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The Highwire with Del Bigtree

DOCTOR’S TAKE ON SCHOOL MANDATE MADNESS

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

News, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.93.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The passionate debate over students forced to mask up in school has made school board meetings across the country pressure cookers. Del gets a unique perspective from Psychiatrist, mom, and School Board Member, Stefani Reinhold about how to effectively create change within your schools.

Transcript

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0:00.0

When we think about data and what do we do with it, you know, we see guys like Matt

0:04.2

and Wallace, we see these parents that are stepping up all across the country with more

0:08.6

data, with more information.

0:10.2

As we've reported, you know, many of the studies that talk about vaccine hesitancy that are

0:15.6

standing up against masks tend to be, you know, higher educated parents, maybe more

0:21.4

affluent at times is what some of these reports are.

0:24.4

And so these well armed, well informed parents are going into these school board meetings

0:30.1

and frankly raising hell because they're over it.

0:32.9

We went through it here.

0:34.3

If all of these lockdowns work, then why the heck does my kid at the wear a mask this

0:38.3

year?

0:39.3

I mean, I think it's reached a boiling point and we really wanted to sort of get into all

0:45.2

of the details around that conversation.

0:48.0

So there was a school board meeting happening just the other day.

0:50.4

It was an emergency school board meeting in Dripping Springs, Texas and we sent our film

0:55.8

crew in to try and get a feel for both sides of this argument and to see what went down

1:01.7

inside that meeting.

1:03.3

This is what that looked like.

1:08.1

I'm here tonight to support parents' rights to choose for their children.

1:12.9

What is the best thing for them in going to school?

1:15.4

And I think that it's important for them to be able to see each other, see the teacher's

1:19.6

mouth, see the expressions of their friends.

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