Join Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski and Founder Mark Glennon on the latest episode of Wirepoints’ Podcast: The Dialogue. They discuss new research showing how masks and other COVID policies are hurting children, the latest on breakthrough cases and deaths, and the emergence of the Omicron variant.
Pieces discussed
- New Brown U Study: COVID rules are blamed for 23% dive in young children’s development
- Researchers shoot holes in study touted for confirming ‘masks work’ in curbing COVID
- More Than 400 Studies on the Failure of Compulsory Covid Interventions
- Herd Immunity. Professor Sunetra Gupta – Video
- Some experts suggest Omicron variant may have evolved in an animal host
A set of state lawmakers want to extend CPS’ current school closing moratorium to February 1, 2027 – the same year CPS is set to transition to a fully-elected school board. That means schools like Manley High School, with capacity for more than 1,000 students but enrollment of just 78, can’t be closed for anther three years. The school spends $45,000 per student, but just 2.4% of students read at grade level.
Hopefully, all media will get the message, in Illinois, too.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property taxes, why lawmakers don’t want to touch the tax’s cost drivers, just how much Illinoisans’ tax burden has grown over the decades, why Gov. Pritzker failed to meet his promise to reform property taxes, and more.
“Sacrifice” the children and “punish” them are awfully harsh words to use when describing mask mandates. I’m happy to hear that you admit there is research on both ends about the effectiveness of mask wearing, which makes your point a bit confusing. We don’t know 100% if they aren’t helpful so why wouldn’t we want to err on the side of caution with our precious children. The reason children are showing deficits in social emotional growth is the fact that we are in the middle of a pandemic. There are multiple variables involved. As restrictions have decreased, cases have increased… Read more »