Legislator Preaches Disobedience
By Casimir Eitner
Rural Virginia 5th District’s congressman urged students to ditch their masks at Rapp HS where 13 of their classmates were sent home sick with COVID. Another 50 or so have been in quarantine missing out on their education. Meanwhile, students, teachers and staff are dying of covid across areas of the country with low rates of vaccination and anti-masking politicians like him. Here are a few headlines to think about:
10-year-old girl died of COVID-19 in Suffolk. A teacher instructed her to accompany sick students to the school nurse.
High school math teacher dies of COVID in Prince William County
Five children under the age of 5 have died from the coronavirus in Virginia. Four of those deaths occurred in the past 2½ months.
At least 50 Georgia teachers, staff lost to COVID-19 since start of school year
More than 15 Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia teachers and staff members have died of COVID-19 since July
14 employees of Tennessee public schools have died since the academic year began after contracting COVID-19
