• BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca
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      15 days ago

      You have to wonder how bad it needs to get for the fervent among the deniers to come around.

      Given our experience with COVID I’m guessing there’s a sizable chunk who could be on their death bed still clinging to their ignorance.

      • AnotherDirtyAnglo@lemmy.ca
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        That was possibly the most disturbing part of the pandemic… People in ICUs about to be intubated, insisting that COVID was a hoax with their last words.

        That sort of purposeful disinformation crosses the line into having been weaponized for the purpose of tearing the fabric of society apart – even worse still is the fact that education has been eviscerated so much over the past 50+ years that such a large percentage of people will fall for it.

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    15 days ago

    It’s crazy to me that some schools don’t even have ac. Mini splits are cheap as hell. From an email I got recently:

    Provincially, the percentage of schools with more than 25% air conditioning coverage is 44%. Since 2017, the OCDSB has made considerable progress improving the cooling systems in our schools:

    70% of schools have air conditioning in some or all learning spaces (an increase from 41% in 2017) 25% are partially air conditioned to varying levels, but not in classrooms 5% of schools have no central air conditioning (a drop from 34% in 2017).

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      15 days ago

      I’m dating myself here, but when I was in elementary school, it was rare that it was needed in June and September. It’s definitely not the case anymore.