At least 25 out of 42 school bus drivers and staff in Chapel Hill, North Carolina — more than half of them — "are out sick with COVID-19 or other illnesses"

https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/orange-county-news/25-out-of-42-chapel-hill-bus-drivers-ill-sick-with-covid-routes-impacted-for-several-days-school/

Is this the "normal" that minimizers are in such a hurry to get back to?

Walk out, sick out, strike, shut it down #SchoolWalkout2023 #GeneralStrike

#SchoolsAreSuperspreaders #Covid #Covid19 #LongCovid #LongCovidKids #CovidIsAirborne #WearAMask #BringBackMasks #Education @novid

Dozens of schools in the "red state" of Alabama are testing students every damn week for covid, and they're paying kids $15 for each test they take.

If they can pay kids to test in Alabama, we can pay kids to test everywhere.

If they can bring back masks in some places, we can bring back masks everywhere.

The idea that we can't make all schools safer is a LIE.

#SchoolWalkout2023

#SchoolsAreSuperspreaders #Covid #LongCovid #Education @novid

From: @pixplz
https://mastodon.social/@pixplz/109877916519020027

A school district in Providence, Rhode Island still hasn't spent $120 million in covid relief dollars it got from the federal government nearly two years ago. https://www.wpri.com/target-12/after-nearly-2-years-providence-schools-sitting-on-120m-of-american-rescue-plan-cash/

A district spokesperson insists they've "done a very good job," while teachers are raising money online to buy books and furniture for their classrooms.

Walk out, sick out, strike, shut it down. #SchoolWalkout2023

#SchoolsAreSuperspreaders #Covid #LongCovid #LongCovidKids #Education @novid

Schools in Anderson County, Tennessee shut down for two days because teachers are too sick to work, and there aren't enough subs to cover for them. https://www.oakridger.com/story/news/local/2023/02/09/anderson-county-schools-closed-because-of-illnesses/69890410007/

For some reason, though, nobody's losing their shit over "learning loss."

In an airborne pandemic, schools without mitigations ARE NOT SAFE.

Enough is enough.

Walk out, sick out, strike, shut it down. #SchoolWalkout2023

#SchoolsAreSuperspreaders #Covid #Covid19 #LongCovid #LongCovidKids #Education @novid

My spouse got infected twice by sick students in the classroom. Now, they have long covid with symptoms so severe they're unable to continue working. They're going on medical leave.

This is what happens when school districts allow the uncontrolled spread of covid.

It's an atrocity, and we need more people to step up and help.

Walk out, sick out, strike, shut it down. #SchoolWalkout2023 #GeneralStrike

#SchoolsAreSuperspreaders #Covid #LongCovid #LongCovidKids #Education @novid

I'm starting to think that salary negotiations between teachers unions and school districts are a sham. A performance with a predetermined outcome.

Why? Because teachers unions haven't done a damn thing to protect their members from covid.

The pandemic has shown that TEACHERS UNIONS DO NOT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT WORKER SAFETY.

They're shameless careerists.

We need to organize outside of teachers unions. #SchoolWalkout2023

#SchoolsAreSuperspreaders #Covid #LongCovid #Education @novid

"Across grade levels, only 1 in 4 teachers reported taking a sick day if they felt ill…"

"You just have to tough it out."

No. You do NOT just have to tough it out.

Teachers' working conditions are students' learning conditions.

Shut. It. Down. #SchoolWalkout2023

https://sourcenm.com/2023/01/03/flu-rsv-and-covid-are-wreaking-havoc-but-sick-teachers-dont-feel-like-they-can-stay-home/

#SchoolsAreSuperspreaders #Covid #Covid19 #LongCovid #LongCovidKids #RSV #Flu #Education @novid

"It’s important to minimise the spread of infection in schools and other education and childcare settings as much as possible."

And yet, nowhere in this story will you see the word "mask."

Just more of this crap: "Helping children to learn about the importance of good hand hygiene is also key, so practise regular handwashing at home with soap and warm water."

Shut it down. #SchoolWalkout2023

#SchoolsAreSuperspreaders #Covid #LongCovid #LongCovidKids #RSV #Flu #Education @novid

#SchoolWalkout2023 – pass it on

Partial list of demands:

Universal masking
Universal vaccination
Regular screening testing
Air quality monitoring in all buildings
Better ventilation and filtration
Contact tracing
Reduced class sizes

Educators' working conditions are students' learning conditions.

If administrators, school boards, elected "leaders" and media won't listen: Shut it down

#SchoolsAreSuperspreaders #Covid #Covid19 #LongCovid #LongCovidKids #RSV #Flu #Education @novid