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BY ELI YOKLEY
February 17, 2021 at 6:00 am ET
... According to a new Morning Consult/Politico poll, 55 percent of voters said states should wait to reopen schools until teachers have received the vaccine, while 34 percent said schools should be reopened as soon as possible, even if not every teacher has been vaccinated ...
https://morningconsult.com/2021/02/17/teachers-vaccine-covid-school-reopening-poll/
BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)as well as a whole new ventilation system in the school. There are no windows in many schools.
Irish_Dem
(45,619 posts)Poiuyt
(18,087 posts)I was wondering about this the other day.
BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)in slowing the spread of Covid. I think individual states, cities and school districts are addressing this. Of course school districts are broke, no $$$ to upgrade the old ventilation systems. That is where the individual districts have to decide what their priorities are. Schools with low income families will suffer the most, as usual. It seems that the inner city schools have the problem more than districts who are more suburban.
I do not trust any of them since I have a lot of experience with this. The $$$ is the priority over the students' or staffs' health. This is why we need the unions to protect the kids and staff. CTA (CA Teachers Assoc) is running tons of ads on TV in CA pushing for safer schools, including ventilation. I am glad to see that!!
Baitball Blogger
(46,572 posts)kick.
MichMan
(11,780 posts)Why are so many people refusing to believe what the scientific experts at the CDC say ?
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BannonsLiver
(16,161 posts)Celerity
(42,638 posts)a person's worldview, preconceptions, or agenda.
MiniMe
(21,676 posts)How do they think the kids will react if their teachers start dying?
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)in class for a year. Thats just way too long. And, roughly half these kids live in white wing homes.
Cicada
(4,533 posts)Once the Johnson and Johnson vaccine is approved we can add another million vaccines every day, getting us up to four million injections daily. We can do this in time for full summer school enrollment.
AwakeAtLast
(14,112 posts)I see 600 students in person per week and have been since August. Thank you Governor Pritzker!
I am so much less stressed about going into the buildings in which I teach.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)It should be done.