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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And just a reminder of the danger that Covid-19 poses for teachers, today one of the Brooklyn PS is commemorating the first anniversary of the teacher who died in their school from Covid-19.  She contracted the virus on March 17 and passed on April 5.  NYCPS had several teacher deaths last year, this was the first.[/quote]

Literally every profession has had deaths this year. Frankly, it doesn't sound like a high number for educators compared to others.[/quote][/quote]

NYC public schools had 30 teachers and 49 deaths of staff by the middle of May 2020.  That sounds pretty high for a profession that does not absolutely need to be in-person.  Yes, it is better in-person, but not better enough to risk teachers lives.
[url]https://abc7ny.com/teacher-deaths-doe-department-of-education-schools/6173896/[/url]

[quote]NYC public schools shut down before March 17, so if the dates are right, this was unrelated.[/quote]

After schools closed, the teachers were required to attend in-person training in schools with other teachers and school board staff to learn how they were going to be conducting distance learning.  It was during this training that the teacher was infected.  March 17, the teachers were sent a notice in the early hours of the morning instructing them not to report to school and that further instructions would be pending.  It wasn't until later that they learned that there was a positive Covid-19 case from one of the teachers.  From other teachers, this teacher had been careful and had not left her place since school closed down except to report to work as required.[/quote]

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