r/wlu • u/broham896 • Jul 15 '26
Question Why isn’t class canceled due to unsafe air quality?
Basically the title: the air quality in waterloo is hazardous and classes are still on
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u/Affectionate_Oil666 Jul 15 '26
just dont go...
better than breathing in fucking smoke.
i mean one time back when i was in school i was waiting for the bus and some moron in a car hit a big puddle and i got soaked. that was it for me that day. i went home and didnt go back out.
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u/RisoFarm Jul 15 '26
For any asthmatics reading this that may not know, a mask probably isn't enough to go outside safely today. I was in California during the 2018 wildfires. I wasn't near the fires but the air quality index (AQI) in my area at the time was about 180. I went out for less than an hour masked to get groceries, but it had such a bad effect on me that I had to use a nebulizer 3-4 times a day for almost 4 months to recover. The AQI in Toronto today is 155, maybe your asthma is less severe than mine, just be aware of how well you're breathing and please be careful.
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u/Independent-Force763 Jul 15 '26
are your classes being held outside 😭
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u/Reddie196 Alumni Jul 15 '26
Most people who live locally have to walk at least part way to get to class. It's dangerous to spend much time outside in this air quality.
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u/Alexspacito Jul 15 '26
The 10 minute walk isn’t gonna kill you. Otherwise, take public transit.
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u/absurdlifex Jul 15 '26
it will literally shave years off your life. I know forward thinking is hard in this day and age
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u/Candymanshook Jul 15 '26
At most a couple hours
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u/absurdlifex Jul 15 '26
Depends how long you stay outside. 10 min walk, sure I exaggerated the health effect, but someone working 8 hours outside today? Rough.
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u/Alexspacito Jul 15 '26
But we’re talking about 10 minutes. I completely agree that people should not be spending many hours outside in these conditions, but that’s not what I said.
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u/Candymanshook Jul 15 '26
No, you’re still exaggerating. In the coming years as people die who experienced this weather it will be like your decision to drink a bottle of wine in January in terms of the overall effect on your health.
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u/absurdlifex Jul 16 '26
Not even remotely similar. A bottle of wine is probably net neutral on your health if it is occasional. Standing outside breathing in air is equivalent to smoking cigarettes. For non smokers there would absolutely be chronic health effects as a result.
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u/Candymanshook Jul 16 '26
Standing outside for 8 hours is equivalent to smoking 1 cigarette.
Smoker or non smoker - you don’t get chronic health effects from 1 smoke lmao
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u/Accomplished-Dig8213 Jul 19 '26
Brother if you stood outside working in it for a month straight it would be roughly equivalent to smoking a pack of cigarettes over the course of a month. Unhealthy ? Sure, chronic health effects ? Absolutely not.
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u/Square_Let_9455 Jul 15 '26
They are already got canceled
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u/Pretty_Low_8741 Jul 15 '26
They have just shift to virtual class but it isn’t canceled or anything. You’d still have to attend the lectures on zoom
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u/OmniSeer Jul 15 '26
In my last year I didn't even go to classes at all and still graduated. I only showed up for exams.
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u/littlelily6 Jul 15 '26
you'll be okay walking outside. wear a mask and drink water, as long as you aren't literally sitting outside for hours you will be fine.
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u/Neon_Raccoon_00 Jul 15 '26
Because life goes on, when this become the daily norm every summer, life wont stop
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u/Ok-Thing5068 Jul 15 '26
everyone on this post is clowning on op but they literally just cancelled class tomorrow