The Director of the CDC says schools can safely reopen even if teachers are not vaccinated for Covid

[frazzled]

37. I'm very torn on this

Of course I want teachers to feel safe and secure. But I have watched over the year all the many people who have had to go to work in more dangerous conditions ... the grocery clerks and stockers who work inside all day to make it possible for us to get our food, the factory workers who are making the toilet paper and other goods we need, the warehouse packers who ship out the packages we order day in and out, the government workers in offices, the sanitation people.

I have also watched as people in their 70s and 80s still waiting for their vaccines so that they can emerge from their homes or see their families.

The recent report indicated that something like 73% of the cases are spread by the age group 19-49. That is not the el-hi school-age population. It is nearly a year since children have not been in school, and the burden is largest on younger children in Black and Brown communities (many of whose parents have to go out to those risky jobs).

Teachers are essential workers too, and they deserve safe work environments. But so does everyone. We can’t put one group above any other. And that is why I am torn.