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SWBTATTReg

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24. Teachers have been leaving the teaching profession due to this very reason, some jurisdictions

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Feb 14, 2021, 04:41 PM

Feb 2021

are so out of it in dealing w/ the CV epidemic, that they are fleeing the profession. Some school districts are having trouble finding enough teachers for staffing purposes. Are these people even paying attention to news reports, etc.?

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CDC director says vaccinated teachers not a 'prerequisite' for schools to reopen [View all] DonViejo Feb 2021 OP

It seems illogical to me to send teachers back to the classrooms Chainfire Feb 2021 #1

That would be logical to me. Why are we loopholing nationl health policy in the middle ... marble falls Feb 2021 #11

Moron. Squinch Feb 2021 #2

Except there is no requirement to protect teachers at higher risk. wcast Feb 2021 #3

**'s leftover CDC? I question the credibility of their "expertise". live love laugh Feb 2021 #4

She is President Biden's appointee. niyad Feb 2021 #5

I think that's a bad decision. nt live love laugh Feb 2021 #7

I think she replaced Redfield. Lonestarblue Feb 2021 #8

I agree. nt live love laugh Feb 2021 #9

I also agree, especially because we are in an anti-vaxx moment in history... Blasphemer Feb 2021 #14

One of my friends has her whole family as teachers in one of hardest-hit areas of the country. niyad Feb 2021 #6

Oklahoma...where people don't mask up properly. Lucky Luciano Feb 2021 #18

Yes Dorian Gray Feb 2021 #35

As the authority on pandemics, the CDC knows what is safe and what isn't MichMan Feb 2021 #10

Seems like Rebl2 Feb 2021 #12

Absurd. If schools reopen, teachers would be on the frontline Blasphemer Feb 2021 #13

Are they Dorian Gray Feb 2021 #36

In Pennsylvania, there are specific guidelines based DeminPennswoods Feb 2021 #15

THAT document seriously needs an update benld74 Feb 2021 #16

When she spoke a few weeks ago I heard so many caveats between the lines ... Hekate Feb 2021 #17

Those IFs are critical to the success of in school learning. Lucky Luciano Feb 2021 #19

Exactly. Florida's gov just said the COVID variants are only in blue states. Idiot. Hekate Feb 2021 #22

I stand with teachers unions. ForgoTheConsequence Feb 2021 #20

+1,000,000 ancianita Feb 2021 #21

The CDC issued this melm00se Feb 2021 #23

Teachers have been leaving the teaching profession due to this very reason, some jurisdictions SWBTATTReg Feb 2021 #24

Where do they go? Retire? Teach elsewhere? JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2021 #25

Yeah, you would think that, but it's happening. But, like you said, it's hard to walk away from, SWBTATTReg Feb 2021 #29

Makes no sense to me, after Dr's, Nurses, First Responders, high risk people GOPistheEnemy Feb 2021 #26

Your suggested hierarchy of precedence makes a lot of sense. Problem I have with it, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2021 #31

There was no attempt to make a real working list GOPistheEnemy Feb 2021 #34

So, now the CDC is not to be trusted? MichMan Feb 2021 #27

Based on science, yes, but ... JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2021 #32

The CDC director was appointed by President Biden MichMan Feb 2021 #33

He obviously has no members in his family who are teachers. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Feb 2021 #28

It's a needless risk. theaocp Feb 2021 #30