Four Broward County Educators Lose Battle With COVID-19 In Less Than 24 Hours

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – When it comes to picking its victims, COVID-19 does not discriminate.

The vicious virus, successful little than 1 time this week, betwixt Tuesday and Wednesday, claimed the lives of 3 Broward County schoolhouse teachers and 1 of its adjunct teachers.

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Broward Teachers Union President Anna Fusco said, “Within a 24-hour span, we had an adjunct teacher walk away, a teacher astatine her schoolhouse walk away, an simple teacher walk distant and different teacher astatine a precocious school.”

You would deliberation this stunning fig of educators dormant from COVID successful specified a abbreviated clip period, with little than 1 week earlier schoolhouse begins, would beryllium unfathomable, but Fusco says she hears astir specified tragedies mode excessively often.

“It’s highly frightening. I perceive this each day. Whether successful Broward oregon elsewhere. We’re the 5th largest national successful the country,” said Fusco.

Dr. Rosalind Osgood, the seat of the Broward County School Board, said they mourn the nonaccomplishment of 4 of their own.

“I person been connected the schoolhouse committee for 9 years, and for 9 years you get to link with them,” she said. “You emotion them. They go family.”

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The teachers, ironically, each dying astir the aforesaid clip Broward County’s School Board voted to defy Gov. DeSantis’ bid to driblet the disguise mandate.

Despite the dangers, the politician is sticking to his guns.

“We judge the parents alternatively than the authorities should beryllium making this decision,” said DeSantis.

Fusco is relieved the committee chose its ain determination erstwhile it comes to masks.

“We got a small spot of relief, keeping disguise protocols, manus sanitizer, other sanitizing,” she added.

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Fusco said 3 of the teachers who died were unvaccinated. It is not wide if the 4th teacher had been vaccinated.