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Three teachers and a teaching assistant from Broward County, Florida, have died from COVID-19 within a span of 24 hours, the Broward Teachers' Union told NBC Miami on Thursday.
Out of the four deceased, three were not vaccinated, but one was set to get the vaccine, said Union president Anna Fusco, per NBC Miami. All four were on summer break when they caught the virus and died just as the school year was about to begin, she added.
One was a high school teacher and another taught in elementary school, while the teaching assistant and remaining teacher were from the same school, Fusco also said to CBS Miami. "It's extremely frightening. I hear this every day. Whether in Broward or elsewhere. We're the 5th largest union in the country," said Fusco.
She told NBC Miami: "It really hits because we've been in this conversation about masking up in schools; our own elected governor acting like masks are not necessary."
https://www.insider.com/four-broward-county-school-teachers-pass-from-covid-24-hours-2021-8