The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Nigeria Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) among other partners on Monday released findings of household seroprevalence surveys conducted in four states of
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Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture chairman Senator Win Gatchalian at the Senate during the session, 9 Feb. 2021. The former Valenzuela City Mayor turned senator has maintained that the safe reopening of schools, especially in low risk areas, should be part of the country’s recovery efforts. Photo by Mark Cayabyab/OS WIN GATCHALIAN
PASAY CITY, Feb. 20 Aside from the need to hasten learning recovery following the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, learners’ continued access to safety nets adds urgency to the safe reopening of schools, Senator Win Gatchalian said.
The lawmaker explained that aside from providing education, schools also offer different programs to support vulnerable learners. For some learners, the school-based feeding program is their only source of nutritious meals in a day. Schools also have healthcare programs such as immunization and deworming, while learners at risk of violence and abuse -which is already on the rise amidst
two masks over the nose and mouth, which the United States
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) claims provides improved protection against infection. The CDC “evidence” that supposedly proves this, however, is based on mask experiments that were conducted on
mannequins.
As revealed by journalist Jordan Schachtel, writing for
The Dossier on Substack, the CDC basically slapped different mask configurations on lifeless dolls, sprayed aerosols at them, and declared wearing multiple masks to help decrease the spread of Chinese virus by “about 95%.”
Presenting this junk “science” on Twitter, which did not bother to fact-check any of it, the CDC alleges that wearing a cloth mask over a medical procedure mask, or covering a mask with pantyhose, may “potentially” help to reduce infectious aerosols from going into the mouth or nose.
Aside from the need to hasten learning recovery following the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, learners’ continued access to safety nets adds urgency to the safe reopening of schools, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Saturday said.