Dáil air is filtered while our children continue to get sick at school

The ongoing impact of covid infection is very real, but we still haven't managed the simplest mitigation for our children

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · Mar 24

How improving air quality in schools would minimize the threat of bird flu spread www.healthbeat.org/2025/03/21/b...

Why improving air quality in schools would minimize the threat of bird flu spread

As concerns grow around bird flu, there is one critical intervention state and local governments can take now: Improve indoor air quality in places like schools. Here’s an explanation of how indoor ai...

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · Mar 24

HERE WE GO AGAIN

Better classroom air quality critical if bird flu spreads planetdetroit.org/2025/03/indo... #schools #ventiation #children #pandemic #CleanAir

ANALYSIS: Better classroom air quality critical if bird flu spreads

Experts warn that bird flu epidemic could spread widely in humans. Improving indoor air quality in schools and congregate settings is crucial for preparedness.

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · Mar 7

Five years of COVID-19. Teachers & students are still getting Long Covid. Research shows schools *still* have poor indoor air quality. Staff can protect their right to compensation with a ‘stuitingsbrief’. But what about the children? www.cnv.nl/onderwijs/ni...

Stilstaan bij 5 jaar covid-19 in het onderwijs | CNV

Bijna vijf jaar geleden werden we in Nederland geconfronteerd met het coronavirus. De impact van deze pandemie op onderwijsprofessionals is enorm geweest. Heb jij langdurige klachten opgelopen? Lees h...

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · Feb 8

They told us schools were safe.

❌They weren’t.

Thousands of children now suffer from Long COVID.

❌No protections. ❌No warnings. ❌No accountability.

We are abandoning a generation.

Schools must be safe.

Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · Feb 6

Many don’t realise that the Covid inquiry is about now.its about everyone. It’s about how Covid is airborne predominantly and not on surfaces it’s about how we were lied to from the start. It’s about how long Covid is cumulative and a risk to everyone. It’s about the failure to warn about risks.

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · Feb 6

🤒 **FLU?**
Sick kids, sick teachers, sick everyone - let’s break the cycle.

➡️ Simple steps can make schools safer, reducing the spread of COVID and other respiratory viruses.
➡️ This free course shows you how.
www.covidsafetyforschools.org/course

Course — COVID Safety For Schools

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · Feb 5

Good indoor air quality in schools is vital for health and learning. Ensure proper ventilation and air purification to prevent illness. Does your school in The Netherlands meet these standards? Register here for a spot on the Clean Air Schools Map: www.scholenveilig.com/schoneluchts... #CleanAir

SchoneLuchtScholenKaart | Scholen Veilig

Goede luchtkwaliteit op scholen is essentieel voor gezondheid en leerprestaties. Voorkom de verspreiding van ziekten door effectieve ventilatie en luchtzuivering. Scholen die deze norm handhaven, kunn...

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · Feb 5

Long COVID harms children's rights to health, education, and family life. Despite high infection rates, they remain deprioritized. Policymakers must act. #ChildrensRights #CleanAir #SafeSchools #LongCovid
'Long COVID and children’s rights' | by Vivek Bhatt academic.oup.com/jhrp/article...

Long COVID and children’s rights

Abstract. This policy note calls for the recognition of long COVID as a children’s rights issue in the UK. While children have been affected by school clos

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · Feb 3

Tygo and Faya were healthy children but have never been the same since having Covid. They have Long Covid for 4 years now. 💔
In the new children’s clinics, pediatricians will prescribe medication and conduct research.
www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/e... @kinderenlc.bsky.social #LongCovid #PostCovid

Expertisecentrum biedt jongeren met longcovid hoop: ‘Ik gun mijn kinderen dat ze weer kind kunnen zijn’

Kinderen en jongeren met longcovid kunnen vanaf vandaag terecht in een expertisecentrum in de academische ziekenhuizen van Amsterdam, Utrecht en Maastricht. Zorg en onderzoek gaan er hand in hand. Het...

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · Feb 3

Children still get long covid after a new infection, day after day, tells Diewke de Haen from @PostCovidNL.
Post-covid clinics are a step forward for affected kids.
For the rest: keep your child from getting infected! #CleanAir #SafeSchools
www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/n... @kinderenlc.bsky.social

Speciale klinieken openen voor kinderen met long covid

Vanaf vandaag kunnen kinderen en jongeren met ernstige en langdurige long covid-klachten terecht in gespecialiseerde klinieken. In de academische ziekenhuizen van Amsterdam, Utrecht en Maastricht word...

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · Feb 3

Kids getting COVID repeatedly in school—is it a future Alzheimer’s crisis?
New research links even mild COVID to brain changes associated with Alzheimer’s. How will repeated infections affect their long-term brain health? #LongCovid #COVID19 #Alzheimers #SafeSchools

MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · Feb 3

Both mild and severe cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection are linked to changes in brain biomarkers associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

But let’s keep getting it over and over right ?

www.news-medical.net/news/2025020...

Does COVID increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease?

COVID-19, even in mild cases, is linked to changes in Alzheimer’s disease-related brain biomarkers comparable to four years of aging. This study raises concerns about long-term neurological risks and ...

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · Jan 11

Children are sick more often and dealing with Long Covid. SARS-CoV-2 weakens immune systems & raising illness risk. Politicians must ensure clean school air for now & future pandemics.

ANALYSIS: Why are B.C. kids sick all the time? Health experts explain. www.surreynowleader.com/opinion/anal...

ANALYSIS: Why are B.C. kids sick all the time? Health experts explain

The consequences of repeated COVID-19 infections are now becoming clear in B.C., across Canada and around the world

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · Feb 1

Caeden (10) caught COVID when schools had just reopened and has long COVID for three years now. His biggest wish is to lead a normal child's life. Just like more than 40,000 other children—and still counting. www.rtl.nl/nieuws/binne...

40.000 kinderen met post-covid: drie expertisecentra openen deuren

De 10-jarige Caeden heeft al drie jaar post-covidklachten. Traplopen, spelen, voetballen of een hele dag naar school gaan kan hij niet. Het is zijn grote wens om snel weer een 'normaal kind' te kunnen...

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · Jan 30

Expertisecentrum voor kinderen met postcovid in Amsterdam opent. Team van artsen: kinderarts, kindercardioloog, etc. Wegens onderrapportage postcovid oproep aan huisartsen & ouders: meld kinderen met blijvende klachten na corona aan (moet via de huisarts). #LongCovid www.parool.nl/amsterdam/ex...

Expertisecentrum voor kinderen met post-covid opent in Amsterdam: ‘Al honderden op wachtlijst’

Het eerste postcovidexpertisecentrum voor jongeren en kinderen opent zaterdag in Amsterdam UMC. ‘Een belangrijke mijlpaal,’ zegt kinderarts Stéphanie van Straaten van het Emma Kinderziekenhuis.

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Danilo Buonsenso @buonsenso.bsky.social · Jan 22

children with long covid miss school because they are not able to deal with the physical and cognitive efforts of school.
if you have increase absences in your areas/countries, the main reason is 100% long covid

full stop

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MeetJess @meetjess.bsky.social · Jan 25

AI-based blood test could revolutionize diagnosis of Long Covid in children

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AI-based blood test could revolutionize diagnosis of Long Covid in children

One day Long Covid in children could be objectively diagnosed with a blood test, thanks to the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In fact, a study by the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome ...

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Scholen Veilig (Safe Schools) @scholenveilig.bsky.social · Jan 24

Children with Long Covid show a unique blood protein signature with increased inflammation, similar to adults. This study identifies key proinflammatory markers in kids' blood, which is promising for the development of diagnostic tests. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #LongCovid #Children

Distinct pro-inflammatory/pro-angiogenetic signatures distinguish children with Long COVID from controls - Pediatric Research

Pediatric Research - Distinct pro-inflammatory/pro-angiogenetic signatures distinguish children with Long COVID from controls

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