Randi Weingarten faces criticism over COVID school closures and CDC access.

Randi Weingarten, the American Federation of Teachers chief, refused to apologize for advocating for school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite evidence showing that schools were often less dangerous than the community at large. Weingarten and her allies in Democratic politics used their leverage to keep school doors closed to students for more than a year, with catastrophic results for the learning and mental health of those students. The continued gaslighting from leaders of COVID response like Weingarten and Dr. Anthony Fauci is a perfect picture of why public trust in public health and public education have cratered.