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Jennifer Heighton
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Passionate BC teacher, activist. #COVIDisAirborne so ventilate, filtrate, mask up! Physics major. Co-Founder @Protect_BC @SafeSchoolsBC
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Always aware that I live on unceded Coast Salish territory.
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Ready to cheer on Canada’s team, on flag day, with a Canada mask from @canadastrong.bsky.social.

#maskup
#SaltingTheVibes
#StayHealthy
Photo of me wearing a Canada hockey jersey with a Canada Maple-leaf imprinted mask.
February 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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My headstrap BLACK @vitacoreinc CAN99 masks just arrived!! They fit well. Lovely to have a respirator company that listens to consumer demand. (Ahem, @3M)

Thanks, @canadastrong, for selling boxes of 10 so I could try it out!

Available in 🇨🇦so far, hopefully in 🇺🇸soon?

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Image shows me wearing a black trifold headband-style respirator while holding the CAN99 box that it came in. Manufacturer is Vitacore Canada. Website is https://shop.vitacore.ca/products/can99-black-respirator …but Vitacore only sells in boxes of 25. Canada Strong Masks sells the same respirator in boxes of 10. Here’s the link: https://canadastrong.ca/products/vitacore-can99-black-headband-surgical-respirator-made-in-canada-99-pfe They have a handy size comparison chart on their site too (browse the photos).
May 15, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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A little bling dresses up a mask for Halloween.
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It’s easy to have fun AND wear a mask at the same time.

Happy Halloween, fellow maskers! Stay safe & healthy out there.

#COVIDisAirborne
Me in a grey Breatheteq mask, decorated with some silver and black rhinestones, in a flower pattern.
November 1, 2023 at 5:05 AM
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To governments: How about using CO2 monitors in classrooms to ensure sufficient fresh air is supplied, to prevent another #Tripledemic this fall?

Study states that average CO2 levels should be below 700 ppm. Since BC schools aren’t masked, how many meet this iAQ target? Prove it!

Study link below:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov PMC PubMed Central® J Infect Public Health. 2023 Jul; 16(7): 1037- 1044. Published online 2023 May 10. Title: COz concentration as an indicator of indoor ventilation performance to control airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Sowoo Parka and Doosam Song Results In a typical school classroom environment with 20-25 occupants and an exposure time of 6-8 h, the average indoor CO2 concentration should be kept below 700 ppm to control the risk of airborne infection indoors. The ASHRAE recommended ventilation rate is sufficient when wearing a mask in classrooms. For a typical restaurant with 50-100 occupants and an exposure time of 2-3 h, the average indoor COz concentration should be kept below about 900 ppm. Residence time in the restaurant had a significant effect on the acceptable CO, concentration.
September 25, 2023 at 11:44 PM
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BC’s 1st #CleanAirFestival was a success!
- magic show!
- mask decorating!
- live music!
- Corsi-Rosenthal boxes for classrooms!
- Postcards for a return to masks in Healthcare & clean air in schools!

Wonderful to meet so many people who care for others.

#CovidIsAirborne #Tripledemic #CleanAir
Photo shows people sitting & enjoying performances (magic show by Travis Bernhardt, live music by Geoff Berner). All are wearing respirator masks. It’s a sunny day in a park. There’s a table in the foreground, with colourful craft materials to decorate masks with. The table is abandoned now as the children are enthralled by the magic show. People are writing postcards at a table, asking politicians to bring back masks in healthcare and put clean air solutions in schools. The postcard campaign is run by one of the Clean Air Festival sponsors, Do No Harm BC. All participants in the festival are wearing respirator masks (N95 or KN95 or elastomeric). It’s a Sunni day in a park. There’s a group of completed Corsi-Rosenthal boxes in the foreground, resting on the grass. You can see other people in the background, working on constructing more CR boxes at picnic tables. There are people sitting in chairs and on blankets, socializing. A close up of a Corsi-Rosenthal box, near completion. The last step, shown here, is putting on the shroud. The shroud is a square that covers the fan, with a circular hole for the air to come out. The shroud covers the corners of the fan so outside air doesn’t sneak in through the corners without being filtered first. The shroud material used here is removable adhesive shelf liner in white, to match the CR box.
September 4, 2023 at 5:13 AM