Whole Schools Close

This week, our school system closed three schools due to widespread Covid-19. One of them was the school where I have my office/classroom. I know of three teachers who have covid. I only know because they posted about it on social media. There is no transparency about it. Our school systems are just not equipped to manage medical things like pandemics. Still, the powers that be in our county, preach that it is a hoax meant to scare the weak into submission. Our county is now one of very few, where the mayor refuses to put a mask mandate into place.

https://www.wsmv.com/news/as-covid-19-cases-rise-in-middle-tennessee-rural-hospitals-are-being-pushed-to-their/article_469875b8-19a1-11eb-9c9e-63c6cdb7dcf1.html?fbclid=IwAR2syhf1iq0IwuifEjvMgCxsYjKo9uzWIgHdPhOF27px-UxRTphOtoW_Uvc

We have already lost one school employee to covid. Our hospital is full. We are a fairly small county with a population around 100,000. Our town hospital serves as a regional hospital for surrounding rural counties.

I took today off; to gather myself, get flu shots, and donate blood. The last time I donated blood, there was a crisis in Chattanooga, Tennessee. This time, there is another crisis, as a school bus full of children was in an accident there this week. An adult and seven year old child were killed, and many were hospitalized.