Baker says teachers willing to let old people die; teachers wonder if Baker needs his hearing checked

Baker should be embarrassed that he mishandled things so badly, and by all appearance is resistant to vaccinating teachers
The teachers union head should be embarrassed no matter what happens, all she does is say "gimme more!!!"

I'm a teacher, and she doesn't speak for a lot of us.

The problem has ALWAYS been available vaccines, and the MTA knows this a crap political move, which is why they're actually backtracking, Adam. If you mandate teachers get priority at their workplace, the opportunity that most of which the elderly do not have any easy access to unless they live in state housing (?) or a group home, you will, in effect, push those at the most risk out and let the 23 year old substitute art teacher get full immunity.

There aren't enough shots to go around YET, nor have there been, so as long as they're clamoring to delay in-school teaching, they can delay as well.

But ok yes, Chaz sucks. So do car drivers. And dog owners.

You can't have it both ways. The elderly population are clearly more susceptible to catching Covid. However, teachers and students are being advised to start opening up full time in person learning, but at the end of the day, no one knows who's been exposed to whom, whether they, or whomever they've been around, were able to get a vaccine or not (either by priority or by personal preference).

If grandma has possibly been unknowingly exposed, then has a visit with son/daughter, grandkids, etc., and one happens to be a teacher who didn't get a vaccine for whatever reason and is in person teaching, exposing the children, their parents, co-workers, fellow transit travelers, you name it, this will never go away.

My kids' school sent a mass email asking parents if we'd like our specific students to return in person in April or prefer to continue remote learning.

A BPS school by my house has recently reopened for special needs students. The teachers nor children are wearing masks while out for recess & breaks.

I see them everyday. The teachers are normally on their phones or talking with each other (in close proximity) and just hurry and gather the children when recess or breaks are over.

I respectfully declined in person & opted to continue remote learning for my children.

I'm sorry, but not taking any chances. I feel safer with my kids at home.

Has it been stressful & difficult for all of us? Sure. I just don't intend to have my kids around potential exposure while being unsure.

Everytime I think Charlie's doing a little better....

Charlie handed the teachers a hard right to their noggins. The teachers are swinging back with a hard left to his nose in a barroom brawl over who gets a shot first.

I know 70 yr. olds STILL trying to get an appointment unsuccessfully and Baker wants to open it up to even more people who are younger? And I'm talking about people who are over 70 and still working because they can't afford to retire. Meanwhile there are pandemic-deniers in NH who are
younger than 65 who are able to get vaccinated without issue at their local Walgreens. Why is Mass. getting screwed over?

Funeral home workers / death care workers are in line after baristas. In all other New England states, they were early on. Covid can live up till 36 hours after death and with funeral homes opened up more now, they are at risk.

Google Mass funeral director vaccination

Yes, the CDC says that schools can open, but with six feet of distance needed with proper ventilation. Baker said nope to that, and says three feet in poorly ventilated spaces, with 'six feet for food'... which most schools can't even do that without some form of hybrid learning, but we can't do that, either. We've already had teachers die, but no, apparently Baker is fine with listening to outdated Trump policies than the actual science.

Baker already planned make schools to come back in person by April, while adding more and more people ahead of teachers (You've be in Phase two! ...But the second half. After 75+. Actually, 65+, too. And co-morbidity, and...) so they'd be without the vaccine, because he's pissed the MTA didn't cave to him, and still bitter they didn't endorse him, and so he was determined to break them. He already made sure they couldn't strike over COVID. (See Andover last fall).

Michigan just admitted their number one source for new COVID cases is their public schools. I've lost more than one colleague to COVID, and we know districts have been downplaying violations to make them seem safe enough. None of us want to be out of the classroom, but we trust the administration as far as we can throw them.

Charlie's a snake, more interested in state testing than actual kids.

The teachers jumped ahead of MBTA workers.

Gov. Baker’s denial of vaccine to local Public Health Departments and community hospitals has left my 90 year old mother at home with multiple co-morbidities and dementia with continued high risk of infection and death.
She is unable to travel to a start-up mega-site.

The teachers are not denying my mother her right to vaccine, Gov Baker and Secretary Scudders are. Local legislators have been unable to do anything to assist.