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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ah, I see I shouldn’t try to reason with hateful people. If you think the WTU is evil I no longer care. Honestly it doesn’t change my job or have any real meaningful impact on my life.

I guess it just is hurtful seeing parents get so angry at teachers for asking for safety measures. As a self-contained teacher 90% of my students will NOT wear masks, so yes I do expect the other safety methods to be implemented.

Call me lazy or whatever, DL is so much harder than in person and more annoying to plan. I hate it and would rather start in person now, honestly winter hybrid scares me more. I’m not sure why people don’t understand that most humans fear death, the media has perpetuated this and the US has the highest Covid-19 related deaths.

I know who I am and if the district says return in person I will do so. Continue this conversation about evil teachers, in 1-2 years time this will just be a memory.[/quote]

The reason so many people are frustrated with teachers is that hardly anyone in DC has coronavirus. The numbers are extremely low. Why can’t schools open right now? Schools across the country have opened, in person, with significantly more coronavirus cases than we have in the District without any problems. And daycares are open here. Private schools are open. Camps are open, all without incident (and not to mention restaurants and gyms and museums). It would be one thing if we were a hotspot but we are anything but. We are a coronavirus cold spot.

https://covidactnow.org/us/dc?s=1033220

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Why ask me? I honestly have no idea except for fear mongering. Getting constant emails about safety, being bombarded by death in the media, it makes me scared. A virus is different than being hit by a car.

Is it really safe for older people? 50% plus teachers are older or have comorbidities.

What districts have been hybrid for 2 months or more?

Like I stated, I’ll go back but I would like DCPS to do the minimum since my kids can’t or won’t wear masks. Is that too much to ask? [/quote]

Exactly. We don’t know what a low-enough level of coronavirus cases is because we’re not experts. But experts do know, and they’ve established metrics for safely reopening schools and you know what? DC meets every major organization’s standards. Our positivity rate, our infection rate, our number of new cases are all comfortably within recommendations. When teachers still balk, and say they still work, it looks to a lot of people like their objections don’t actually have much to do with coronavirus.[/quote]

But what districts have been doing hybrid for 2 months or more?

And the experts always leave things out, Dr. Fauci dropped at the end of Jennifer Garderner’s Instagram live no less, that vitamin D and E are helpful against Covid-19, yet never said that in the news...

I will do my job in person but not because I trust health experts but because it’s my job. Again is asking DCPS to help protect self contained teachers too much? I just need cleaning supplies and decent ventilation. [/quote]

Why would school being open for two months somewhere be the relevant metric? Obviously you know that no school districts in the US go back in early July EVER, so how would it possibly be that a US school district has been open for hybrid 2 months. These facile questions are exactly why people get frustrated with teachers. [/quote]

And skipping over questions is why teachers know parents don’t care about lives other than their children’s. Which is fine but don’t lie and say it’s all good.[/quote]

I didn't actually skip over the question. It is implied in my answer that I'm not aware of any schools that have been open 2 months, because why would they be? Maybe some one-off year round school somewhere, but there is no major public school district in the country that goes back to school in early July. But I like that you skipped my questions entirely. No implied answer. Nothing. Just avoided. I asked why your question was relevant. Why does 2 months matter?[/quote]

Is asking dc to protect self contained teachers too much[/quote]

What protection are you asking for? You haven't actually made any concrete allegation re: what you're asking for that DCPS is not providing. You asked for a school district that's been open 2 months, but have refused to explain why that's a reasonable metric. Your only other posts say you're unreasonably scared of the media portrayal of COVID despite the positive public health data in DC. If your kids won't wear masks, wear an N-95 yourself. You haven't spoken to any specific challenges that others don't face.[/quote]

I did haha. Also why the hell should I have to find n-95 masks myself? And I have, besides doctors if your kid won’t wear a mask parents don’t bring them to stores.

Sigh this is why we aren’t going back, everyone is talking just to talk, not listen.[/quote]

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