Inside /r/teachers, the Reddit forum where educators commiserate amid the latest COVID wave

[Orrex]

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“I’m disheartened, confused and frankly baffled that our government at all levels, including the CDC, seems to have decided we all just need to get Omicron and that schools are ‘safe,’” he said. “I am happy there’s a ‘get vaxxed’ message but that seems to be about it. This far into the pandemic we should have testing easily available and being sent to people, masks like n95s available to everyone let alone school employees and students, real investment in ventilation nationwide, not just in rich districts.”

“Many students are unvaccinated or just have one shot, most wear cloth masks loosely and aren’t consistent, and even our Secretary of Education makes simplistic announcements about how ‘safe’ schools are,” Thomas continued. “It's hard not to feel like they’re asking school staff, medical staff, transportation staff, etc. to sacrifice themselves to the gears of commerce to not take anything beyond the most basic outdated precautions at this point.”

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[TheFarseer]

1. Minor point but,

N95 masks are readily available at your nearest hardware store and they are not that expensive, like a few dollars.

[Orrex]

2. Maybe, but employers should provide them to all workers expected to be in contact with other humans

Especially state employees.