The Winston Marshall Show
David Zweig - The Damaged Generation: How Lockdown Damaged 50 Million Children For Life
Apr 26, 2025
01:05:29
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- David Zweig emphasizes that school closures during COVID-19 were based on flawed assumptions and did not effectively prevent virus transmission.
- The negative impacts of school closures disproportionately harmed lower-income children, exacerbating existing inequalities in education and mental health.
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Flawed Planning and Uncertainty
The planning documents utilized by the U.S. government concerning pandemic responses were based on dubious assumptions and poor information. Investigative journalist David Zweig highlights that many responses were modeled on influenza and relied on arbitrary numbers for evaluating virus transmission rates among children. Furthermore, even though these flawed plans existed, authorities veered away and made decisions that deviated from them early in the pandemic, compounding the initial issues. This reveals a lack of a sober, logical, and evidence-based response to the challenges posed by COVID-19.
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