An Arizona elementary school teacher died of COVID-19 after sharing a summer classroom with 2 other teachers who also fell ill with the disease, and now those close to her are warning of the risks of reopening schools too quickly.
Byrd echoed that his mother and the two other teachers were extra-careful in the classroom."They were doing whatever they could to stay safe. They were wearing masks, gloves, using hand sanitizer constantly" partially because his mom was 63 and suffered from asthma, lupus and diabetes.
Kimberly Chavez Lopez Byrd, second from left, with her family. She died of complications from the coronavirus.Byrd said he doesn't know if his mother got coronavirus in the classroom or brought it to the classroom.
"She sacrificed so much for her school, for her kids — she really had a passion for teaching," Byrd said of his mother."It’s what she loved to do."
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