That’s definitely not true everywhere (who is going into work in person). As for the rest, all I am saying is that I’m not sure why any one profession would expect different/extra consideration. Around here, masks ARE NOT required. So it’s not an apples to oranges comparison at all. Granted we have a low level of infection. However, back to a point I made in an earlier post, if it’s bad enough that people think masks for kids are necessary, then the school shouldn’t be open at all. Kids are NOT CAPABLE of handling masks properly. Why the heck would a teacher want to have to deal with that all day? Touching kids’ masks all day long to help them? That would be more germy than no masks at all. Blech!
And people can make derisive comments about the US vs other countries all day long, but it doesn’t change the fact that US kids are simply NOT used to the level of obedience, respect and compliance as kids in, say, China, S.Korea, or even some European countries (not all of which are requiring masks) and that kind of attitude isn’t going to change overnight. Teachers cannot even always keep control of all their students when there AREN’T masks involved for goodness’ sake.