Open Schools Had Zero Effect on Covid, and Closed Schools Saved No One

Correcting False Claims by Members of Congress

This is a short post with a simple purpose- to correct misinformation coming out of the Select Subcommittee of the Coronavirus Pandemic around School Closings.

This falsehood is making the rounds again for those who ignored both the real time data, and studies from Europe that proved schools safe. I created a tool to compare each state’s rate of In-Person School over time to the Rates of Pediatric Covid Hospitalizations. As you can see, there’s absolutely no relationship whatsoever.

Compare Each State’s Open Schools with Pediatric Covid Hospitalizations: