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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teachers do want everyone to keep masking. 50% of us teachers have gotten sick, a significant percentage of that have long-COVID with long-term complications including heart and lung issues. Parents aren't allowed in schools right now (at least not many or for long periods) so I'm not sure what the huge concern is that they think is happening? Kids have been amazing at wearing masks, we do it all day, and its really not a problem to do so. I guarantee you that we will lose many, many older, high-risk and veteran teachers if a mask mandate is dropped this year. So take your pick - do you want qualified, veteran teachers providing high-quality instruction to masked kids or do you want maskless kids learning from substitutes - who at this point can be high school graduates, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, volunteers, etc. Which is it?[/quote]

Can you post a link to the data that shows that 50% of DCPS teachers had Covid? And how do you know that "a significant percentage" have long-term complications? Is this just your anecdotal impression, or is there some actual evidence for this claim?

And what does the mask mandate for kids have to do with parents not being allowed in schools? The parents aren't worried about themselves wearing masks if they were to enter a school.[/quote]

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