Dr. John Littell writes that the reluctance to send children back to school is not supported by scientific studies, such as those published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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Dr. Littell criticizes the measures schools are taking to keep children separated, including, in some cases, shower curtains around the students' desks.

He cites an anecdote about a teacher who is not allowed to hug her students with Down Syndrome and autism.

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"COVID-19 has become, with no reason, the modern equivalent of leprosy. Refusing a child’s hug? "

"Furthermore, no one, it appears, wants to consider the FACT that the risk of children getting sick from, and dying from, COVID-19 is LESS than the risk posed by influenza...

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... during a typical flu season.Nor the FACT that children do NOT transmit COVID to adults to ANY degree significant enough to warrant these draconian measures, as evidenced by the study in AAP cited above."

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"Never in my 30 years as a family physician have I seen patients so willing to trust what they hear from the talking heads on TV or from fear-mongering, politically-driven county commissions, more than they trust the advice of their physician...

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... based on their individual risks of acquiring or transmitting an infectious disease."

"We have indeed become a nation of zombies, it would appear."

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"Yes, indeed, we have had a pandemic—a pandemic of fear, of distrust. People are compliantly choosing to obey mandates rather than exercise their ability to reason independently and to exercise their basic freedoms—including the decision to wear or not wear a mask...

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... the right to provide our children with a decent education, and the right to give each and every child, teacher, or parent a much-needed hug."

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