The Arizona teacher who died had Lupus, Diabetes and Asthma / those affected qualify for paid leave

[Anonymous]

For every teacher I have discussed this with, the concern has been the transmission within the classroom to the other two teachers, not the unfortunate death.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The NYC Department of Education just released the medical conditions that qualify people to teach from home:
Age (65 + by December 31 2020)
Chronic Kidney Disease
COPD
Immunocompromised state
Heart condition
Sickle cell disease
Type 2 diabetes
Asthma
Cerebrovascular disease
Cystic fibrosis
Hypertension or high blood pressure
Liver disease
Neurologic conditions, such as dementia
Pregnancy
Pulmonary fibrosis
Obesity (BMI >30)
Smoking
Thalassemia
Type 1 Diabetes
and "Other" which you fill in

That's a lot of people.

Smoking is a medical condition?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The headline should have read: older person with multiple pre existing conditions got COVID and died. While students and two other teachers working with her didn’t. But that’s not a headline.

You think the headline should say that "students doing distance learning from home didn't catch COVID from their teacher"? Is that news? There are a lot of unanswered questions about COVID, but we do know it's not spread via the internet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She was teaching remotely FROM her classroom. She was overweight and had several health conditions that made her high risk. I don't understand why she couldn't have taught from home. Nobody knows where she picked up the virus. It could have been anywhere.

Missing the point again.

[Anonymous]

“Teacher Brought Covid into Classroom and Infected Other Teachers Who Socially Distanced. Schools Totally Safe for 150+ Staff Members to Work Together!”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The point people are making about that case is that is shows that the measures being touted for keeping people free of the virus in classrooms don't work.

Similarly, for all the people saying kid-kid transmission doesn't happen, camps are proving that is wrong too. Kids were the first people pulled and protected when the virus began to spread; that is likely why there was low transmission. Where kids are getting together now while the virus is still spreading, kids are getting it (camps, vacations, parties, etc.).

She was misdiagnosed with a sinus infection in early June. The recommendations for going back to school includes not having teachers in the same room together. Also, as multiple of her family members had it, including her adult children, odds are she picked it up at home, and spread it to the other two teachers, not the other way around.

[Anonymous]

I have 3 pre-existing conditions as well it can’t get paid to work from home as a private school teacher! I was told I can ask for a portable air filter or air purifier for every single classroom I will be teaching in. However, once I get COVID I can get the 12 weeks of 100% paid emergency leave under the CARES act.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The NYC Department of Education just released the medical conditions that qualify people to teach from home:
Age (65 + by December 31 2020)
Chronic Kidney Disease
COPD
Immunocompromised state
Heart condition
Sickle cell disease
Type 2 diabetes
Asthma
Cerebrovascular disease
Cystic fibrosis
Hypertension or high blood pressure
Liver disease
Neurologic conditions, such as dementia
Pregnancy
Pulmonary fibrosis
Obesity (BMI >30)
Smoking
Thalassemia
Type 1 Diabetes
and "Other" which you fill in

That's a lot of people.

Smoking is a medical condition?

The list is from the CDC. I don't think they're allowed to pick and choose from the identified factors that make people more susceptible to a severe COVID infection.