‘They Were Sacrificed for Nothing’: David Zweig

"This was a world-altering event. … Our culture, our society, favored older people and other groups to the detriment of children. And there was no benefit [to school closures].

…They were sacrificed for nothing…There was no benefit for elderly people. There are a number of studies that have come out. It's irrefutable at this point.

…We, in America, had a scientific culture during the pandemic that favored theory over evidence. It's quite an extraordinary moment.

…We actually had empirical evidence from millions of children who went back to school in Europe, and then later millions of kids in [certain locales in] America who were in school.

And yet, there was an insistence, month after month after month, on and on for more than a year that we were supposed to ignore the actual things that we could see with our own eyes."

David Zweig is the author of the new book “An Abundance of Caution: American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions.”