When was the last time the UFT polled its members? CTU shows the way on how a union should react to a crisis: Find out where the membership is at and what they are collectively willing to do.
A NYC reaction:
Update: We have the CTU poll results.
Note: We do not endorse the views of the source for this information. AFT's Leo Casey is attacking us because of the source. We were posting union news that was accurate. We cite the NY Post too. It does not mean we con ur with the Post's editorial positions.
I literally wrote a letter this morning to Mulgrew/Sill about this very topic. If the main job of the UFT is to support its members, this means they need to ask us how we feel about the new covid regulations and what we should be doing about it. I urge you all to write them as well!
ReplyDeleteAnd don't worry.
ReplyDeleteMulgrew is negligent again.
I wish Mulgrew was only highly incompetent and highly ineffective.
But when Mulgrew is negligent, Mulgrew is special!
Here he is again:
https://www.allposters.com/-sp/Alice-In-Wonderland-Tweedle-Dee-and-Tweedle-Dum-Posters_i6093857_.htm
Without de Blasio, Mulgrew will find someone else to pimp for.
With at-home test kits for kids as a great success, how about at-home Regents Exams?
ReplyDeleteNo Child Left Behind, a great success.
Recall that the Covid testing during earlier waves was also politically motivated.
ReplyDeleteWith different motivations guiding the democratic party, they now prefer to simply cover up their Covid disaster by not testing. This is World War C and the US is losing.
NYC hospitalizations almost at all-time highs. Subway lines suspended bc of workers out sick. 20 CityMDs closed bc staffing shortages. 1/3 paramedics out sick.
ReplyDeleteIt's not alarmist to say that having a Times Square NYE & keeping schools open w/out sufficient measures is horrific.
It's comical to see how truly nuts people are. So fear mongered and brainwashed. What happened to the scary delta!!!! ahhhh!!!!!!!!! This is a mild cold/flu at best look at the panic. Nobody dying, people are getting sick, guess what it's flu season millions of people were getting sick every single day before covid. Again, the panic from people who are vaccinated is scary to another dimension. Live life like in the movie Bubble boy?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.livescience.com/omicron-less-severe-disease-early-evidence
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/cdc-report-shows-79-of-omicron-cases-are-vaccinated-nearly-all-are-mild/ar-AARMBp6
Where is United For Change? What is your plan to keep us safe? We need leadership now. Can't wait for the next disaster or death.
ReplyDeleteAnon2323 shut up please. The vaccinated are, or were, out having fun, going to broadway shows, eating out, hanging at the clubs. And you? Shaking your fist from the safety of your home. Just stop it.
ReplyDelete816,000 dead Americans. 4.5 percent of the world's population and 17 percent of dead from COVID. Some are still in denial that this is a colossal USA failure that continues.
ReplyDeleteWhy does this matter? Biden crushed the virus.
ReplyDeleteBREAKING: U.S. reports 484,377 new coronavirus cases, setting world record.
We will be plenty safe on onday, Mulgrew said so.
Anon2323 are you another retired teacher who likes to chime in on here?
ReplyDelete@6:52 am Do you know that the moderator is also retired? I'm retired too. Anon2323 is just a mouthpiece.
Deletewhat a surprise teachers want to stay home..WHO DOESNT??
ReplyDeleteMany people in all walks of life prefer to work from home...lots of money saved...
.no terrible commute for many.....work in your pajamas..sleep in a little later..dont have to use car days when you are sick....etc...etc..
Now on the reality of the DOE..
they dont want too many tested because the truth might come out..
doe is still unprepared and we are going on 2 years since we shut down
what to do..what to do..??..are we allowed to crticize Biden?/ can we still blame Trump.?.just asking for a friend
@7:04 am...yes still blame Trump. Blame Biden. Blame everyone who is mucking up the well being of others. Blame em all.
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ReplyDeleteIt is a political failure and the failure is systemic with our political leaders
such as de Blasio ( criminal mismanagement of the school system, cronyism and campaign finance) , Andrew Cuomo ( Nursing Home corruption and negligence), Donald J. Trump ( tax fraud0 , Joseph Biden ( Hunter Biden affair), Nancy Pelosi (conflict of interest/ insider trading) It cuts across both parties and it is a systemic feature of our criminal elite.
THEY ARE NOT CONCERNED WITH THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE.
@8:05...only a few will get your point. Too many people sticking with their "team". Stay safe.
DeleteI agree with Anon2323, although I do not think this is comical.
ReplyDeleteI am extremely concerned about mandates, vax cards, hysteria, divisiveness, unemployment, loss of freedoms, government power, the power of big pharma, letting people die to increase profits, media manipulation of information, the ease in which people are influenced and manipulated, the garbage and stupidity on social media, the reliance on vaccines and medications in order to maintain unhealthy lifestyles, the myth of remote teaching and learning, etc.
I think Fauci is the modern Jim Jones. It is a mystery to me why this man still has his job and why anyone would listen to anything he has to say. He clearly doesn't know anything and will say whatever his investors want him to say. It is obvious that he has succumbed to the lure of money and power.
When it comes to the UFT, is it possible to be more useless than Fauci? Why doesn't the UFT poll its members? Although, I would be in the minority, they should be interested to know what the members think. Mulgrew will just do whatever he thinks is best for him.
There is an article in the Post today about how 3 siblings, 72, 70 and 68 were found dead in their home all dead from Covid. Yet, Covid kills only 1 percent of people who get it? Don't trust that figure and that it's just the flu and a cold. How many people do you know who died of the flu or a cold? How many do you know that died of Covid? I'm sure there's a big difference?
ReplyDelete@7:27 you are vaccinated you are fine, got a boost too? MY immune system is way more functioning I can go out it's fine.
ReplyDelete@7:36 is there any evidence Trump tax fraud? Missing a ton from Liar Biden, hunter is 1 of 1000 issues he has.
@8:05 numbers are not accurate, if that many died why has the same number of people died fro year before? Oh right they use covid for every death even if you die from motorcycle accident.
Let's make sure UFT uses the new PCR tests which detect flu or covid. Not every single case is strictly omicron , delta covid.
Where you getting your numbers?
DeleteThe average age-adjusted death rate increased by nearly 17 percent, from 715.2 deaths per 100,000 people in 2019, to 835.4 deaths per 100,000 people in 2020
@10:35 am. Anon2323 is getting them from his master's well.
DeleteSooooo everyone is OK with the 22 percent positivity rate as of yesterday for all of nyc, with some areas almost at 30 percent? Seems like a great time to fill buildings back up hahahha
ReplyDeleteFrom December 31, 2017, through December 29, 2018, 2,831,836 Americans died from all causes. From December 30, 2018, to December 28, 2019, 2,845,792 deaths were reported, a small increase. From January 5, 2020, through January 2 of 2021, 3,332,482 people died. That is an increase of 479,050 or 17%, compared to the year before.
ReplyDeleteThe Economist reports over 1 million excess deaths in the US since March 2020.
ReplyDeleteYou can choose to live your life in denial if you like as it might be psychologically easier but it doesn't change the pandemic's harsh reality.
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/coronavirus-excess-deaths-tracker
Article in Gothamist that exposes that you are not obligated to report a positive at home test. There is no number to report it and you have to do your contact traces yourself. So Biden is giving out a half billion at home cases. He is hoping this will curve the numbers because people will not bother reporting their positive cases. The article also says that the numbers are being underreported believe it or not.
ReplyDeleteMy friend's bf was sick with respiratory issues. Covid test backlog...his urgent care doc said they are ONLY doing covid tests, ie not seeing patients.
ReplyDeleteHe went to a hospital in queens.He asked the doc there what he thought about ivermectin.The dic said I love it! It's great! But if I prescribe it, I'll lose my job.
Need I say more? He told me this himself! Not a rumor.
The people in power are most interested in increasing their wealth than in saving lives, make no mistake.whatever they say, do the opposite.sad.
ReplyDeleteIt's unfortunate that UFT union presidents aren't term limited. If they were, I wouldn't have to be as concerned of election fraud. It's time for new leadership.
ReplyDeleteWell if The Economist says it, it must be true. Lies, lies and more lies. Conservative or liberal. Media lies. All of it. The unvaccinated are having a blast in my county. Keep your overrated over expensive broadway shows nyc.
ReplyDeleteStay in denial 11:29. You are a happy anti Vax warrior.
ReplyDeleteSince kids are actually getting tested they are testing positive. Does this not tell you there is a problem with testing in schools? We are forced to keep students in groups because of Danielson, thus putting them in even more danger. 3 foot rule is a load of crap. No parent should allow his or her child to enter a public school building. Many teachers are doing 2x the work by giving all students the opportunity to work in Google Classroom. Not me, ony students in quarantine can do Google Classroom. Why am I being attacked because over 50% of my students are passing? Canceled Regents Exams tell the story of just pass them whi cares?
ReplyDeleteAnon2323 - my immune system is fine too but it was mandated that I get the vaccine. I have a bad habit, I like to eat regularly and so I need my job. So you're either retired, or a coward, hiding behind a fake accommodation.
ReplyDeleteThe principals are loving the fact that Regents are cancelled. Easy to do more grade fraud. Also, I agree about the parents. It's the parents who have to speak up. The doe will not listen to the teachers or the kids. The parents have the most pull.
ReplyDeleteSooooo....teachers should use whatever amount of pull that they have: Stop passing the failing students.
DeleteOverrated, over expensive shows? Hamilton, Lion King, FELA (which I know you would never, ever see or know anything about). You've never taken your children to see a Broadway show? Very pathetic. My God, you must be a very boring person in real life
ReplyDelete@12:54 pm... some folks don't like Broadway shows. Tossing cow chips. Beer brawls. Tipping cows. Getting drunk and sitting in front of the gas station chatting it up about the wildlings in the city is more fun.
DeleteAnon2323. I currently have covid. I am vaxxed and let me tell you theses symptoms are hell. I’m happy to be vaxxed hooefully it will keep me from hospital. Why the fuck would anyone not be concerned about getting this? You want to trade health status with me at this moment? Did not think so. You got a big asshole mouth that consistently spews bullshit. You have no regard or remorse for those who are ill or have lost their lives or been affected by this terrible virus. For once and for all shut the fuck up already!
ReplyDeleteAnothe record yesterday.
ReplyDelete"I'm going to shut down the virus" -President Biden
BREAKING: U.S. reports 484,377 new coronavirus cases, setting world record
@4:22 pm... Get well soon. Anon2323 is just vomiting up the liquids fed to him.
ReplyDeleteThank you waiting, really appreciate it.
Delete@553pm... you're welcome. Get in alot of hot lemon water with fresh ginger. Steam your head. Rest. You will be ok. Ignore Anon2323
DeleteI'll stick up for anon2323.ill prob be censored.your shots messed up your immune system.i know people who have it and didn't take the shot.not bad...if u think it's conspiracy, then meet in the middle and say the shots don't work.almost all the sick I know had the shots.sorry ur sick, but anan2323 and I and others care!we tried in vain to spread the word.the media is bought by pharma so u r bombarded with a one sided view.did u ever look at who is censored?highly respected scientists in the field.think about that.again, not trying to rub salt into your wound.but we are trying to help because we care a lot and we get shit for that.i fear losing my family who took the shot.i fear that every day.
ReplyDeleteI do not wish covid/flu on people here I disagree with. My immune system is 20 times more superior without the vax and my own natural immunity, I would never switch with your compromised immune system or ever want a blood transfusion from a vaxxed person.
ReplyDeleteYou have no idea who I lost family or friend wise. I will never shut up since 90% this blog wanted this nazi vaccine mandate. Meanwhile, vaxxed all over are getting positive. With your crappy narrative.... I got the vax least not in hospital, the vaccine sucks!!
James I am sorry you do not go from 25-34 million cases of flu depending in a year to 1,800 cases. You been choosing CNN the pedo network and fauci for advise who has been wrong since the 1980's aids pandemic.
@waiting not getting anything from your guy Biden, your dems in new york, and whatever pedo network you watch. You prob love Joy Reid.
@anon2323... you stay incorrect 9 out of 10 times. Happy new year
ReplyDeleteGet well soon 4:22.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much.
DeleteListen to what the frontline physicians are saying, not me and certainly not right-wing people here.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/front-line-physicians-describe-vaccination-affects-patients-latest-cov-rcna10215
“The general trend that I’m seeing is, if you’re boosted and you get Covid, you really just at worst end up with bad cold symptoms. It’s not like before where you were coughing, couldn’t say sentences and were short of breath,” said Dr. Matthew Bai, an emergency medicine physician at Mount Sinai Queens in New York City.
“There are obviously exceptions like if you start out with a very weakened immune system, your immune response won’t be as strong with a booster. But in your average person, a booster’s definitely going to make a difference is what I’m seeing,” he said.
Dr. Joseph Varon, chief of critical care services and the Covid-19 unit at Houston’s United Memorial Medical Center, said of the roughly 50 patients admitted to the hospital’s Covid unit in the last four weeks, 100 percent of them were unvaccinated.
He said patients who needed to be admitted typically have “shortness of breath, high fevers, being dehydrated like crazy.” He said those who are unvaccinated also “have more illness. What I mean by more illness is more pneumonia, not just a little bit of pneumonia, you have a lot of pneumonia.”
“The people that are coming in unvaccinated have a much larger burden of illness in the lungs than those who are vaccinated,” he said.
Meanwhile, those who had received the booster shot were “almost back to normal” within several days, he said. Those who had not received the booster have tended to “still feel sick after a week, a week and a half or so,” he added.
Patients who have received the booster shot may still have symptoms such as a sore throat, a lot of fatigue and muscle pain, said Dr. Craig Spencer, director of global health in emergency medicine at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. Those who are vaccinated but have not got the booster “looked worse, they looked like they felt pretty darn bad. But, again, they didn’t need to be hospitalized,” he said.
Feel better 4:22.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much James.
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