David Zweig On Union Power Grabs, Media Complicity, & “Expert” Manipulations During Covid School Closures Freedom To Learn podcast

David Zweig on Union Power Grabs, Media Complicity, & “Expert” Manipulations During Covid School Closures

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David Zweig joins Freedom to Learn to discuss his new book, "An Abundance of Caution: American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions," a piercing exposé of America’s COVID-era school closure debacle. Zweig reveals how media, health “experts,” and teachers unions ignored real-time evidence, amplified fear, and prioritized politics over children, with devastating class-based consequences. His book uncovers the groupthink and failures that prolonged closures and equips readers to spot similar missteps in future crises.

An Abundance of Caution: American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions: https://www.amazon.com/Abundance-Caution-American-Schools-Decisions/dp/0262549158

How Covid Lies Destroyed Kids’ Lives: https://www.thefp.com/p/david-zweig-covid-lies-school-lockdowns-destroyed-kids-lives

Congressional hearing on the Consequences of School Closures: Intended and Unintended: https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/the-consequences-of-school-closures-intended-and-unintended/

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Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Media and Health Experts: Shirking During COVID (00:03:25)

3. How Politics Distorts Decision Making (00:08:13)

4. Lessons From Europe and Ignored Evidence (00:12:42)

5. Class Dynamics in Pandemic Policies (00:16:20)

6. The Impact of Teachers Unions During COVID (00:22:22)

7. Lessons Learned and Future Implications (00:28:33)

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