Is there any evidence that a teacher has died from COVID that was transmitted from a student?

[Anonymous]

Please give link(s) to any evidence of a teacher getting COVID from a student and subsequently dying of COVID in the entire USA.

TIA

[Anonymous]

It’s probably hard to prove because kids are often asymptomatic. By the time someone else gets infected and shows symptoms, it’ll be hard to trace where it came from.

[Anonymous]

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/14/890716897/teacher-recovering-from-covid-19-says-school-reopening-is-tough-decision

[Anonymous]

Rates in kids of COVID has been increasing. So, yes, it is very possible some of the many teachers who have died got it from students.

https://services.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/children-and-covid-19-state-level-data-report/

70,640 new child COVID-19 cases were reported the past week from 2/11/21-2/18/21 (3,033,370 to 3,104,010)

Over two weeks, 2/4/21-2/18/21, there was a 6% increase in the cumulated number of child COVID-19 cases (169,718 new cases (2,934,292 to 3,104,010))

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/14/890716897/teacher-recovering-from-covid-19-says-school-reopening-is-tough-decision

This is not evidence. The teachers could have easily given it to each other, and one got it from somewhere else.

[Anonymous]

How many MCPS teachers have died of COVID?

Who many GA/FLA teachers have died of COvID?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/14/890716897/teacher-recovering-from-covid-19-says-school-reopening-is-tough-decision

This is not evidence. The teachers could have easily given it to each other, and one got it from somewhere else.

Testing and contact tracing is so bad/community spread is so prevalent that in many circumstances it's not going to be possible to rule out every other possibility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please give link(s) to any evidence of a teacher getting COVID from a student and subsequently dying of COVID in the entire USA.

TIA

We get it. You want schools to open.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/14/890716897/teacher-recovering-from-covid-19-says-school-reopening-is-tough-decision

This is not evidence. The teachers could have easily given it to each other, and one got it from somewhere else.

Testing and contact tracing is so bad/community spread is so prevalent that in many circumstances it's not going to be possible to rule out every other possibility.

I know you all like to robotically repeat this, but anywhere with a positivity rate of less than 5% is doing adequate testing. Moreover, at least in MD, the vast majority of cases are contact traced.

Do you actually research before you form opinions?

[Anonymous]

There is a ton of evidence that people who have in person (essential) jobs for at a higher rate. Why would it be different for teachers.

[Anonymous]

If they don't test everyone in the school weekly, its impossible to know the spread.

[Anonymous]

They don’t know where or from whom ANYONE got COVID. Our contact tracing isn’t that sophisticated. That doesn’t mean that it is miraculously the case that this one type of transmission (of a highly contagious respiratory virus) is impossible.
We do know that teachers have higher rates of COVID than the community, kids are disproportionally asymptomatic, and kids transmit COVID. Those are all facts. It’s crazy and disingenuous to pretend otherwise.

[Anonymous]

The evidence suggests that teachers are more likely to give it to students than the other way around. Also, teachers get it because they have lunch meetings with other teachers and don't wear masks during other encounters with other teachers. https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/cdc-study-teachers-key-covid-19-infections-district-76045608

[Anonymous]

What evidence that a nurse got it from a patient? Or a grocery worker from a customer? Or a bus driver from a passenger?

Teachers can, have, and will spread it to each other because teachers are forced to share classrooms and other poorly ventilated spaces. Since teachers can only use the bathroom in between classes, they often cram into multi-stall staff restrooms at the same time. Will we ask teachers to hold their bladders all day or wear diapers? Or should they just leave classes unattended so they can stagger bathroom breaks? Likewise, workrooms are often unventilated spaces where teachers have to go to pickup mail, make copies, and call parents. If you want hard copy worksheets rather than screens, you are going to need teachers to line up to make copies during their planning periods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What evidence that a nurse got it from a patient? Or a grocery worker from a customer? Or a bus driver from a passenger?

Teachers can, have, and will spread it to each other because teachers are forced to share classrooms and other poorly ventilated spaces. Since teachers can only use the bathroom in between classes, they often cram into multi-stall staff restrooms at the same time. Will we ask teachers to hold their bladders all day or wear diapers? Or should they just leave classes unattended so they can stagger bathroom breaks? Likewise, workrooms are often unventilated spaces where teachers have to go to pickup mail, make copies, and call parents. If you want hard copy worksheets rather than screens, you are going to need teachers to line up to make copies during their planning periods.

Wear a mask. Planes are completely full. Flight Attendants are unvaccinated. And people wear masks and there are no mass outbreaks. I don't understand why you think classrooms are worse than planes?