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34. I am going to email the WH why this is bad policy. I am sure teachers have let them know

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The Director of the CDC says schools can safely reopen even if teachers are not vaccinated for Covid [View all] still_one Feb 2021 OP

Totally AGAINST this bluestarone Feb 2021 #1

Will kids wear masks, social distance, wash hands most of the time? Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #2

Hell no, they like adults get complacent. Where I live the kids are don't want to kill their parents uponit7771 Feb 2021 #12

Yes they do jcgoldie Feb 2021 #22

Good for them! I would not have expected this. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #25

I hear you jcgoldie Feb 2021 #29

Come to think of it, when I am out, the younger generation wears masks and wears them correctly. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #31

" so the classes start earlier and are done by 12:30 " This is why. My daughter asked her friends if uponit7771 Feb 2021 #28

That's what they're doing with my sons' school. Crunchy Frog Feb 2021 #35

As a retired speech-language pathologist who worked in schools phylny Feb 2021 #43

My daughter has been teaching hybrid since September and the school is pushing for ft in person. seaglass Feb 2021 #44

Especially with the variant strains coming. I don't expect my child OnDoutside Feb 2021 #3

Oh wow !! I don't think the CDC in the US knows this, I seriously have been lurking CV data ... uponit7771 Feb 2021 #11

I'll dig out where I read that and post it OnDoutside Feb 2021 #13

WOW !!! That UK and S Africa is a mutha ... I don't know if you get US telivision but we're not bein uponit7771 Feb 2021 #19

Here OnDoutside Feb 2021 #30

👍 uponit7771 Feb 2021 #32

For an update OnDoutside Feb 2021 #40

She's a new Biden appointment. He can relieve her of duty if she keeps pushing this shite. nt Celerity Feb 2021 #4

She isn't the only one, there are other respectable physicians who agree with that. Even with still_one Feb 2021 #15

+1, looked it up ... there are only 4 million k-12 teachers in the US and it should take 1 week to uponit7771 Feb 2021 #27

I am going to email the WH why this is bad policy. I am sure teachers have let them know still_one Feb 2021 #34

No. Why? ananda Feb 2021 #5

Honestly, they can IF, and there are tons of IFs Freethinker65 Feb 2021 #6

my small school district's facebook page is blowing up in arguments MissB Feb 2021 #7

I don't agree because the data does ... NOT ... include exposure rate for children. If 100 ... uponit7771 Feb 2021 #8

For goodness sake, why not just vaccinate them? dawg day Feb 2021 #9

THIS !!! there are 4 million k-12 teachers in the US that should take a week with todays tech to uponit7771 Feb 2021 #14

exactly. They should be treated as front line workers still_one Feb 2021 #16

Exactly questionseverything Feb 2021 #38

My wife has been back in the classroom since August... VarryOn Feb 2021 #10

where I'm at its like the teachers could give a shit, I'm pissed to learn my kids have gotten half uponit7771 Feb 2021 #17

I'm sorry to hear that.... VarryOn Feb 2021 #36

Sure if everything is perfect, she is right WA-03 Democrat Feb 2021 #18

"it shows the cdc still has somethings not right" 👈🏾👈🏾👈🏾 uponit7771 Feb 2021 #24

I start medical leave tomorrow until I am vaccinated. I am not willing to risk my life demtenjeep Feb 2021 #20

+100000 roamer65 Feb 2021 #33

But that's based on many safety standards being put in place ? JI7 Feb 2021 #21

Yes, and the kids don't follow those standards to the nth degree uponit7771 Feb 2021 #26

This is like the Twilight Zone UncleTomsEvilBrother Feb 2021 #23

I'm very torn on this frazzled Feb 2021 #37

The teachers I know will strike before working in unsafe conditions Fiendish Thingy Feb 2021 #39

This is stupid. Schools are public petri dishes even without a pandemic raging out of control. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2021 #41

I agree. nt cwydro Feb 2021 #42