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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look, the unions are going to keep coming up with excuses to keep schools closed until the public pressure becomes too much. When one excuse is refuted, they'll move onto the next. First, it was that keeping schools closed was necessary to prevent spread. Then when studies showed that spread was low in schools, they said teachers had to be vaccinated. Once teachers had access to the vaccine they started saying students needed to be vaccinated. When public health officials said student vaccination was unnecessary, it became that other adults in the household needed to be vaccinated. Now you are also hearing about new variants, though experts say the vaccines are likely effective against those. And don't forget antiquated ventilation systems. Every time some reason for not going back is refuted, they will find another one.

But it's not just unions. It's the general fear of school boards to make any decisions, to take responsibility for them. That I think is an even bigger challenge to reopening. These people are politicians and like most politicians prefer inaction and don't want to be connected to any decision.[/quote]

https://www.the74million.org/article/analysis-teachers-unions-want-a-seat-at-the-table-when-it-comes-to-reopening-schools-but-they-dont-want-it-to-be-the-hot-seat-thats-why-they-keep-moving-the-goalposts/

[quote]Unions want a seat at the table, but they don’t want it to be the hot seat. Despite the growing criticism of teachers unions for keeping schools closed, they can defend their position by citing the health and safety of their members and students. Once they commit to a specific and objective set of protections, they are declaring schools “safe” if those protections are put in place.

But what if those protections don’t make schools safe? Students will still be unvaccinated, and it looks like a considerable percentage of school employees will be unvaccinated, whether due to pregnancy, allergy or choice. If the vaccine is 95 percent effective, that still leaves 5 percent who may contract the virus.

Some school employees will get sick. Some might even die. What union wants any accountability for the conditions under which such tragedies could happen?[/quote]

Replace union with school board, and it's still the same.[/quote]

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