David Zweig

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.

Gone was the idea of no matter what, get kids in school. That was out. Instead, the new statement was, listen to the experts. Oh, God. And On top of that, something that was missing in the earlier guidance, we need money and lots of it if you want to open these schools. And here's the last thing that's interesting about the revised statement.

Gone was the idea of no matter what, get kids in school. That was out. Instead, the new statement was, listen to the experts. Oh, God. And On top of that, something that was missing in the earlier guidance, we need money and lots of it if you want to open these schools. And here's the last thing that's interesting about the revised statement.

Gone was the idea of no matter what, get kids in school. That was out. Instead, the new statement was, listen to the experts. Oh, God. And On top of that, something that was missing in the earlier guidance, we need money and lots of it if you want to open these schools. And here's the last thing that's interesting about the revised statement.

It's not what's in the statement, but it's who authored the statement. And it wasn't the American Academy of Pediatrics by itself. It was co-authored with the two largest teachers unions in the country.

It's not what's in the statement, but it's who authored the statement. And it wasn't the American Academy of Pediatrics by itself. It was co-authored with the two largest teachers unions in the country.

It's not what's in the statement, but it's who authored the statement. And it wasn't the American Academy of Pediatrics by itself. It was co-authored with the two largest teachers unions in the country.

I think public health and the media are the bigger villains because ultimately the teachers unions couldn't have made this outlandish list of demands that they did in so many places without having the cover of the media and public health saying these things. And I recount all sorts of stuff in the book.

I think public health and the media are the bigger villains because ultimately the teachers unions couldn't have made this outlandish list of demands that they did in so many places without having the cover of the media and public health saying these things. And I recount all sorts of stuff in the book.

I think public health and the media are the bigger villains because ultimately the teachers unions couldn't have made this outlandish list of demands that they did in so many places without having the cover of the media and public health saying these things. And I recount all sorts of stuff in the book.

Had Anthony Fauci and everyone else within the public health establishment said, hold on, none of this stuff is true that they're demanding. I have a whole long section in there about these claims about needing HEPA filters and HVAC upgrades. No one was challenging that. And believe me,

Had Anthony Fauci and everyone else within the public health establishment said, hold on, none of this stuff is true that they're demanding. I have a whole long section in there about these claims about needing HEPA filters and HVAC upgrades. No one was challenging that. And believe me,

Had Anthony Fauci and everyone else within the public health establishment said, hold on, none of this stuff is true that they're demanding. I have a whole long section in there about these claims about needing HEPA filters and HVAC upgrades. No one was challenging that. And believe me,

Anthony Fauci was in front of a camera every single day, gave a zillion interviews, and tons of public health pundits. There was this one emergency medicine physician who I talk about in the book quite a bit.

Anthony Fauci was in front of a camera every single day, gave a zillion interviews, and tons of public health pundits. There was this one emergency medicine physician who I talk about in the book quite a bit.

Anthony Fauci was in front of a camera every single day, gave a zillion interviews, and tons of public health pundits. There was this one emergency medicine physician who I talk about in the book quite a bit.

She gave hundreds of interviews constantly on the speed dial at the New York Times and other places, even though she had no particular expertise in infectious diseases or any of these interventions. She was now an expert. She was on speed dial. None of these people... said a word that this is completely bogus.

She gave hundreds of interviews constantly on the speed dial at the New York Times and other places, even though she had no particular expertise in infectious diseases or any of these interventions. She was now an expert. She was on speed dial. None of these people... said a word that this is completely bogus.

She gave hundreds of interviews constantly on the speed dial at the New York Times and other places, even though she had no particular expertise in infectious diseases or any of these interventions. She was now an expert. She was on speed dial. None of these people... said a word that this is completely bogus.

And the most important part that I mentioned in the sort of chronology is that in late April and early May, many, many countries throughout Europe, 22 countries began to reopen their schools. Millions of children. We're not talking about like a little school somewhere in Tibet, you know, with 12 kids. Millions of children were going back to school in Europe.