I don't think teachers should be singled out for praise over any other individual whether employed in the public sector or private, in any profession.
Every single person who has to work at the moment should be considered an equal in terms of "key worker" status, a phrase coined by spin doctors to add gravitas to certain professions quite wrongly.
A hospital cannot function if there are no cleaners, porters, maintenance personnel etc, a school cannot function without caretakers, teachers support staff, or indeed pupils.
If you walk into a supermarket you consider it normal for the shelves to be kept stocked, and staff to be on hand to assist, you expect your lights to come on when you flick a switch, the central heating boiler to work, your dustbin to be emptied when full, the ability to fill up your car if you need to travel to work etc etc.
All of the above need to work, the bus to get you to work if you don't drive, all manner of support going on quietly in the background, not simply the stuff in the foreground and not one of these people, you or I should consider yourself a special case.
However you look at it though there needs to be a balance made, it is simply not possible to mitigate every aspect of risk for every single member of society, and expect others to pick up the bill on our behalf.
We are all part of a much larger machine called society, if any of the parts are missing then the machine doesn't work correctly.
Brian
