Letter to the editor: Teachers should not be vaccine priority

I was absolutely shocked and appalled to hear that teachers and their union have requested to be included in the 1B covid-19 vaccination group.

As a group, teachers are in a much lower risk category than those 65-plus with compromised immune systems and 75-plus seniors. Their students are in a considerably lower risk group than the teachers.

How many lives will be lost in the 65-plus and 75-plus groups so that teachers can be immunized? Have the teachers no shame? It seems that today’s teachers do not have any shame; they only have a very powerful union that puts them above all others, even at the expense of the lives of those 65 and older.

I have no objection to teachers being prioritized after seniors so that children can get back to regular school.

John L. Petrancosta Sr.

Glenshaw