APS - why are teachers so terrified?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am so at a loss. All of the data I've seen show that the vaccines are incredibly effective at protecting the person who is vaccinated and reducing transmission. Having a vaccinated teaching force, combined with APS's mask requirement, cohorting, health screening, distancing, air cleaners, etc, the risk to teachers is insanely low. Yet my 2nd grader's teacher today told her class that she doesn't want to return to school but that APS is making her. Putting aside that this was completely inappropriate information to tell to second graders, where is this fear coming from? She's young and healthy and vaccinated. Elementary is completely cohorted. She doesn't have to do concurrent learning. And her hybrid class is small enough to fit in a single classroom. Why are all these vaccinated teachers so afraid? The data is amazing. These vaccines work terrifically well, with strong efficacy starting shortly after the first dose. I just don't understand.

Let’s just be honest here... Some people prefer to work from home. Duh.

And if you can still get the same paycheck, why not??

Teachers ain’t stupid! But some of you are.

[Anonymous]

Some people will complain about anything.

Show a little support for the people you’ve been sh1tting on for the last several months.

They are going back. Leave them alone FFS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NP. Here’s a potential answer to OP’s question: no testing or tracing.

Yes. And indoor lunch.

get over it. everyone else has. If there were testing, tracing, and outdoor lunches, there would be new reasons not to return. We've all learned that these past several months. enough already.

Exactly!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The amazing thing is how low the covid rates are in Arlington compared to almost everywhere else AND teachers are vaccinated which isn’t true most other places *with open school*.

And I disagree that opening school in the fall and having classes occasionally move to a week of virtual learning for covid cases or testing would be worse than a year with no school at all. Which is what we got stuck with.

I agree with op, the teachers I know are very happy and comfortable with the current setup and had convinced themselves it would be a whole year like this.

Complaining about having to wear “PPE” all day! It’s a mask. Everyone who has been working in person since last April has worn a mask all day.

Exactly. And most of them are vaccinated!! Our kids will be wearing masks and they are not vaccinated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you really so surprised? We are in a serious health pandemic. How can you not be scared of it?

So pathetic people are addicted to pandemic fear porn!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are you really so surprised? We are in a serious health pandemic. How can you not be scared of it?

How? By using your brain. If you're young,healthy and VACCINATED, you are unlikely to get infected and if you still do, you'll recover quickly. Even before the vaccine,the death stats for younger people were minimsl. You are more at risk during your daily commute yo work.

If young, healthy teachers live alone or with a fully vaccinated household sure, there is not much to worry about. But I am sure many live with unvaccinated housemates or family members, and some may be medically fragile or in high risk groups. And not all teachers are YOUNG and HEALTHY. Some may themselves be medically fragile or in high risk groups.

My daughter’s BFF is a nurse in Baltimore. She had to move during the fall because your housemates refused to live with her over the virus. They imposed a number of precautions on her first, like changing from skin out in the vestibule after each shift and not eating in the same room with them. But eventually, they got sick of getting tested so often and told her to find a new place or they would all leave and she would be stuck with the full rent and utilities for a 5br house.

[Anonymous]

Teachers are scared for a reason. They don't want to get sick and they don't want to bring home the virus to their unvaccinated family. They think their lives, and the lives of their families, are more important than your kid getting an education. It is hard to disagree with them. When you walk in their shoes then you can criticize. But you aren't the one being crammed into tiny classrooms with poor ventilation with kids sent to school sick because their parents are bad and lazy parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teachers are scared for a reason. They don't want to get sick and they don't want to bring home the virus to their unvaccinated family. They think their lives, and the lives of their families, are more important than your kid getting an education. It is hard to disagree with them. When you walk in their shoes then you can criticize. But you aren't the one being crammed into tiny classrooms with poor ventilation with kids sent to school sick because their parents are bad and lazy parents.

Clearly you don't have kids in APS. What is this BS you speak of about being crammed into tiny classrooms? they will be hybrid with kids 6 feet apart. and the teachers are getting vaccinated!! So are their parents that you speak of. time to deal with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you really so surprised? We are in a serious health pandemic. How can you not be scared of it?

So pathetic people are addicted to pandemic fear porn!

Go away, covid denier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers are scared for a reason. They don't want to get sick and they don't want to bring home the virus to their unvaccinated family. They think their lives, and the lives of their families, are more important than your kid getting an education. It is hard to disagree with them. When you walk in their shoes then you can criticize. But you aren't the one being crammed into tiny classrooms with poor ventilation with kids sent to school sick because their parents are bad and lazy parents.

Clearly you don't have kids in APS. What is this BS you speak of about being crammed into tiny classrooms? they will be hybrid with kids 6 feet apart. and the teachers are getting vaccinated!! So are their parents that you speak of. time to deal with it.

Liar. Most parents are NOT eligible yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you really so surprised? We are in a serious health pandemic. How can you not be scared of it?

So pathetic people are addicted to pandemic fear porn!

Go away, covid denier.

Build a bubble and live in it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you really so surprised? We are in a serious health pandemic. How can you not be scared of it?

So pathetic people are addicted to pandemic fear porn!

Go away, covid denier.

Build a bubble and live in it.

How many grannies did you kill?

F off.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers are scared for a reason. They don't want to get sick and they don't want to bring home the virus to their unvaccinated family. They think their lives, and the lives of their families, are more important than your kid getting an education. It is hard to disagree with them. When you walk in their shoes then you can criticize. But you aren't the one being crammed into tiny classrooms with poor ventilation with kids sent to school sick because their parents are bad and lazy parents.

Clearly you don't have kids in APS. What is this BS you speak of about being crammed into tiny classrooms? they will be hybrid with kids 6 feet apart. and the teachers are getting vaccinated!! So are their parents that you speak of. time to deal with it.

Liar. Most parents are NOT eligible yet.

But the teachers are getting the vaccine, and everyone is wearing a mask, and they are washing hands and social distancing.. come on man.

[Anonymous]

According to Duran's email last night sounds like there will be funding issues. I wonder how that will impact schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers are scared for a reason. They don't want to get sick and they don't want to bring home the virus to their unvaccinated family. They think their lives, and the lives of their families, are more important than your kid getting an education. It is hard to disagree with them. When you walk in their shoes then you can criticize. But you aren't the one being crammed into tiny classrooms with poor ventilation with kids sent to school sick because their parents are bad and lazy parents.

Clearly you don't have kids in APS. What is this BS you speak of about being crammed into tiny classrooms? they will be hybrid with kids 6 feet apart. and the teachers are getting vaccinated!! So are their parents that you speak of. time to deal with it.

Liar. Most parents are NOT eligible yet.

But the teachers are getting the vaccine, and everyone is wearing a mask, and they are washing hands and social distancing.. come on man.

Many - not all - teachers have been vaccinated. My son’s teacher hasn’t been able to get an appt yet.

Many people wear masks - not all. Not always well-fitting or properly worn. Cover your nose, people.

Many people socially distance - not all. Many also have Covid fatigue and have been socializing more than they’d admit. It’s funny what slips out in conversation. How many kids were at that sleepover?

And, to my point, MOST parents haven’t been vaccinated. Most aren’t even eligible yet.

FWIW, my kids are going back but I can understand the teacher’s concern.