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BFFs Randi and Rochelle proved our children's worst enemies - Democratic Voice USA
BFFs Randi and Rochelle proved our children’s worst enemies

Every month brings new revelations about just how deep the COVID conspiracy against America’s children ran.

The latest? February 2021 texts (obtained by the tireless efforts of a group of concerned parents) showing how completely then-Centers for Disease Control chief Rochelle Walensky was in American Federation of Teachers boss Randi Weingarten’s pocket.

We already knew the pair had been thick as thieves in kneecapping plans to reopen the nation’s schools. Turns out they were text buddies too. 

Weingarten, thrown into a tizzy by news suggesting the CDC might be (gasp!) about to give a strong OK for schools to teach in-person, immediately texted Walensky to complain that this was “at odds” with what she’d been promised.

Walensky then texted back a cringing reply.

As the White House had ordered, the CDC then gave the teachers unions what they wanted: guidelines that guaranteed few schools would reopen unless they ignored Walensky’s “advice.”

She put politics ahead of science, in other words, issuing a guidance that Weingarten’s union promptly cheered.  

Text messages show the influence American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten had over then-CDC chief Rochelle Walensky during the COVID-19 pandemic.UPI/Alamy Live News

In a grimly “cute” follow-up exchange, Walensky gushingly texted that the AFT’s imprimatur “gave me the biggest smile of my week, Thank YOU, Friend!”

Weingarten gushed back “I am so grateful.” 

Again, this was early 2021, long after the data revealed that COVID presented no real risk to kids — and after parents everywhere had witnessed the disaster of remote schooling.

Worse, that disaster exceeded even pessimists’ fears: Across grade levels, reading and math scores plummeted.

As of 2022, eighth graders had lost two decades of progress in math scores, the worst drop ever. 

Thanks to the policies Weingarten demanded and Walensky delivered, a whole generation of kids now faces years worth of learning loss they may never recover, as well as a huge lifetime penalty to future earnings. 

But for best buds Randi and Rochelle, successful scheming to needlessly delay a return to normalcy was occasion for smarmy backpatting (Randi even sent a smiley-face emoji). 

Weingarten has already appeared before Congress to defend her indefensible behavior; she refused (no shock) to take responsibility. Walensky’s turn comes this month.

Such grillings are a fine start.

Weingarten testifying before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on April 26, 2023.Weingarten testifying before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on April 26, 2023.REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

But what the nation really needs are public-health authorities who’ll stand up to political pressure — you could have resigned and caused a national stink, Rochelle.

Oh, and school systems not under the control of teacher unions that don’t give a damn about the kids: America’s onto your act, Randi.

Feel free to stay BFFs, as long as the rest of us can escape your “Mean Girls” misery-mongering.  

Source link: https://nypost.com/2023/06/05/bffs-randi-and-rochelle-proved-our-childrens-worst-enemies/

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