I teach high school and I'm ready to go back. We are set to open in person with only about 10-12% of our students doing remote learning. That means we will have about 2,300 or so kids on campus. I'll probably come in contact with 1/4-1/3 of those kids daily. I'm not worried. Online learning while it has its good points is Certainly not a good replacement for in person.

It's easy for teachers to say "no" when they still get paid. It's hard for restaurant servers, grocery store workers, etc to say no when the answer is "you don't get paid". This is all BS. Teachers were given the option to selectively social distance and they are taking advantage of it and ignoring the facts - because they get paid regardless. Follow the money.

Yeah no sympathy here. My husband and I come into contact with thousands of people a day. Our coworkers are catching this disease left and right. Hell one of my direct partners is at home waiting on test results and she is someone I talk to every day. Neither of us complain and neither of us are scared. We love what we do and we are essential so we do what we have to. If teachers want to consider what they do essential then get back to work. If we dont really need you then that doesn't bode well for your future. That being said I think there are exceptions for the immunocompromised and pregnant and other high risk type persons....they can do other things or help with the online learning. Also between my store and my husbands store no one has gotten seriously ill. They have all been minor colds. I'm not saying this isn't serious for some but for regular healthy middle aged to young adults this thing is in all honesty pretty mild.