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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/14/890716897/teacher-recovering-from-covid-19-says-school-reopening-is-tough-decision[/quote]

This is not evidence.  The teachers could have easily given it to each other, and one got it from somewhere else.

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Or they could have gotten it in school.  But since contact trading in the US is a voluntary joke, and since positive kids often have minimal (explained away as "allergies") or no symptoms, entitled Open Er Up parents can pretend that all the teachers got it from " parties" or "vacations."  :roll: [/quote]

Exactly! When an adult has a symptom they might go get a test but when just their kid does they’re less likely to because most kids are not going to easily let you do the test. Most of my students were tested because we found out they traveled then came to school so they were immediately sent home and had to get a test before coming back (would be virtual two weeks if they refused). Then I’ve had students out for weeks because their parents were positive and they didn’t test the kid, or they did test them and they were positive. I work with a teacher who had to be out for two weeks because her adult daughter whom she lives with had tested positive. This teacher never had symptoms and had two negative tests during that time she was out. It’s a strange virus and some strands are more contagious than others. Everyone’s immunity is different too. I know of two couples who live and sleep together but only one tested positive and it appeared their spouse never got it. Then there’s sad stories like an elderly grocery store worker in Dartmouth, MA coming home and changing her clothes and bathing before even going near her husband who ended up dying from covid... and she feels she brought covid home and caused his death. :( it’s so heartbreaking. My brother in law doesn’t believe covid is real (just found out a few days ago) and says he only wears masks around my grandparents because he doesn’t want to be blamed should they get it.

I think many don’t take it seriously until it hits close to home for them. Be careful and look out for others. It’s okay to push for schools to open but also push for teachers to get the vaccine offered (sounds like it has been in the DMV area) and push for their safety. Maybe they don’t get sick but they bring it home and lose a loved one. Teachers do love their students but they love their own families and friends more. Sorry. [/quote]

Has anyone ever noticed that "bringing it home and infecting a loved one" is only a concern when teachers are talking about how they shouldn't have to go in? There is not one other profession that I am aware of where that is a consideration. Hell, we had stories about healthcare workers living in tents. If you're so worried about bringing it home from your work, go live in a tent. Get your own place to stay. It's your responsibility, no one else's.[/quote]

Are you saying that the healthcare workers who were sleeping in tents weren't concerned about bringing it home to their families?  I completely do not understand what you are saying here.  [/quote]

I think pp is saying that healthcare workers were so worried about possible infection to their families, that they opted to sleep in tents so they weren't in the house.[/quote]

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