Why Vaccinated Teachers Should Mean to Open Schools

Why Vaccinated Teachers Should Mean Open Schools
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Kristian argues that schools should be opened safely as there are already vaccinated teachers, and those in line to be vaccinated and continued school closure would disadvantage students. The writer further points out that there are students cannot access online education and have not been learning. Yet the debate on vaccinating teachers and schools resumption primarily addresses how to ensure access to quality education for all schools had adopted measures to keep the institutions safe during the coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic, and if not all teachers are vaccinated, there is a low risk of the virus transmission.
The writer supports her main points by providing links to other opinion pieces and points, which makes her more persuasive. Vaccinating educators is now a top priority for schools to open, and even teacher unions support this measure before reopening the closed schools. As there is no longer to in-person instruction, children with no access to remote learning are lagging behind their peers. The trustworthy links provide evidence presented on the case for opening schools when there is a low risk of transmission. For instance, Stolte’s article highlights that K-12 schools are not covid-19 super-spreaders as was initially feared where there are relatively low positivity rates such as 0.13 % among students and 0.24% among teachers. Kristian further includes findings from different sources that vaccinating teachers is effective and already beneficial, even if this does not include all the teachers.
Kristian (2021) argues the case for educators being prioritized to receive vaccinations and for schools to be reopened, but she ignores that there are more vulnerable populations in close contact with students. Child-care employees tend to be older than teachers and receive less pay than educators, w...