Saturday, July 25, 2020

Another #FakeNews Big Lie: Most people don't want schools to reopen

Here's a headline:

AP-NORC poll: Very few Americans back full school reopening

That would lead one to think that most of the people in the poll said they didn't want the schools to reopen.

But that's the exact opposite of what the polls results show.

In fact the poll shows that 68%( 46+14+8) of the respondents want the schools to reopen and only 31%, mostly Democrats, say they want the schools closed.

The article goes on to say:

Only about 1 in 10 Americans think daycare centers, preschools or K-12 schools should open this fall without restrictions, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs. Most think mask requirements and other safety measures are necessary to restart in-person instruction, and roughly 3 in 10 say that teaching kids in classrooms shouldn’t happen at all.

The findings are a sharp contrast to the picture that President Donald Trump paints as he pressures schools to reopen. Trump said Wednesday that he would be “comfortable” with his son Barron and grandchildren attending school in person this fall.


Which is an out and out lie since the very poll they're citing shows that 68% of Americans are in agreement with Trump.

The article totally ignores the serious damage to children if schools remain closed and the fact that studies have shown that children of color are hurt more by distance learning.

Similarly it eschews any mention of the fact that European schools have reopened with no consequences.

Contrary to the article we have clear proof that Democrats want to close the schools for purely political reasons.

We can ignore the teachers unions demands for free health care for illegals or defunding the police as a precondition to reopening schools and simply look at what NYC is doing.

The Democrat mayor is keeping the schools closed but creating daycare for 100,000 kids.  But all the fears about school are equally applicable to daycare; essentially daycare is school without the education.

Clearly Democrats don't believe that crowding kids into daycare centers will hurt them so they can't believe that crowding them into schools will hurt them either.

This is why you can't trust anything you read in the #FakeNews media.

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