Non-US tenured teacher here. I'd have to do something very, very, very wrong before I'd ever have a snowball's chance in hell of getting fired. Most if not all

Non-US tenured teacher here. I'd have to do something very, very, very wrong before I'd ever have a snowball's chance in hell of getting fired. Most if not all of my colleagues and I have worked incredibly hard teaching remotely when that was the only option. We've been expected to use self purchased electronic equipment for that. When limited on-site teaching became possible again, we took the opportunity. Yes, older, overweight teachers most at risk also did. We saw our bosses cared. We saw a fairly competent chain of command up to the prime minister, very much guided by the scientific approach. My guess is that made a large difference. At least with me it did. Would we have done the same in the US? I don't think so. The scientific approach has been disregarded so badly, not to say ridiculed, at so many levels. Individual students, parents, school district leads, governors, the president. Don't expect me to voluntarily take the risk they've created. Here are some of the important questions that need to be answered before I'd consider going back to teach on site: - Will sufficient personal protective equipment be provided? - Will elementary technical precautions like distancing, natural ventilation etcetera be taken? - Will parents and students over 12 years old be required to use a facial mask in any physical proximity situation? - Will my obese colleague with a heart condition be shielded from teaching in direct physical contact with students? Also, it would be nice if government showed some appreciation for our hard remote work, by way of a budget for electronic equipment for remote teaching for example.