{"id":655176,"date":"2021-08-17T14:52:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T18:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=655176"},"modified":"2021-08-17T14:52:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T18:52:15","slug":"texas-teacher-cries-compares-lack-of-mask-mandate-to-school-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-teacher-cries-compares-lack-of-mask-mandate-to-school-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Teacher Cries, Compares Lack Of Mask Mandate To School Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-teacher-cries-compares-lack-of-mask-mandate-to-school-shooting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=655176&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1230184739.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A Texas teacher recorded herself tearfully comparing the lack of a face mask mandate at her school to an impending school shooting in a TikTok that went viral over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Jenny Gillis, a high school English teacher north of Austin, said this year she has had \u201cmy regular back to school anxieties,\u201d but \u201cthis year there is this overshadowing apprehension.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gillis said she worries about things like who will take care of her children if she dies, how she will pay the medical bills if she is hospitalized, and how she will live with it if she gives the coronavirus to her students or her own children and they die.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is like we are trying to protect our students from a mass shooting that we know is coming but cannot do anything about,\u201d the teacher said. \u201cExcept we can do something about it, it\u2019s just that not everyone agrees that wearing a mask will stop the onslaught of students and staff who are likely to become sick and that makes me sick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gillis said she has heard teachers discussing how to find affordable attorneys so they can write their wills in case they die.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are wondering what legal rights we have\u201d regarding mask mandates, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re tired of fighting parents who feel like mask mandates violate rights,\u201d she said, assuring parents that, \u201cwe would step in front of a bullet and die for you child.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.1822660098522\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This Texas teacher is on the verge of tears talking about what it\u2019s like working in a school that isn\u2019t allowed to require masks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hZYPX3z8xQ\">pic.twitter.com\/hZYPX3z8xQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kolleen (@littlewhitty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/littlewhitty\/status\/1426562868225400839?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some TikTok users suggested that Gillis\u2019 fears might be overblown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy son spent all of last year in school 5 days a week with no mask mandate. Yes, there were cases. Nothing serious. No death. No hospitalization,\u201d one TikTok user wrote in a comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe your son is the one who killed my friend Fawn who died in ICU from COVID in July,\u201d Gillis replied.<\/p>\n<p>On Twitter, where the video was shared by others, Gillis revealed that she is vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, my entire family is fully vaccinated. I know I won\u2019t die,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heartsouljoy\/status\/1426622701180002310\">wrote<\/a> in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Texas is seeing a spike in coronavirus hospitalizations this month as the new delta variant spreads in the state. In Austin-Travis County, the seven-day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kvue.com\/article\/news\/health\/coronavirus\/coronavirus-numbers\/austin-texas-covid-updates-august-17-2021\/269-87d86458-924d-4841-a556-de433a430c2d\">average<\/a> of new hospitalizations is 76.<\/p>\n<p>As of Monday, 52,931 people had died from the coronavirus in Texas since the start of the pandemic, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/kids-with-covid19-hospitals-overwhelmed-texas-childrens-hospital-delta-variant\/10955424\/\">according<\/a> to the Texas Department of State Health Services. Only 59 of those deaths were people aged 19 years or younger.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 349 children have died from Covid-19 in the last 18 months <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/health\/coronavirus\/verify-covid-19-more-pediatric-deaths-than-flu-last-18-months\/285-2b3fef00-454b-4b43-a873-573ff6afffe7\">according<\/a> to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, less than 1% of all pediatric deaths since the pandemic began.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the superintendent of Austin Independent School District defied Governor Greg Abbott\u2019s executive orders banning \u200b\u200bface mask mandates and <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6090484\/austin-texas-schools-masks-mandate\/\">announced<\/a> a mask mandate for students and all others on school property when they start school on Tuesday. On Monday, Round Rock Independent School District just north of Austin flouted the governor\u2019s orders as well, announcing a temporary mask mandate for students and staff.<\/p>\n<p>Violating the governor\u2019s mask mandate ban carries a fine of $1,000, but it is not clear how the fine would apply to school districts.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas teacher recorded herself tearfully comparing the lack of a face mask mandate at her school to an impending school shooting in a TikTok that went viral over the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-655176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}