marvin martian
Diamond Member
What an anti-science banana republic Red Joe Biden has created! Corrupt unions are writing the CDC's guidelines for them, based not on science, but on the financial interests of the union.
The American Federation of Teachers, led by Randi Weingarten, appears to have successfully lobbied the CDC to recommend that schools stay closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic despite the growing body of evidence showing that schools are not significant vectors of the disease.
The New York Post obtained emails between Biden administration officials and representatives of the AFT, which donated $20 million to Democratic politicians last year. According to the Post:
The American Federation of Teachers, led by Randi Weingarten, appears to have successfully lobbied the CDC to recommend that schools stay closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic despite the growing body of evidence showing that schools are not significant vectors of the disease.
The New York Post obtained emails between Biden administration officials and representatives of the AFT, which donated $20 million to Democratic politicians last year. According to the Post:
The [AFT’s] lobbying paid off. In at least two instances, language “suggestions” offered by the union were adopted nearly verbatim into the final text of the CDC document.
With the CDC preparing to write that schools could provide in-person instruction regardless of community spread of the virus, Trautner argued for the inclusion of a line reading “In the event of high community-transmission results from a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, a new update of these guidelines may be necessary.” That language appeared on page 22 of the final CDC guidance.
The AFT also demanded special remote work concessions for teachers “who have documented high-risk conditions or who are at increased risk for … COVID-19,” and that similar arrangements should extend to “staff who have a household member” with similar risks. A lengthy provision for that made it into the text of the final guidance.