Thirty-three London bus drivers have died from #Covid19. It may seem an acceptable risk to you to extend that to teachers, but it‘s their life. You have no right to demand death-defying heroism of them. It’s not part of their job. And their union has every right to protect them.
If your argument is one of ‘fairness’ - I’ve seen some musing: nurses, shelf stackers, bank clerks and posties have to risk their life and work; why not teachers? - it’s misconceived. Adding more bodies to transport, pushing R up, is not fairer for essential workers, but RISKIER.
My partner is an essential worker and, lemme tell ya, a packed tube doesn’t make him feel less hard done-by. It makes him feel unsafe.
