Covid-19

[Texsahara]

Re: Covid-19

Cool, now do teachers.

Teachers have been eligible in NY since Jan 11.

[RhodyYanksFan]

Re: Covid-19

Teachers have been eligible in NY since Jan 11.

All teachers or just those over a certain age?

[Texsahara]

Re: Covid-19

All teachers or just those over a certain age?

P-12 Schools, College, Child Care and Early Intervention

• P-12 school or school district faculty or staff (includes all teachers, substitute teachers, student teachers, school administrators, paraprofessional staff and support staff including bus drivers)
• Contractors working in a P-12 school or school district (including contracted bus drivers)
• In-person college instructors
• Licensed, registered, approved or legally exempt group child care
• Licensed, registered, approved or legally exempt group child care providers
• Employees or support staff of licensed or registered child care setting
• Licensed, registered, approved or legally exempt child care providers
• Early Intervention therapists and teachers with active service authorizations (as of January 13)
• State Office of Children and Family Services:
  • State operated staff
  • Licensed or certified residential programs staff and eligible residents

[b-ball-lunachick]

Re: Covid-19

Teachers have been eligible here for some time -- just can't find a vaccine anywhere and some of the parents in the district are pressuring them to return to school on 3/1 or sooner. There are hate signs everywhere in that town for the Superintendent who is trying to just protect teachers and students in these old schools with bad ventilation.

What i don't get is, how is it okay to say that the parents have the choice not to send their kids when it goes from all remote, but teachers don't have a choice. So then the teachers not only risk their health but their families' health. Also requires them to do double duty by teaching kids at home and in person at the same time.

Grrrr. sorry for the rant!

[RhodyYanksFan]

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Teachers have been eligible here for some time -- just can't find a vaccine anywhere and some of the parents in the district are pressuring them to return to school on 3/1 or sooner. There are hate signs everywhere in that town for the Superintendent who is trying to just protect teachers and students in these old schools with bad ventilation.

What i don't get is, how is it okay to say that the parents have the choice not to send their kids when it goes from all remote, but teachers don't have a choice. So then the teachers not only risk their health but their families' health. Also requires them to do double duty by teaching kids at home and in person at the same time.

Grrrr. sorry for the rant!

That's how it is here in RI. My wife goes in every day but kids can come in or learn from home if they want so some days she has classes with 12 kids in person, other days there's 2 kids there and she has to teach to the room and to those at home at the same time.

Meanwhile they're still doing sports which has led to whole teams having to quarantine. It makes no sense to do sports. I (sadly) got in a twitter fight with some HS kid and a parent over that. Why are we playing basketball so now an outbreak in one town moves across the state at a pointless HS game. AITA for thinking that's stupid? I got lots of responses of "you never played sports!" and "it's my senior season, I want to play".

My middle schooler is fixed hybrid schedule in the building half the time (3 days one week, 2 days the following). My 1st grader is in person every day.

Teachers are not in phase 1 or phase 2 of vaccines though - it's all based on age here.

[b-ball-lunachick]

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That's how it is here in RI. My wife goes in every day but kids can come in or learn from home if they want so some days she has classes with 12 kids in person, other days there's 2 kids there and she has to teach to the room and to those at home at the same time.

Meanwhile they're still doing sports which has led to whole teams having to quarantine. It makes no sense to do sports. I (sadly) got in a twitter fight with some HS kid and a parent over that. Why are we playing basketball so now an outbreak in one town moves across the state at a pointless HS game. AITA for thinking that's stupid? I got lots of responses of "you never played sports!" and "it's my senior season, I want to play".

My middle schooler is fixed hybrid schedule in the building half the time (3 days one week, 2 days the following). My 1st grader is in person every day.

Teachers are not in phase 1 or phase 2 of vaccines though - it's all based on age here.

ugh it's ridiculous, isn't it?

and the sports- I get it -- it's my nephew's senior year and he wanted to play sports too...but we're in a pandemic FFS...

I wouldn't feel as bad about Alex having to go back if we could find a vaccine for my 80yr old mother with COPD. But can't seem to get her one anywhere ...just so frustrating.

[RhodyYanksFan]

Re: Covid-19

Some good news - Saturday was the first day there were over 2 million vaccines administered.

https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status...742539264?s=20

[Texsahara]

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NY opens up vaccines for high risk groups Feb 15. Not sure how they plan to do that since they don't have enough vaccines for existing groups but I guess it's important to keep moving forward and there do always seem to be some areas with unfilled appointments.

[YankeePride1967]

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NY opens up vaccines for high risk groups Feb 15. Not sure how they plan to do that since they don't have enough vaccines for existing groups but I guess it's important to keep moving forward and there do always seem to be some areas with unfilled appointments.

Connecticut has done it differently. They haven’t even opened up to 65 and over yet because of the supply issues

[Texsahara]

Re: Covid-19

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@AOC
It’s official. If you’ve lost a loved one due to COVID-19, you will soon be able to get reimbursed up to $7,000 for the expenses of laying a loved one to rest. Proud and thankful to have gotten this done with @SenSchumer,@voceslatinasQNY,@Elmcor, &@HispanicFed.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@AOC
FEMA will be operating & is authorized for $2 billion as of now. Program is retroactive & will reimburse back to January 2020. Start collecting docs now. FEMA will need expense documentation (receipts/invoices), death certificate, & docs for caller ID. Includes the undocumented.

Really great news. (I think this is just for low income New Yorkers? Any additional info would be appreciated.)

[Tyler Durden]

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Really great news. (I think this is just for low income New Yorkers? Any additional info would be appreciated.)

AOC confirmed in a reply tweet that it's nationwide.

[Texsahara]

AOC confirmed in a reply tweet that it's nationwide.

Awesome!

[billyhoyle]

Re: Covid-19

Teachers have been eligible here for some time -- just can't find a vaccine anywhere and some of the parents in the district are pressuring them to return to school on 3/1 or sooner. There are hate signs everywhere in that town for the Superintendent who is trying to just protect teachers and students in these old schools with bad ventilation.

What i don't get is, how is it okay to say that the parents have the choice not to send their kids when it goes from all remote, but teachers don't have a choice. So then the teachers not only risk their health but their families' health. Also requires them to do double duty by teaching kids at home and in person at the same time.

Grrrr. sorry for the rant!

I’m not saying I agree with this logic, but the thought process is a number of jobs require workers to work in person (construction, grocery store, police, firefighters, etc). All these people are forced to risk their health/health of their families to work. Why should teachers be the one group of essential workers that doesn’t have to work in person, even if that teacher is in a very low risk category for disease? Especially now with cases dropping and unlikely to increase again, it seems like the right time to start to open up schools.

What I wish happened is that all teachers above ~50 or in super high risk categories were prioritized earlier for the vaccine, while teachers <50 should not have been. I also wish there was more access to drugs like the monoclonal antibody therapy for everyone-these drugs could have saved many lives if they were deployed more. The rollout of everything was a complete disaster, as if there was barely any planning over the past 11 months. Basically, the whole situation is crappy and there are no good/right answers though.

[Yankee Tripper]

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I’m not saying I agree with this logic, but the thought process is a number of jobs require workers to work in person (construction, grocery store, police, firefighters, etc). All these people are forced to risk their health/health of their families to work. Why should teachers be the one group of essential workers that doesn’t have to work in person, even if that teacher is in a very low risk category for disease? Especially now with cases dropping and unlikely to increase again, it seems like the right time to start to open up schools.

What I wish happened is that all teachers above ~50 or in super high risk categories were prioritized earlier for the vaccine, while teachers <50 should not have been. I also wish there was more access to drugs like the monoclonal antibody therapy for everyone-these drugs could have saved many lives if they were deployed more. The rollout of everything was a complete disaster, as if there was barely any planning over the past 11 months. Basically, the whole situation is crappy and there are no good/right answers though.

Well because it's pretty difficult to build a house, give people groceries, arrest someone, or put out a fire via zoom. On the other hand, teaching via zoom while probably not ideal is clearly a viable alternative.


Also opening schools has resulting in 18% to 25% spike in cases in areas where schools have opened. That is even if the risk to kids seems somewhat low relative to the general population - they seem to be exceedingly good disease vectors.

[jlw1980]

Re: Covid-19

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...age-calculator

When Will Life Return to Normal? In 7 Years at Today's Vaccine Rates

When will the pandemic end? It’s the question hanging over just about everything since Covid-19 took over the world last year. The answer can be measured in vaccinations.

Bloomberg has built the biggest database of Covid-19 shots given around the world, with more than 119 million doses administered worldwide. U.S. science officials such as Anthony Fauci have suggested it will take 70% to 85% coverage of the population for things to return to normal. Bloomberg’s Vaccine Tracker shows that some countries are making far more rapid progress than others, using 75% coverage with a two-dose vaccine as a target.

Israel, the country with the highest vaccination rate in the world, is headed for 75% coverage in just two months. The U.S. will get there just in time to ring in the 2022 New Year (though North Dakota could get there six months sooner than Texas). With vaccinations happening more rapidly in richer Western countries than the rest of the globe, it will take the world as a whole seven years at the current pace.

I just...

Can't.