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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Why a teacher chooses to remain virtual is really none of your business. Your child gets to be back in the classroom, amongst peers. Isn't this the main reason why most parents wanted their kids back in school - for mental health issues resulting from isolation? Yes, having an in person teacher is better but your kid will be okay if one or two classes are taught virtually while kids are in the classroom. Your demand that all teachers return in person is just plain selfish. You don't know the personal situation of those choosing to remain virtual. Maybe they have an at risk family member who hasn't been vaccinated. I personally know of one teacher who has a child going through cancer treatments. Obviously, this child can't be vaccinated and is at high risk. Yes, the teacher is vaccinated so she probably won't fall ill with Covid, but being around unvaccinated kids all day, she can still get silently infected and could pass it on to her child. She shouldn't have to take that risk. Simply, whatever a teacher's reason is, you don't need to know it as it's none of your business. Teaching is a tough job and those who choose that profession choose it because they care. Why don't you try to have some compassion and stop thinking just about yourself?[/quote]

Because I am a law enforcement agent, and have been back at work prior to receiving my first vaccine, despite the fact that my husband has a condition that renders him high risk, and has yet to be vaccinated.   I honestly cannot imaging anyone in my line of work refusing to return unless they personally had a medical condition and an assocaited reasonable accomodation under the ADA, and if they did, they would no longer be employed.[/quote]

I hear what you're saying. I also hear what teachers are saying.

Are you in a small room for up to 4 hours at a time with 8-10 unvaccinated teenagers who are allowed to unmask for 1/2 hour to eat breakfast, and then to unmask for 1/2 hour for lunch, and then to unmask for 2 mask breaks during that 4 hours?  Probably not. The teachers' arguments about safety are valid given those considerations. It is why we're keeping our tweens and teens home. I don't want my kid in that environment, either.

While I applaud your service I hope you recognize that your work conditions are greatly different from that of a teacher.  In my opinion, your risk is much lower because you don't have the extended duration and same proximity with asymptomatic super-spreaders.[/quote]

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