Teacher unions trying to coordinate potential strike action over vaccine rollout change, says TUI
The conferences of the country’s three teacher trade unions start online today. By Adam Daly Tuesday 6 Apr 2021, 9:45 AM 1 hour ago 12,607 Views 78 Comments
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RECENT CHANGES TO the vaccine rollout plan are expected to feature heavily at the conferences of the country’s teachers trade unions starting today.
The decision to implement an age-based model of vaccine sequencing over one that prioritised groups like teachers and gardaí was met with anger from some representative groups last week.
The government says this will mean vaccines can be delivered faster over the next few months. However, the change essentially removes a ‘key workers’ cohort that had pl
“Throughout it all, we in the education sector have been guided by public health and medical experts.
“Fundamentally this recommendation has been driven by fact, that national and international evidence now confirms that age is the strongest predictor of whether a person who contracts Covid-19 will be admitted to hospital or ICU or die as a result of their infection.
“This is the latest medical evidence available. This is not a value judgment on any given profession. This is simply the science.
“It is nothing short of remarkable, in the face of a pandemic, the manner in which schools and staff have successfully readjusted and reimagined the traditional teaching and learning experience.”
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