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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are many many fewer people authorized virtual. I am an APS teacher and many educators are discussing this on our private discussion group. Not a single person so far has said they were authorized this time around. No one who is pregnant, breastfeeding, has an at risk family member in their home.[/quote]

My pregnant teacher got an ADA waiver, and she told me if she didn’t, she’d quit. [/quote]

Wow- I’m an APS teacher and that is the first pregnant waiver I’ve heard of. Most have been given a short term accommodation to not have to show up until students actually return. But once that starts they must show up.[/quote]

I am 100% “open schools now” and even i think pregnant teachers should get waivers. I would be uncomfortable taking the vaccine when pregnant and now that it’s clear teachers aren’t coming back until they are vaccinated, pregnant folks should be accommodate for DL. Everyone else that probably would have been accommodate is now being offered the vaccine, so they should be back. I don’t get the nursing accommodations.  They should be getting the vaccine. [/quote]

I understand why pregnant women would be hesitant as it is a new vaccine. Most likely in time it will be routinely recommended like Flu and Tdap for pregnant women. I know teachers (3)that worked in other states that opened back in August and all within the last month had healthy babies. 1 thinks she had a mild case of COVID while pregnant.I am not certain if COVID-19 crosses the placenta or not from mom to baby,but unknown at this point.  At any rate don't think I would be comfortable going back , and CDC says pregnant women are at higher risk of contracting COVID as with any in infection due to immune compromise a pregnant body naturally has. Newborns are said to be at low risk of having COVID.  If mom were to get COVID would probably be told to keep breastfeeding to build babies immunity to it as they are told with any other infection or bug. NO mom wants to die before seeing their baby, I'm just saying it should be the staff choice to come back or not if pregnant. It is too bad front line workers in other professions don't get this accommodation though. [/quote]

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