Nearly 1 in 4 US teachers at greater risk of becoming seriously ill if infected with coronavirus

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Muri Assunção
,NY Daily News•July 11, 2020


About one in four teachers in the U.S. are at greater risk of becoming seriously ill if they get infected with the new coronavirus, according to a report released Friday by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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The analysis found that about 1.47 million teachers and instructors in the country — nearly 24% of the entire workforce — have a condition that will put them at higher risk of serious illness from coronavirus.

According to the CDC, that means that “they may require hospitalization, intensive care, or a ventilator to help them breathe, or they may even die.”

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