Three education professionals in Broward County, Florida, died from complications related to COVID-19 within 24 hours of one another, the president of the local teachers union told CBS Miami on Friday.
Between Monday night and Wednesday morning, two teachers and one teaching assistant in Broward County died due to COVID-19, none of whom were vaccinated, according to Broward Teachers Union President Anna Fusco.
She later told WFOR that a fourth person, a graduate of Broward County Schools who worked for the county, died of COVID-related complications this week.
''It's extremely frightening. I hear this every day, whether in Broward or elsewhere. We're the 5th largest union in the country,'' she said.
Rosalind Osgood, who chairs the Broward County school board, told CBS that ''I have been on the school board for nine years, and for nine years you get to connect with them,'' referring to local educators. ''You love them. They become family."
CBS noted that the deaths occurred at about the same time that the Broward County school board voted to impose a mask mandate, contradicting the ban set by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican.
Fusco told CBS that she's relieved that the board chose to impose a mask mandate despite the governor's order.
''We got a little bit of relief, keeping mask protocols, hand sanitizer, extra sanitizing,'' she said.
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