Back-To-School Fears with Dr. Paul

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

Health & Fitness, News, Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

After ignoring overwhelming data demonstrating Schools, and children, are not a primary source of transmission of Covid19, health authorities are finally pushing for opening schools. But, after stoking ‘unrealistic fear’ in the public, about SARS CoV2, parents and teachers are hesitant to return. Our favorite pediatrician, Dr. Paul Thomas shares what he’s found in his own personal studies on transmission of Covid

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0:00.0	I really want to get deeper into it with Dr. Paul Thomas, who has one of the largest
0:05.2	practices that has vaccinated, semi-vaccinated and totally unvaccinated children.
0:11.8	Who better to discuss how we move forward?
0:14.5	What is going to mean for our children, whether they're constantly mass, whether they ever
0:18.3	get back in school?
0:19.9	There's no one better.
0:20.9	He's coming right up.
0:21.9	But first, this is what this insanity looks like in your news.
0:26.0	Teachers in some cities in their labor unions, they are pushing back big time.
0:29.4	They say it's still not safe enough for everyone to return to school buildings.
0:33.5	There's a lot of trepidation.
0:35.3	We recognize that a lot of anxiety about going back into the classroom.
0:39.8	School's close is a national emergency.
0:42.0	We are seeing the devastating costs just pile on top of each other.
0:46.0	Parents say their kids are paying the price.
0:49.0	You can't get the lesson.
0:50.8	He doesn't see his friends.
0:52.3	It's just not working.
0:53.8	We'll also do everything we can to keep our educators and students safe.
0:58.4	To safely reopen the majority of our K through 8 schools by the end of the first 100 days.
1:05.1	Many teachers across the country say it's still not safe to teach in person.
1:09.8	They're seeing people, their friends, their fellow teachers died.
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