Yaffa Ben-David, Secretary General of the Teachers’ Union, spoke tonight (Monday) with Anat Davidov on her program ‘Where’s the Money’ on 103FM and clarified that she will leave the labor dispute intact until she sees the teaching staff being vaccinated against Corona. “Which went against the beliefs of the health of the citizens. “It is impossible for people who do not understand medicine to turn everything around – look what a confusion they have made.”
Labor dispute has already been declared, do you have a promise that there will be vaccines for teachers?
“Yes, unfortunately I had to announce when I saw the priority that is going to be given to teaching staff at the end of January February. I saw that there is no choice and said there are not enough vaccines for teaching staff. Everyone started going into action after that. Yesterday I had a good conversation with the Director General. Nice, he told me, ‘We are going to start vaccinating the teaching staff starting next week. I told him I was happy to hear, but I leave the labor dispute intact until I see the teaching staff get vaccinated. “
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How many people are involved?
“Between 180,000 and 200,000.”
Will not Gil’s matter here?
“No, age 60 does not need a special permit, the problem is below and not in risk situations. Those who are at risk and over age 60 can be vaccinated through the HMOs. We talked about the general teaching staff who should be vaccinated immediately, not prioritized or waited. We have been sanctified, we also need to. “
Beyond the fact that Levy called you, do you know what it’s going to be like in practice? We know that there are independent school initiatives that drive teachers to vaccination campaigns. Did he explain anything to you?
“Yes, the intention is simply through the hospitals at the moment, and that the teaching staff will be invited and vaccinated. There have been some authorities or private initiatives. They said next week they will make dedicated complexes for teaching staff who will not have to wait for busy queues after work.”
Do you know the state of morbidity in schools? Because the data is contradictory, it’s a mystery.
“Not only are the data contradictory but they do not come live, there is no synchronization between the Ministry of Health and Education, we get it after. We see in the field that educational institutions are closing and something is wrong with us because we do not collect the data because the Ministry of Education and Health. “We hear on the ground that there is more to it than meets the eye.”
The question is whether the reports from the committees or politicians in the Corona cabinet in the government, is there a political intention here, is it conducted not along clean lines and free of any interest?
“I want to believe that it is not there, and that at least some of the people in the Ministry of Health I know personally, are the professionals and we should listen to the people who trust the health of the citizens. If the Ministry of Health comes and says, ‘a certain closure should be made “They don’t understand medicine and will turn everything around. Look what a mess they did. Why didn’t they give a few days to get organized? Today it’s all out, because of the political situation everyone is pulling, making voices, not playing in human life neither of the teaching staff nor the students.”
That means you would leave everyone at home.
“No, what was decided was defenders until IV and XI-XII and special education and they had to continue learning. The issue of E-Y, they trolled the whole system, it is not at the push of a button, he who does not engage in education and does not have “Concept of what education is, this is the most difficult profession, especially in the corona period which is complex, challenging, educators have reinvented themselves.”
Ram Shefa and the committee that voted in favor of opening all classrooms, including the 5th to 10th, made a mistake.
“In my opinion they did not listen to the Ministry of Health and in this recklessness would have allowed at least two more days to get organized, today in one big confusion.
The ultra-Orthodox education lives in a world of its own, continues to run, listens to rabbis, goes to schools. Is that okay? The parents look at it and do not understand.
“It is already in the hands of the government, in general in a system without control and enforcement, there will be anarchy. Solutions must also be given that are unique to this sector, we know the conditions in which they live and their infection is greater in homes than schools, so every population should give a solution.” “And ask why they are going to study. They are going to study because their situation in the homes is more difficult, everything is crowded there. Solutions must also be given to the ultra-Orthodox sector.”