School shutdowns during COVID-19 were antiscience and set students back academically and socially for no real health benefits. If push comes to shove, teachers unions would happily shut down schools again.

The two largest teachers unions in the country have both defended their antiscience school shutdowns and said that they would shutter schools again in a similar situation. Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association, said, “What we needed to do was to listen to infectious disease experts.”