July 8, 2020

The Left’s BIG Lie About Getting Back to School

They say they’re worried about our children’s safety. Don’t believe them.

We return to normal when our children return to school.

That societal marker, perhaps more than any other, will tell us when we’ve finally gained the upper hand on COVID-19. It’s understandable, then, that the reopening of our schools has become a hot-button issue. And President Donald Trump is on the side of concerned parents across the political spectrum.

“Corrupt Joe Biden and the Democrats don’t want to open schools in the Fall for political reasons, not for health reasons!” the president tweeted on Monday. “They think it will help them in November. Wrong, the people get it!” Earlier today, he upped the ante: “In Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and many other countries, SCHOOLS ARE OPEN WITH NO PROBLEMS. The Dems think it would be bad for them politically if U.S. schools open before the November Election, but is important for the children & families. May cut off funding if not open!”

The battle over our schools seems to fit a pattern — a pattern in which the Democrats and their mainstream-media enablers sow uncertainty and chaos in an effort to derail the Trump presidency between now and November 3. Coronavirus lockdowns, civil unrest, the toppling of statues, the suspension of our professional sports leagues — all of these restrictive measures and more have the support of a particular political party. And only on November 4, when Joe Biden has been elected president and his fellow Democrats have been rightfully returned to power, will order be restored to our lives.

“School districts across the U.S. are working to implement social distancing measures in schools so that kids can return in the fall,” reports Naomi Lim in the Washington Examiner. “Lily Eskelsen Garcia, president of the National Education Association, the nation’s largest educators’ union, has argued that the Trump administration does not have a plan in place to ensure student safety come fall. She responded to Trump’s tweet calling for schools to reopen, saying, ‘You forgot to add the word "SAFELY.”’“

Ah, "SAFELY.” This is the ground on which our nation’s rotten teachers’ unions will do battle. “Think of the children,” they’ll tell us, when in fact our children aren’t at risk at all. The coronavirus mortality data indicates that it’s less lethal for children than the standard flu. Indeed, a normal child’s chance of dying from the coronavirus is just barely above zero.

We have much more data available to us today, and it’s telling us that the coronavirus isn’t nearly as deadly as we’ve been led to believe. But you won’t hear this from the pro-chaos, Trump-deranged media.

According to Stanford professor of medicine and epidemiology Dr. John Ioannidis, the COVID-19 fatality rate is “between 0.02%-0.4%, far lower than the 1%-and-way-up numbers that were once bandied about — and much closer to the 0.1% death rate of the flu.” That’s one person in a thousand for ages across the board, and it’s far, far lower still when we factor out the elderly. Dr. Ioannidis, as the Washington Examiner reports, puts the fatality rate for folks under 45 at “almost zero.”

This comes on the heels of the release of American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines “strongly advocating” that school districts should take precautions but make sure children are “physically present in school.”

But, as for the schools and the Democrats who run them, Fox News’s Laura Ingraham, a mother herself, shed plenty of light on their no-school scheme last night. Her segment is well worth watching.

So when you hear the Democrats, the union reps, and even your local principals and superintendents say that they’re eager to open up the classrooms just as soon as it’s safe for the children, don’t believe them. Because they’re either willfully lying or grossly misinformed.

If our kids aren’t back in school this fall, remember who’s to blame. And be sure to take it out on them on November 3.

Update: In an NBC News interview that took place after this analysis was posted, “five top pediatricians across the country” were unanimous on this point: “The benefits of being in the classroom far outweigh the risk of getting the disease.” And when asked directly about letting their own children go back to school, they responded: “I will. My kids are looking forward to it.” “Yes, period.” “Absolutely. As much as I can. Without a hesitation, yes.” “I have no concerns about sending my child to school in the fall.” “I would let my kids go back to school.”

(Visit our comprehensive CV19 Pandemic response and recovery page to review our timeline of government and political actions related to the pandemic, and see our related pages.

Who We Are

The Patriot Post is a highly acclaimed weekday digest of news analysis, policy and opinion written from the heartland — as opposed to the MSM’s ubiquitous Beltway echo chambers — for grassroots leaders nationwide. More

What We Offer

On the Web

We provide solid conservative perspective on the most important issues, including analysis, opinion columns, headline summaries, memes, cartoons and much more.

Via Email

Choose our full-length Digest or our quick-reading Snapshot for a summary of important news. We also offer Cartoons & Memes on Monday and Alexander’s column on Wednesday.

Our Mission

The Patriot Post is steadfast in our mission to extend the endowment of Liberty to the next generation by advocating for individual rights and responsibilities, supporting the restoration of constitutional limits on government and the judiciary, and promoting free enterprise, national defense and traditional American values. We are a rock-solid conservative touchstone for the expanding ranks of grassroots Americans Patriots from all walks of life. Our mission and operation budgets are not financed by any political or special interest groups, and to protect our editorial integrity, we accept no advertising. We are sustained solely by you. Please support The Patriot Fund today!


The Patriot Post and Patriot Foundation Trust, in keeping with our Military Mission of Service to our uniformed service members and veterans, are proud to support and promote the National Medal of Honor Heritage Center, the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, both the Honoring the Sacrifice and Warrior Freedom Service Dogs aiding wounded veterans, the National Veterans Entrepreneurship Program, the Folds of Honor outreach, and Officer Christian Fellowship, the Air University Foundation, and Naval War College Foundation, and the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation. "Greater love has no one than this, to lay down one's life for his friends." (John 15:13)

★ PUBLIUS ★

“Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!” —George Washington

Please join us in prayer for our nation — that righteous leaders would rise and prevail and we would be united as Americans. Pray also for the protection of our Military Patriots, Veterans, First Responders, and their families. Please lift up your Patriot team and our mission to support and defend our Republic's Founding Principle of Liberty, that the fires of freedom would be ignited in the hearts and minds of our countrymen.

The Patriot Post is protected speech, as enumerated in the First Amendment and enforced by the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, in accordance with the endowed and unalienable Rights of All Mankind.

Copyright © 2024 The Patriot Post. All Rights Reserved.

The Patriot Post does not support Internet Explorer. We recommend installing the latest version of Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome.