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Meet the parents, children, and doctors who fought back against school closures.

The Kammer brothers,
Baltimore County Public Schools — The Kammer brothers, Baltimore County Public Schools

Garrett "Bam" Morgan, Jr.
High School Football Player
Queens, NY — Garrett "Bam" Morgan, Jr. High School Football Player Queens, NY

Carol Vidal, MD, PhD, MPH
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Johns Hopkins University — Carol Vidal, MD, PhD, MPH Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Johns Hopkins University

Jonathan Zachreson, founder of Reopen California Schools with Dana Hensley, Co-founder of Restore Childhood

Michael Pinckney, Jr. with his father and grandfather
Queens, NY — Michael Pinckney, Jr. with his father and grandfather Queens, NY

Debra Tisler, open schools mom and school board candidate
Fairfax County, VA — Debra Tisler, open schools mom and school board candidate Fairfax County, VA

Jay Bhattacharya, MD PhD
Stanford University
Author of the Great Barrington Declaration — Jay Bhattacharya, MD PhD Stanford University Author of the Great Barrington Declaration

The Restore Childhood team visits the Capitol to advocate for child first policies

Jenin Younes
Civil Liberties Attorney
Washington, D.C. — Jenin Younes Civil Liberties Attorney Washington, D.C.

Maud Maron and Yiatin Chu
Open schools moms
Manhattan, NY — Maud Maron and Yiatin Chu Open schools moms Manhattan, NY

Kristen Walsh, MD
Community Pediatrician
New Jersey — Kristen Walsh, MD Community Pediatrician New Jersey

Ron Naclerio, high school basketball coach in Queens, NY with Natalya Murakhver, co-founder of Restore Childhood

Stephanie Edmonds,
Founder of Teachers 4 Open Schools
Bronx, NY — Stephanie Edmonds, Founder of Teachers 4 Open Schools Bronx, NY

Hudson Donovan, age 6
Harlem, NY — Hudson Donovan, age 6 Harlem, NY

Talibah Hicks with son Robert Livingston, age 15, and daughter, age 3
Harlem, NYC — Talibah Hicks with son Robert Livingston, age 15, and daughter, age 3 Harlem, NYC

HOST A SCREENING

"One day, historians will look back on the pandemic and find what we did to kids in the name of health was harmful, unethical, and as Scandinavia showed us, unnecessary."

Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg
“I was learning Spanish so well in school, but then, bam, the pandemic suddenly came out and then school ended. And then I started forgetting a bunch of things that I learned school. So it was really hard to remember everything

Hudson Donovan, age 6
“It was frustrating to see parents speaking out, being ignored, and then being vilified for being upset about being silenced.”

Tiffany Justice
“COVID shut down my experience of basketball,” he said. “I missed out on a lot of opportunities… The last two years I could have been training with a professional trainer or I could have been on a regular team…”

Robert Livingston, age 15
“Almost all the U.S. governors closed their schools. This was a tragic, heinous abuse of public policy…probably the most unethical break of social contract with our children, really in any documented history of Western civilization.”

Dr. Scott Atlas
"I remember when the pandemic rules of closing everything for 15 days was put in, and then you blink, and it was 25 months later and counting."

Coach Ron Naclerio
"It was disheartening to see the devotion of so many of my neighbors, my colleagues and California state officials to these policies that have not stopped California from facing very high rates of Covid infection, very high rates of death from Covid in older populations, and also extended time for children away from schools with basically nothing of value to show for it."

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya

The true impacts of school closures remain to be seen.

Source: CDC.gov

Source: COVID-19, School Closures, and Student Learning Outcomes by Maciej Jakubowski, Tomasz Gajderowicz, and Harry Patrinos.

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