https://freerepublic.com/tag/schoolshutdown/ en-us Fri, 23 Sep 2022 20:41:55 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4095595/posts Dr. Anthony Fauci says shutting down schools during the COVID-19 pandemic was worthwhile. “I believe so for a number of reasons,” Fauci, the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a lockdown proponent, said on Sept. 22. Fauci said that people who note that many children do not suffer severe cases of COVID-19 disregard that “we still lost 1,400 children.” As of Aug. 20, only 722 deaths among children were determined to have COVID-19 as the underlying cause, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s WONDER database. Fauci also put forth the theory... epoch times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4095595/posts#comment Fri, 23 Sep 2022 20:41:55 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3934046/posts The Chicago Public Schools have been closed for about a year now, but they finally got a deal. Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles: they will finally return to the workplace... part time for now, and only for some early grades. Why the long delay? Because the Chicago Teachers’ Union, like so many people across the country, have spent the past year primarily concerned about being “safe.” “Safe.” Such an interesting word. Its definition has been radically transformed, hasn’t it, in the twelve months since news began to leak out that the Chinese government was welding shut the doors and... Illinois Review https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3934046/posts#comment Fri, 12 Feb 2021 22:35:56 GMT