Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am so sick of having to explain this to people.

Here goes, again.

Many elderly people cannot self isolate. This goes beyond people living in nursing homes. Many old people are at home, but have caregivers coming in and out of their house. Many need to go to doctors appointments or are likely to wind up in hospitals where they could catch covid.

My parents have stayed at home since March except for a handful of doctors appointments. They literally have not left their house or yard. They have not seen any friends. They have only seen family outside and masked. My father got covid in mid January from a caregiver. Had he been vaccinated, perhaps he would not have gotten it.

Sorry, but if the state as an employer is going to force employees to return to in-person work, then they need to put a priority on those employees getting the protection they need.

If you are going to prioritize getting school back to in-person, then you need to prioritize teachers and staff who are exposed to far more people than the typical house-bound senior, for vaccinations. Right now, teachers are eligible, but from the large pool of teachers I know (I am not a teacher but friends with several dozen teachers), barely 10% of the teachers have been able to get vaccines.

If you have to prioritize the seniors, then you should be lobbying for delaying the hybrid start until you have sufficient teachers who are vaccinated or willing to return to work without a vaccine. 3rd quarter just started last week and will continue for 8 weeks. March 1 will be 3 weeks into the 9 week quarter. Why not push back to say that hybrid learning will begin in April with the start of the 4th quarter? That gives another 6 weeks for teachers to get vaccinated.