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Schools were closed for most of that time, so I’m not sure it means much other than teachers were more able to stay at home than many other professions.
There’s also a big difference in a teacher’s ability to social distance and follow protocols depending on the age group they teach. As @Acliff points out, it’s impossible in nursery and early years.
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Yep true but that in itself shows they have been somewhat protected vs other groups. I'm not sure if there has been any analysis to account for this time from home?
I think risk should be considered from an outcome perspective. The problem immediately comes once you start prioritising, is being able to substantiate that position.
GoatandTricycle
This is the ONS deaths by occupation page
There were 139 deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19) in teaching and educational professionals aged 20 to 64 years registered between 9 March and 28 December 2020 in England and Wales. For both sexes, rates of death involving COVID-19 for this group were statistically significantly lower than the rate of death involving COVID-19 among those of the same age and sex, with 18.4 deaths per 100,000 males (66 deaths) and 9.8 deaths per 100,000 females (73 deaths), compared with 31.4 and 16.8 deaths per 100,000 in the population among males and females respectively.