Current Events > why is it every other job has been working or wants to go back to work

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except teachers? They fighting tooth and nail to get paid and not work. What's going on?

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You know teachers are working remotely right? And in a lot of ways it is more work to be an effective teacher remotely?

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Teachers have unions who can push back against attempts to make them work in unsafe conditions.

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teachers have been working though and just because I can't work remotely or get paid to sit at home doesn't mean I want teachers forced into schools.

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Willy_Lopez posted...

except teachers? They fighting tooth and nail to get paid and not work. What's going on?

13k people died of covid in America the last like 5 days or so.

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No

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Willy_Lopez posted...

except teachers? They fighting tooth and nail to get paid and not work. What's going on?

Its almost as if theyre in close contact with 30+ people for a whole day (elementary) or 5 or 6 rounds of 30+ people for about an hour.

Teachers arent magically immune to COVID, you know.

Aside from teacher-librarians, but theyre actually more closely related to squamates. Sssssssssssh!

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Antifar posted...

Teachers have unions who can push back against attempts to make them work in unsafe conditions.

Even then it's not really that many that are doing totally remote

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/health/coronavirus-schools-reopening/

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Is there any evidence that in places where schools are still open, that teachers are at anymore risk than the rest of the population?

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Teachers are working more than usual in my country
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AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

Is there any evidence that in places where schools are still open, that teachers are at anymore risk than the rest of the population?

They deal with hundreds of people a day in person. And unless school changed since I was there the classes are the ones that move from room to room and not the teachers in high school. I had I think 8 classes back then with around 20 students in it on average. Meaning I'm in contact with like 160. Take that 160 and multiply it by 20 again and a teacher is swimming in a potential cross contamination pool of 3200 possible people exposed to other people.

That's bullshit given they barely make a living wage, if they're lucky enough to get that, that they're expected by anyone to have no problems working.

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Teachers are some of the most at risk
they're in a closed room with windows open for about 30-60 minutes depending with up to 30 or more close contacts

Here they aren't even considered closed contacts because it was 'breaking' the database for the government
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Also, setting aside the teachers themselves, there also the effects on kids that we still don't know much about
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/health/covid-children-inflammatory-syndrome.html

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Willy_Lopez posted...

except teachers? They fighting tooth and nail to get paid and not work. What's going on?

Well Im sure most of them like to teach & would do it for free, they need some $$$ to pay bills, etc. also in the us at least teachers have been kind of getting snubbed on wages.

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every other job isn't. And other jobs just have the employees...Schools also have hundreds of students, many young students, young students who don't care about staying clean, social distancing or sanitizing. Its a super spreader waiting to happen.

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Makeveli_lives posted...

They deal with hundreds of people a day in person. And unless school changed since I was there the classes are the ones that move from room to room and not the teachers in high school. I had I think 8 classes back then with around 20 students in it on average. Meaning I'm in contact with like 160. Take that 160 and multiply it by 20 again and a teacher is swimming in a potential cross contamination pool of 3200 possible people exposed to other people.

That's bullshit given they barely make a living wage, if they're lucky enough to get that, that they're expected by anyone to have no problems working.

https://tinyurl.com/5f1i0wsf
Article is a few months old, but it sounds like schools aren't a hot spot. Has there been any contradicting evidence released lately?

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Whos alt that has <1 year of karma but is almost 10 years old.
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If the pandemic has taught us anything, its that grocery store clerks are more of a hero than teachers ever will be. Or that teachers are basically unneeded and useless.

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