Teachers are already dying as schools restart:

[tblue37]

Teacher deaths raise alarms as new school year begins

At least four teachers have died of coronavirus-related causes since the beginning of the school year—an ominous sign of what’s to come as students return to classrooms across the country. Demetria Bannister, 28, a teacher at Windsor Elementary School in Columbia, South Carolina, died on Monday, just three days after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Her parents “wish to remind others about the seriousness of this disease,” a school district spokesperson said in a news release, according to The State. She was described as an avid singer who “loved her students and never missed an opportunity to advocate for students and public education.”

Two teachers died in Mississippi and AshLee DeMarinis, 34, a teacher at John Evans Middle School in Potosi, Missouri, died on Sunday. The coronavirus had already devastated schools before the summer break. In New York alone, 75 Department of Education employees died from COVID-19, including 31 teachers. The American Federation of Teachers said 210 of its members have died of the virus.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/at-least-4-teachers-have-died-of-covid-19-since-start-of-school-year

[Sherman A1]

1. Sad

[FBaggins]

2. A little deceptive

Demetria Bannister only taught for a couple of days and those were remote. It isn't as though she caught it by being around students.

Similarly... AshLee DeMarinis's obituary says that she had been fighting COVID for three weeks (before the school year began).

[Meowmee]

3. Fortunately

I am teaching online this semester, I hope it continues. I already had covid double viral pneumonia in April, caught from my students most likely. I survived it but no one knows how long immunity lasts and I don’t have antibodies. I continue to isolate and wear a mask, goggles gloves anywhere I go which is only for medical and emergencies mostly. My family and I are high risk. I feel it is crazy to open schools at all in person, we knew this would happen.

[bdamomma]

4. How can

the School officials just go ahead and open schools knowing that this virus IS NOT A HOAX.

smh, horrible. We are in a very dark place, we need to stop this madness soon.

[Squinch]

5. 5 Covid cases found in NYC schools on day 2. The kids aren't even attending yet.

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. We will be at full student attendance for the first time tomorrow. I will be in a mask, face shield,

and gloves when I am less than 6 feet from students. I have a gown for close contact situations, and we have dividers.