David Zweig

It's to be skeptical of those in power. The government, the defense department, the church, all these large institutions, big businesses. Yet that evaporated. in the pandemic. So you had this circumstance where you had these bogus models that we were told, if you do these things, it's going to affect cases in such and such manner. And everyone's like, oh, that looks official.

It's to be skeptical of those in power. The government, the defense department, the church, all these large institutions, big businesses. Yet that evaporated. in the pandemic. So you had this circumstance where you had these bogus models that we were told, if you do these things, it's going to affect cases in such and such manner. And everyone's like, oh, that looks official.

It's to be skeptical of those in power. The government, the defense department, the church, all these large institutions, big businesses. Yet that evaporated. in the pandemic. So you had this circumstance where you had these bogus models that we were told, if you do these things, it's going to affect cases in such and such manner. And everyone's like, oh, that looks official.

It's from these fancy colleges. Deborah Burke, she's wearing a nice silk scarf. She looks like she's smart. I'll listen to her. She looks a school mommy. Yeah. Fauci is telling us this, you know, oh, we'll listen to them. But no one bothered to really investigate what was the underlying information? What was the underlying data that fed into these various models?

It's from these fancy colleges. Deborah Burke, she's wearing a nice silk scarf. She looks like she's smart. I'll listen to her. She looks a school mommy. Yeah. Fauci is telling us this, you know, oh, we'll listen to them. But no one bothered to really investigate what was the underlying information? What was the underlying data that fed into these various models?

It's from these fancy colleges. Deborah Burke, she's wearing a nice silk scarf. She looks like she's smart. I'll listen to her. She looks a school mommy. Yeah. Fauci is telling us this, you know, oh, we'll listen to them. But no one bothered to really investigate what was the underlying information? What was the underlying data that fed into these various models?

So I spend a lot of time on this and in the book. And what I believe that I show persuasively is that unfortunately, this all comes down to tribalism, that political tribalism. We had such an, and I shouldn't use past tense, had, we have such an acrimonious political environment in our country. And the fact of the matter is most of the legacy or, you know, prestige media outlets, uh,

So I spend a lot of time on this and in the book. And what I believe that I show persuasively is that unfortunately, this all comes down to tribalism, that political tribalism. We had such an, and I shouldn't use past tense, had, we have such an acrimonious political environment in our country. And the fact of the matter is most of the legacy or, you know, prestige media outlets, uh,

So I spend a lot of time on this and in the book. And what I believe that I show persuasively is that unfortunately, this all comes down to tribalism, that political tribalism. We had such an, and I shouldn't use past tense, had, we have such an acrimonious political environment in our country. And the fact of the matter is most of the legacy or, you know, prestige media outlets, uh,

are left-leaning, almost everyone there. Most of the people within public health also share that political persuasion. And what I show is that time and again, there's a zillion examples of this, that it was this sort of what I call like Newtonian physics. With every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction. When Trump said... opened the schools, that was it.

are left-leaning, almost everyone there. Most of the people within public health also share that political persuasion. And what I show is that time and again, there's a zillion examples of this, that it was this sort of what I call like Newtonian physics. With every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction. When Trump said... opened the schools, that was it.

are left-leaning, almost everyone there. Most of the people within public health also share that political persuasion. And what I show is that time and again, there's a zillion examples of this, that it was this sort of what I call like Newtonian physics. With every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction. When Trump said... opened the schools, that was it.

He basically ensured that they would be closed.

He basically ensured that they would be closed.

He basically ensured that they would be closed.

And then- That's right. So the American Academy of Pediatrics comes out with this guidance early on saying, no matter what, let's get kids in school. And on top of that, they said, don't worry about six feet of distancing. If you can do it, great. But if you can't, let's just get the kids in school. This is the most important thing. It was unambiguous what they meant.

And then- That's right. So the American Academy of Pediatrics comes out with this guidance early on saying, no matter what, let's get kids in school. And on top of that, they said, don't worry about six feet of distancing. If you can do it, great. But if you can't, let's just get the kids in school. This is the most important thing. It was unambiguous what they meant.

And then- That's right. So the American Academy of Pediatrics comes out with this guidance early on saying, no matter what, let's get kids in school. And on top of that, they said, don't worry about six feet of distancing. If you can do it, great. But if you can't, let's just get the kids in school. This is the most important thing. It was unambiguous what they meant.

Shortly thereafter, Trump tweets in all caps with like a million exclamation points as is his way. Schools need to open in the fall. Within days, the American Academy of Pediatrics reversed its guidance. It was so stark. It was so crazy, the reversal that even NPR had reported on at the time. Gone was any mention of, you know, don't worry about distancing. That was out.

Shortly thereafter, Trump tweets in all caps with like a million exclamation points as is his way. Schools need to open in the fall. Within days, the American Academy of Pediatrics reversed its guidance. It was so stark. It was so crazy, the reversal that even NPR had reported on at the time. Gone was any mention of, you know, don't worry about distancing. That was out.