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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So three adults shared a space and spread the virus among each other.

This has nothing to do with schools.[/quote]

+1 there people could’ve been hospital workers, fire, police, factory, grocery store employees.

All the whining from/about teachers is getting old. No one is physically forcing you into the room, just like no one is forcing any of the other workers to go. It’s a choice. [/quote]

This kind of bass ackwards thinking is exactly the opposite kind of approach that needs to be taken during a public health crisis, much less a pandemic.  It's not about individual choices whatsoever, it needs to be about public good and weighing risks with rewards.  Calling a teacher a whiner who is concerned about their life is beyond the pale.  [/quote]

Then we have to agree to disagree. Teachers are essential to a functioning society, just like the guy checking out your groceries. [/quote]

Only in America is the discussion predominately revolving around rhetoric such as: "no one is forcing you to go back to work. It's a choice."  Do you really not get that this piecemeal kind of thinking never gets us out of this situation?  Grocery store workers are vital, teachers are vital.  And government policies greatly shape how those two populations are affected by Covid-19.  Far fewer grocery store workers died in countries that had stricter lockdowns and enforced six feet distancing in outside of store lines.  And far fewer teachers feel thrown to the wolves in other countries because they were never asked to keep teaching in conditions where virus was surging with no real metrics to ensure their safety.  You don't just say "you have to go back to work, or you should quit, it's your choice, because my child needs an education".  That's truly asinine.  I don't need my Ivy League degree in education policy to know this.  [/quote]

“Don’t whine about wanting your kids to have an education!” - says the poster with an Ivy League education. Good lord. Aren’t you glad you had teachers and got to go to school when you were younger? [/quote]

:lol: She had to throw in the ‘Ivy League’ education. So myopic. [/quote]

Says the truly myopic posters who don't see the bigger picture.  If you really think teachers should just quit if they don't feel safe, rather than having a coordinated government response with evidence based metrics, then you are the problem.  Given Covid spread in most of the country, in-person education is looking less plausible unless we are okay with more teachers dying than necessary.[/quote]

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