{"id":1655328,"date":"2022-09-23T15:04:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T19:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1655328"},"modified":"2022-09-23T15:05:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T19:05:08","slug":"i-believe-so-fauci-says-school-closures-were-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-believe-so-fauci-says-school-closures-were-worth-it\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Believe So:\u2019 Fauci Says School Closures Were Worth It"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-believe-so-fauci-says-school-closures-were-worth-it%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1655328&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-anthony-fauci\">Anthony Fauci<\/a> says shutting down schools during the COVID-19 pandemic was worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe so for a number of reasons,\u201d Fauci, the longtime director of the\u00a0National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a lockdown proponent, said on Sept. 22.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci said that people who note that many children do not suffer severe cases of COVID-19 disregard that \u201cwe still lost 1,400 children.\u201d As of Aug. 20, only 722 deaths among children were determined to have COVID-19 as the underlying cause, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s WONDER database.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci also put forth the theory that COVID-19 vaccines can prevent\u00a0multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C, and so-called long COVID, or lingering effects that are sometimes attributed to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo although you have to be aware and not deny that there are deleterious consequences for prolonged periods of time for keeping children out of school\u2014remember, the safety of the children is also important,\u201d Fauci said. \u201cSo it\u2019s not black and white, it isn\u2019t completely right or completely wrong. The people who have concern[s] about closing schools are perfectly appropriate in that concern. That\u2019s the reason why I have said very, very often: we need to do everything we can to make sure the schools are open and safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fauci was speaking during the Texas Tribune Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci\u2019s comments come after he claimed that the harsh measures imposed by states and locales, backed by federal health officials like Fauci, were necessary because hospitals were being \u201coverrun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd sometimes when you do draconian things, it has collateral negative consequences. Just like when you shut things down, even temporarily, it does have deleterious consequences on the economy, on the schoolchildren. You know that,\u201d Fauci <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/fauci-blames-divisiveness-in-society-for-covid-19-policy-confusion-admits-to-draconian-measures_4747482.html\">said at The Atlantic Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci previously said he wasn\u2019t sure whether shutting down schools was<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci says shutting down schools during the COVID-19 pandemic was worthwhile. \u201cI believe so for a number of reasons,\u201d Fauci, the longtime director of the\u00a0National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a lockdown proponent, said on Sept. 22. 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