• Quilotoa@lemmy.caOP
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      14 hours ago

      Yeah, I taught elementary school for 22 years. Five sick days in all that time. I’m guessing my antibodies were going full bore the whole time.

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      23 hours ago

      Retired Elementary school teacher here. You are correct. After the first two years and horrible flu symptoms I was invulnerable for the next twenty. Also agree on preschool teachers being almost immortal.

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        23 hours ago

        Shame Covid doesn’t work like that. You just get it 5 times a year because it’s a different strain, you didn’t become immune last time or you lost immunity after a couple of months. Minus 2 IQ points (on average) every time.

        And even the “normal” viruses like flu can cause problems for years.

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          23 hours ago

          I totally lucked out. I retired about two years before Covid hit. At my age and in that environment I would not have made it. Still dealing with the effects of having caught it all by myself. I just can’t afford to lose anymore IQ points. I’m struggling as it is.

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      19 hours ago

      Any teacher. When I was training for 7-12 that was one of the first things they talked about was health and get ready to get sick all the time