When do we get data on how many teachers are vaccinated?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Last I checked, teachers are paid with tax dollars. That gives the public the right to know if their children are being taught by some crazy anti-vaxxer.

Great, and are you going to step in and teach this year?

Are anti-vaxxers cool now if they are teachers? This is the level of support we need to show teachers? Seriously?

Well I think the “our tax dollars entitle us to medical records” part was what caused the PP to say that. Sorry if I’m wrong but that’s what I assumed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last I checked, teachers are paid with tax dollars. That gives the public the right to know if their children are being taught by some crazy anti-vaxxer.

Great, and are you going to step in and teach this year?

Are anti-vaxxers cool now if they are teachers? This is the level of support we need to show teachers? Seriously?

Well I think the “our tax dollars entitle us to medical records” part was what caused the PP to say that. Sorry if I’m wrong but that’s what I assumed

It’s a pandemic and we give students’ medical records to the school in normal times. Surely teachers can do the same regarding just vaccines. Why is this different? Students have been tested for COVID, even, meaning we’ve collected medical information on them at schools. Seems like a higher invasion of privacy. But we did that because we care about public health and stopping a pandemic.

Honestly you’re really making the profession look bad here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last I checked, teachers are paid with tax dollars. That gives the public the right to know if their children are being taught by some crazy anti-vaxxer.

Great, and are you going to step in and teach this year?

Are anti-vaxxers cool now if they are teachers? This is the level of support we need to show teachers? Seriously?

Well I think the “our tax dollars entitle us to medical records” part was what caused the PP to say that. Sorry if I’m wrong but that’s what I assumed

That’s not what the PP said. Rates of vaccination are not the same as info on individuals, anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last I checked, teachers are paid with tax dollars. That gives the public the right to know if their children are being taught by some crazy anti-vaxxer.

Great, and are you going to step in and teach this year?

Are anti-vaxxers cool now if they are teachers? This is the level of support we need to show teachers? Seriously?

Well I think the “our tax dollars entitle us to medical records” part was what caused the PP to say that. Sorry if I’m wrong but that’s what I assumed

It’s a pandemic and we give students’ medical records to the school in normal times. Surely teachers can do the same regarding just vaccines. Why is this different? Students have been tested for COVID, even, meaning we’ve collected medical information on them at schools. Seems like a higher invasion of privacy. But we did that because we care about public health and stopping a pandemic.

Honestly you’re really making the profession look bad here.

Darn, anonymous person who clearly already hated teachers hates them one level more.

[Anonymous]

I haven’t seen anyone demand the individual vaccination status of an individual teacher in this thread (or even on any thread). I don’t really think that’s what anyone is asking for. The issues seem to be about
—increasing safety in schools by having high vaccination rates among those who can get the vaccine
—lowering likelihood of school disruptions in the future for quarantines, which is important for students’ education and educators’ sanity
—trusting that teachers as a whole were being truthful when they argued they wanted to be safe in schools before returning.
—confirming that vaccine refusal isn’t a very common thing among teachers (at least for me, I would be very concerned with the DC education system if a significant portion of educators were anti-vaxxers)


None of those issues requires knowing anything about individual medical records. It’s just about collecting data (with common privacy safeguards that are already used) and reporting rates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last I checked, teachers are paid with tax dollars. That gives the public the right to know if their children are being taught by some crazy anti-vaxxer.

Great, and are you going to step in and teach this year?

Are anti-vaxxers cool now if they are teachers? This is the level of support we need to show teachers? Seriously?

Well I think the “our tax dollars entitle us to medical records” part was what caused the PP to say that. Sorry if I’m wrong but that’s what I assumed

It’s a pandemic and we give students’ medical records to the school in normal times. Surely teachers can do the same regarding just vaccines. Why is this different? Students have been tested for COVID, even, meaning we’ve collected medical information on them at schools. Seems like a higher invasion of privacy. But we did that because we care about public health and stopping a pandemic.

Honestly you’re really making the profession look bad here.

Darn, anonymous person who clearly already hated teachers hates them one level more.

Useful comeback, anti-vaxxed supporter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last I checked, teachers are paid with tax dollars. That gives the public the right to know if their children are being taught by some crazy anti-vaxxer.

Great, and are you going to step in and teach this year?

Are anti-vaxxers cool now if they are teachers? This is the level of support we need to show teachers? Seriously?

Well I think the “our tax dollars entitle us to medical records” part was what caused the PP to say that. Sorry if I’m wrong but that’s what I assumed

It’s a pandemic and we give students’ medical records to the school in normal times. Surely teachers can do the same regarding just vaccines. Why is this different? Students have been tested for COVID, even, meaning we’ve collected medical information on them at schools. Seems like a higher invasion of privacy. But we did that because we care about public health and stopping a pandemic.

Honestly you’re really making the profession look bad here.

Darn, anonymous person who clearly already hated teachers hates them one level more.

Sorry does making a comment about an important public health issue that involves the safety of children require me to first state my undying fealty to teachers? Surely there is a way to discuss a very valid concern that many parents have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last I checked, teachers are paid with tax dollars. That gives the public the right to know if their children are being taught by some crazy anti-vaxxer.

Great, and are you going to step in and teach this year?

Are anti-vaxxers cool now if they are teachers? This is the level of support we need to show teachers? Seriously?

Well I think the “our tax dollars entitle us to medical records” part was what caused the PP to say that. Sorry if I’m wrong but that’s what I assumed

It’s a pandemic and we give students’ medical records to the school in normal times. Surely teachers can do the same regarding just vaccines. Why is this different? Students have been tested for COVID, even, meaning we’ve collected medical information on them at schools. Seems like a higher invasion of privacy. But we did that because we care about public health and stopping a pandemic.

Honestly you’re really making the profession look bad here.

Darn, anonymous person who clearly already hated teachers hates them one level more.

Sorry does making a comment about an important public health issue that involves the safety of children require me to first state my undying fealty to teachers? Surely there is a way to discuss a very valid concern that many parents have.

It’s been regurgitated on here so many times, and please see Jeff’s most recent comment regarding why he deleted the last thread. You are all assuming poor intentions (see: person who called me an anti-vax support which just no). We’ll get the data when we get it but the fear mongering that you all do on here assuming teachers have bad intentions regarding that vaccine and school safety are exactly the disrespect I am referencing. Just like you, we are well educated hard working professionals. Stop thinking that we spend all of our time chilling on the couch and coming up with ways to get off work; it would be a lot easier to work together if there wasn’t all this nastiness

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t seen anyone demand the individual vaccination status of an individual teacher in this thread (or even on any thread). I don’t really think that’s what anyone is asking for. The issues seem to be about
—increasing safety in schools by having high vaccination rates among those who can get the vaccine
—lowering likelihood of school disruptions in the future for quarantines, which is important for students’ education and educators’ sanity
—trusting that teachers as a whole were being truthful when they argued they wanted to be safe in schools before returning.
—confirming that vaccine refusal isn’t a very common thing among teachers (at least for me, I would be very concerned with the DC education system if a significant portion of educators were anti-vaxxers)


None of those issues requires knowing anything about individual medical records. It’s just about collecting data (with common privacy safeguards that are already used) and reporting rates.

Maybe not on DCUM but parents have asked me directly if I'm vaccinated. When the answer was "no" (because it was early February), they asked when I was getting the shot. Also when our school reopened for more families during Term 4 parents again asked my principal which teachers were vaccinated and which weren't. Of course some teachers chose to volunteer that information.

My person health records are no ones business. I understand the purpose, but this sets a precedent on what could come with DCPS requiring personal information. My health records are mine. Yes your tax $ helps to pay my salary, but as a district resident of over 20 years, my tax $ also pays my salary. You don't get more say than me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last I checked, teachers are paid with tax dollars. That gives the public the right to know if their children are being taught by some crazy anti-vaxxer.

Great, and are you going to step in and teach this year?

Are anti-vaxxers cool now if they are teachers? This is the level of support we need to show teachers? Seriously?

Well I think the “our tax dollars entitle us to medical records” part was what caused the PP to say that. Sorry if I’m wrong but that’s what I assumed

It’s a pandemic and we give students’ medical records to the school in normal times. Surely teachers can do the same regarding just vaccines. Why is this different? Students have been tested for COVID, even, meaning we’ve collected medical information on them at schools. Seems like a higher invasion of privacy. But we did that because we care about public health and stopping a pandemic.

Honestly you’re really making the profession look bad here.

Darn, anonymous person who clearly already hated teachers hates them one level more.

Sorry does making a comment about an important public health issue that involves the safety of children require me to first state my undying fealty to teachers? Surely there is a way to discuss a very valid concern that many parents have.

It’s been regurgitated on here so many times, and please see Jeff’s most recent comment regarding why he deleted the last thread. You are all assuming poor intentions (see: person who called me an anti-vax support which just no). We’ll get the data when we get it but the fear mongering that you all do on here assuming teachers have bad intentions regarding that vaccine and school safety are exactly the disrespect I am referencing. Just like you, we are well educated hard working professionals. Stop thinking that we spend all of our time chilling on the couch and coming up with ways to get off work; it would be a lot easier to work together if there wasn’t all this nastiness

I’d give you more benefit of the doubt if WTU was supportive of mandatory vax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t seen anyone demand the individual vaccination status of an individual teacher in this thread (or even on any thread). I don’t really think that’s what anyone is asking for. The issues seem to be about
—increasing safety in schools by having high vaccination rates among those who can get the vaccine
—lowering likelihood of school disruptions in the future for quarantines, which is important for students’ education and educators’ sanity
—trusting that teachers as a whole were being truthful when they argued they wanted to be safe in schools before returning.
—confirming that vaccine refusal isn’t a very common thing among teachers (at least for me, I would be very concerned with the DC education system if a significant portion of educators were anti-vaxxers)


None of those issues requires knowing anything about individual medical records. It’s just about collecting data (with common privacy safeguards that are already used) and reporting rates.

Maybe not on DCUM but parents have asked me directly if I'm vaccinated. When the answer was "no" (because it was early February), they asked when I was getting the shot. Also when our school reopened for more families during Term 4 parents again asked my principal which teachers were vaccinated and which weren't. Of course some teachers chose to volunteer that information.

My person health records are no ones business. I understand the purpose, but this sets a precedent on what could come with DCPS requiring personal information. My health records are mine. Yes your tax $ helps to pay my salary, but as a district resident of over 20 years, my tax $ also pays my salary. You don't get more say than me.

I agree that nobody needs to know your personal info - but aggregated numbers, yes. kids have to report their vaccinations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last I checked, teachers are paid with tax dollars. That gives the public the right to know if their children are being taught by some crazy anti-vaxxer.

Great, and are you going to step in and teach this year?

Are anti-vaxxers cool now if they are teachers? This is the level of support we need to show teachers? Seriously?

Well I think the “our tax dollars entitle us to medical records” part was what caused the PP to say that. Sorry if I’m wrong but that’s what I assumed

It’s a pandemic and we give students’ medical records to the school in normal times. Surely teachers can do the same regarding just vaccines. Why is this different? Students have been tested for COVID, even, meaning we’ve collected medical information on them at schools. Seems like a higher invasion of privacy. But we did that because we care about public health and stopping a pandemic.

Honestly you’re really making the profession look bad here.

Darn, anonymous person who clearly already hated teachers hates them one level more.

Sorry does making a comment about an important public health issue that involves the safety of children require me to first state my undying fealty to teachers? Surely there is a way to discuss a very valid concern that many parents have.

It’s been regurgitated on here so many times, and please see Jeff’s most recent comment regarding why he deleted the last thread. You are all assuming poor intentions (see: person who called me an anti-vax support which just no). We’ll get the data when we get it but the fear mongering that you all do on here assuming teachers have bad intentions regarding that vaccine and school safety are exactly the disrespect I am referencing. Just like you, we are well educated hard working professionals. Stop thinking that we spend all of our time chilling on the couch and coming up with ways to get off work; it would be a lot easier to work together if there wasn’t all this nastiness

Assuming bad intentions? No. Other groups of public workers have reported vaccination rates because it is relevant and important to the public they serve. In this case, the public served is a mostly unvaccinated population, meaning knowing the rate is even more important.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t seen anyone demand the individual vaccination status of an individual teacher in this thread (or even on any thread). I don’t really think that’s what anyone is asking for. The issues seem to be about
—increasing safety in schools by having high vaccination rates among those who can get the vaccine
—lowering likelihood of school disruptions in the future for quarantines, which is important for students’ education and educators’ sanity
—trusting that teachers as a whole were being truthful when they argued they wanted to be safe in schools before returning.
—confirming that vaccine refusal isn’t a very common thing among teachers (at least for me, I would be very concerned with the DC education system if a significant portion of educators were anti-vaxxers)


None of those issues requires knowing anything about individual medical records. It’s just about collecting data (with common privacy safeguards that are already used) and reporting rates.

Maybe not on DCUM but parents have asked me directly if I'm vaccinated. When the answer was "no" (because it was early February), they asked when I was getting the shot. Also when our school reopened for more families during Term 4 parents again asked my principal which teachers were vaccinated and which weren't. Of course some teachers chose to volunteer that information.

My person health records are no ones business. I understand the purpose, but this sets a precedent on what could come with DCPS requiring personal information. My health records are mine. Yes your tax $ helps to pay my salary, but as a district resident of over 20 years, my tax $ also pays my salary. You don't get more say than me.

A slippery slope argument? Come on. That’s barely an argument at all.

[Anonymous]

Like come on. We already have to submit info about our kids vaccination rates. They even make us submit information about dental care to receive this universal public service. And teachers think it’s too invasive to post an aggregate stat?

Give me a break.

[Anonymous]

how does it help to know if 64% or whatever of DCPS teachers are vaccinated if you don't know how many at you kid's school are? and even if you knew that 93% at your kid's school were vaccinated, what if their teacher were in the 7% that wasn't?