With Israeli children set to return to schools on Sept. 1, it turns out 37,000 teaching staff have yet to be vaccinated for the coronavirus. Even when taking those who for medical or other justifiable reasons have yet to be inoculated into consideration, this still means we are dealing with tens of thousands of people who suffer from superstitious ignorance and/or engage in anti-social behavior. Some of these people even refuse to be tested for the virus to allow those infected to self-isolate.
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The immediate reason for preventing them from having access to schools and kindergartens is of course concern children and teens who are unable to defend themselves from their carelessness will contract the virus and in turn, infect their own families.
There is, however, another, deeper reason: the destructive pedagogical example of refusers of all kinds provide. These people must not be the educators of an entire generation of children. Through their behavior, such educators will feed children a poisonous cocktail of indifference toward their health and lives, disregard for the common good, conspiracy theories, and the denial of science.
Those who choose to behave this way have no place in the education system. Nor should they benefit from their lawlessness by being paid despite not doing any work. Perhaps they should be sent to teach other unvaccinated adults. This way that can enjoy the benefits of a supportive social environment and infect one another to their hearts' content.
Those who need glasses to see yet refuse to wear them should not drive a bus. Those who need a hearing aid and refuse to wear one should not man police emergency hotlines. Those with a fear of heights should not serve as mountain climbing guides. Those who suffer from a skewed perception of reality and skewed social values do not deserve to serve as educational role models for the next generation.
It's unfortunate something so obvious to any responsible person has to be said in the first place.
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