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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids won't be back in classroom until January, at the earliest. Do you want to dump your kids in school or do you want the kids, teachers, and staff to be safe? [/quote]

They are basically one and the same, as long as those who are vulnerable (obese, over 65) isolate themselves.[/quote]

Who do you think is going to be left to run and teach in this school? Serious, non-snarky question. Once you remove everyone with high risk for COVID, who is left?[/quote]

PP, in my anecdotal experience at least, there are plenty of teachers in MCPS who are not obese and/or over 65.[/quote]

I can think of 20 teachers on our staff of over 100 who would be left. Even a lot of the young ones are obese or have health issues. I go on outdoor ed and day field trips so I know who is diabetic, asthmatic, or has a heart condition. There are two Type I diabetics under 32. Then there’s people like me who live with highly vulnerable family members. [/quote]

80% of MCPS teaching staff at your school is old or in ill health? Wow. What's up with that?[/quote]
I am a teacher in my twenties who exercises seven days a week and has no underlying conditions. My husband has a history of major lung surgery and we live with a family member who donated a vital organ to his dying brother. I realize that my family isn't important to you-I know this because your family isn't important to me. See how that works? The health and well-being of my family will always be paramount to providing childcare so other people can work.[/quote]

Maybe being a teacher isn't for you then. Do you also stay home for the entirety of flu season every year? What about when someone in your class get strep throat? Do you go ahead and stay out for a month just in case?

As someone who also works with children it's not a career that has ever been completely risk free. EVER. Kids get sick and have the potential to spread illness.  If you aren't willing to accept ANY risk of that then really you shouldn't be teaching at all-pandemic or otherwise.[/quote]
No, and last year the majority of my class got the flu. And then a few days later so did I, and then so did my family. I wonder if it had anything to do with the kids who kept coming in with fevers and coughs, whose parents refused to answer the phone when we called them to report they were ill, and who put everything in their mouths. Or maybe when they asked me to help them blow their noses, or when they sneezed directly on me, or when they didn't wash their hands after using the bathroom. Probably not, though, by your calculations! 
This is not the flu, it is not a cold, and it is not an acceptable level of risk. We know this because our entire global society shut down to prevent the spread, and even so 428,000 people have died. You are free to go lick door knobs or attend a 300,000 person Trump rally in Tulsa or whatever it is you do for fun. Other people don't need to expose themselves to COVID so you can work. Sorry! Maybe it's you who should change careers, and find something more flexible that will allow you to take care of YOUR children during hybrid instruction in the fall. 
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