David Zweig

That's right. You could eat, but you weren't allowed to talk. So we had children. And meanwhile, at the same time, adults, you know, right down the block from the school were dining at a restaurant. You could go to a bar. I mean, right.

That's right. You could eat, but you weren't allowed to talk. So we had children. And meanwhile, at the same time, adults, you know, right down the block from the school were dining at a restaurant. You could go to a bar. I mean, right.

That's right. You could eat, but you weren't allowed to talk. So we had children. And meanwhile, at the same time, adults, you know, right down the block from the school were dining at a restaurant. You could go to a bar. I mean, right.

I mean, yeah, but yeah, children weren't allowed to speak during lunch. In New York City, some of the schools, the kids were sitting in the winter on concrete outside. Yeah. I mean, this is a good sort of launch into discussing this. When we talk about it, you sort of kind of laugh looking back. This was so radical, so absurd. The idea that children... That's if they were in school.

I mean, yeah, but yeah, children weren't allowed to speak during lunch. In New York City, some of the schools, the kids were sitting in the winter on concrete outside. Yeah. I mean, this is a good sort of launch into discussing this. When we talk about it, you sort of kind of laugh looking back. This was so radical, so absurd. The idea that children... That's if they were in school.

I mean, yeah, but yeah, children weren't allowed to speak during lunch. In New York City, some of the schools, the kids were sitting in the winter on concrete outside. Yeah. I mean, this is a good sort of launch into discussing this. When we talk about it, you sort of kind of laugh looking back. This was so radical, so absurd. The idea that children... That's if they were in school.

But millions of them were not even allowed, didn't set foot into a school building for over a year. Healthy kids. We barred healthy children from school while at the same time, malls were open, bars, restaurants, casinos, adults who were actually... at higher risk than children, they could carry on. But kids were barred from school.

But millions of them were not even allowed, didn't set foot into a school building for over a year. Healthy kids. We barred healthy children from school while at the same time, malls were open, bars, restaurants, casinos, adults who were actually... at higher risk than children, they could carry on. But kids were barred from school.

But millions of them were not even allowed, didn't set foot into a school building for over a year. Healthy kids. We barred healthy children from school while at the same time, malls were open, bars, restaurants, casinos, adults who were actually... at higher risk than children, they could carry on. But kids were barred from school.

I mean, kids in California, they weren't, except for the governor's children, they were in school, in private school. Of course. But everyone else, this is such a wild, wild circumstance that I don't think it's been fully reckoned with how insane that is. And at the time it seemed insane, but a lot of people went along with it.

I mean, kids in California, they weren't, except for the governor's children, they were in school, in private school. Of course. But everyone else, this is such a wild, wild circumstance that I don't think it's been fully reckoned with how insane that is. And at the time it seemed insane, but a lot of people went along with it.

I mean, kids in California, they weren't, except for the governor's children, they were in school, in private school. Of course. But everyone else, this is such a wild, wild circumstance that I don't think it's been fully reckoned with how insane that is. And at the time it seemed insane, but a lot of people went along with it.

And the reason I wanted to write the book was, and this is years of research, was to try to create a historical record. And the book is not a cataloging of these are all the harms that happened to kids. I touch on that, of course. It's important. The book is like an anatomy of decision making.

And the reason I wanted to write the book was, and this is years of research, was to try to create a historical record. And the book is not a cataloging of these are all the harms that happened to kids. I touch on that, of course. It's important. The book is like an anatomy of decision making.

And the reason I wanted to write the book was, and this is years of research, was to try to create a historical record. And the book is not a cataloging of these are all the harms that happened to kids. I touch on that, of course. It's important. The book is like an anatomy of decision making.

How is it that such an insane decision like that and all the ones that followed after, how did that happen? And that's what the book does. I try to kind of pull the curtain back and show this is how politicians, this is how health officials, this is how the legacy media made its decisions to create a culture where something like that actually happened.

How is it that such an insane decision like that and all the ones that followed after, how did that happen? And that's what the book does. I try to kind of pull the curtain back and show this is how politicians, this is how health officials, this is how the legacy media made its decisions to create a culture where something like that actually happened.

How is it that such an insane decision like that and all the ones that followed after, how did that happen? And that's what the book does. I try to kind of pull the curtain back and show this is how politicians, this is how health officials, this is how the legacy media made its decisions to create a culture where something like that actually happened.

That's right. So I, I, go back and show the CDC created these guidebooks or playbooks for how to handle a pandemic. And there were a series of them, but two of them in particular were very, very important. One of them came out in 2007, and then there was a revision in 2017. These books were mentioned by officials from the CDC at the beginning of the pandemic.

That's right. So I, I, go back and show the CDC created these guidebooks or playbooks for how to handle a pandemic. And there were a series of them, but two of them in particular were very, very important. One of them came out in 2007, and then there was a revision in 2017. These books were mentioned by officials from the CDC at the beginning of the pandemic.