Three teachers and a teaching assistant died from Covid-19-related complications within the span between Monday night and Wednesday morning, the president of the Broward Teachers Union, Anna Fusco, told CNN.
Broward County School Board Chair Rosalind Osgood was aware of several teachers’ deaths, telling CNN on Friday: “We got information on Tuesday that was reported to us. I know of three of those teachers that passed away from Covid in Broward County.”
“I was also told that they were unvaccinated,” Osgood said when asked whether three of the teachers were not vaccinated.
The teachers’ deaths come just days before classes start in Broward County, among the country’s largest school districts, and as coronavirus cases surge in Florida and other states, driven by the Delta variant and low vaccination rates. The confluence is reigniting debates over Covid-19 mitigation strategies as a new…
