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An Abundance of Caution

American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions

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An Abundance of Caution

By: David Zweig
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An Abundance of Caution is a devastating account of the decision-making process behind one of the worst American policy failures in a century—the extended closures of public schools during the pandemic. David Zweig shows how some of the most trusted members of society repeatedly made fundamental errors in their assessment and presentation of evidence.

All along, kids throughout Europe had been learning in person since the spring of 2020. Even many peers at home—in private schools, and public schools in mostly "red" states—were in class full time from fall 2020 onward. Whatever inequities that existed among American children before the pandemic, the selective school closures exacerbated them, disproportionately affecting the underprivileged. Deep mental, physical, and academic harms were endured for no discernible benefit. As the Europeans had shown very early, after they had sent kids back to class, there was never any evidence that long-term school closures would reduce overall cases or deaths in any meaningful way. The story of American schools during the pandemic serves as a prism through which to approach fundamental questions about why and how individuals, bureaucracies, governments, and societies act as they do in times of crisis and uncertainty. Ultimately, this book is not about Covid; it's about a country ill-equipped to act sensibly under duress.

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David Zweig's analysis of the impacts of COVID policies on American school children is required reading for everyone regardless of whether or not you have children. His in-depth reporting on the lack of evidence, shifting of the burden of proof, ideological bias exposes the harmful impacts of the 'following the science' mentality which was anything but scientific. Hopefully, the public (myself included) will bring a healthy dose of skepticism during the next disease outbreak.

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4 years ago today I should have had my graduate school graduation, but instead I was forced to spend the prior 15 months of school at home online for no reason SCIENTIFICALLY CREDIBLE REASON. This book is nothing but kryptonite to the CoroNAZI narrative pushed today by those who “lead” us during our COVID imprisonment. David Zweig BRINGS the read receipts and takes the medical and political establishments to task over their purposeful neglect of the science and stats for political games. It’s a fantastic Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn level piece of testimonial literature bringing to light the lies and revisionism. This should be a must read for anyone who claim to have lead during covid. 10/10 💯🔥

The world needs this book

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This is a well researched, well written and informative book that everyone in America should read so we never make this mistake again

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