KiwiSurfer:

 

Batman:

 

teacher - not sure the theme there. to protect kids giving to their grannies?

 

 

For primary school teachers (like myself!) I think the mandate makes sense given we are working with up to 100+ kids at any given time who have no vaccination to COVID-19. Remember many newer schools have 'modern' classrooms with 100+ kids all moving around so an outbreak among kids in a 'modern learning environment' could easily become a massive super-cluster.

 

Not sure why it's been extended to high school teachers as well but possibly just keeping the net wider makes it easier to police this, as well as acknowledging there will be some teachers and other eduction staff who work at multiple schools so might as well make sure they're all vaccinated.

 

I'm already double-vaccinated myself so no worries there.

 

Secondary teachers might be exposed (in a classroom) with up to 150 odd people a day in a room with often poor circulation for possibly over an hour at a time.

I have a number of students that I know won't be getting vaccinated (decile 10+)