This happened in Israel but its preview of the issues that will arise here
https://www.newsweek.com/teacher-di...olating-isolation-sending-kids-school-1518882
Teacher Dies of Coronavirus After Warning That Parents Are Violating Isolation and Sending Kids to School
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MATT KEELEY ON 7/18/20 AT 10:36 PM EDT
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Israeli kindergarten teacher Shalva Zalfreind, 64, warned that some parents were sending children to school despite having family members who were in isolation for coronavirus.
Zalfreind sent a message to a Whatsapp group of her students' parents two weeks before she died, according to
The Jerusalem Post. In the comment, she said that some families had discounted the government's rules on isolation to contain the coronavirus. Israeli law requires anyone who has had close contact with a patient with a confirmed case of COVID-19, or anyone with respiratory symptoms to isolate themselves at home for 14 days after the last day of contact with the patient. Those who violate the law will be fined, according to the Israeli Ministry of Health.
"Unfortunately, there were those who preferred to send the child to kindergarten out of a feeling of Israeli 'trust,' while fatally damaging an important value of 'mutual responsibility,'" Zalfreind wrote. ""For me, it no longer matters who I contracted [the virus] from and who violated isolation. I just beg and ask for the grandparents, neighbors and older uncles who surround us and do not deserve to die, even if they have such and such preexisting medical conditions."
She said she did not blame anyone and wanted that to be clear from her comment. Zalfreind wrote the Whatsapp message when she believed she was recovering from coronavirus and would soon be healthy, saying "Thank God I am recovering and the most difficult stage of the disease is already behind me."
"If there is but one person who read my things and understood the importance of the isolation restrictions - it would be rewarding. Really love each and every one of you. A big hug for the kids," she concluded.
Zalfreind is survived by her six children, according to the
Post.