- Well, you talked about earlier the school districts,
but we're seeing more school districts,
at least in Virginia, for example, last night,
deciding to go online only.
What does the president say to parents
out there, who are now going, OK, what do I do with my kids?
KAYLEIGH MCENANY: Yeah, the president has said unmistakably
that he wants schools to open, and I was just in the oval
talking to him about that.
And when he says open, he means open and full,
kids being able to attend each and every day at their school.
The science should not stand in the way of this,
and as Dr. Scott Atlas said, I thought this was a good quote.
Of course, we can do it.
Everyone else in the Western world, our pure nations
are doing it.
We are the outlier here.
The science is very clear on this.
For instance, you look at the JAMA Pediatric study
of 46 pediatric hospitals in North America that
said the risk of critical illness from COVID
is far less for children than that of seasonal flu.
The science is on our side here.
And we encourage for localities and states
to just simply follow the science, open our schools.
It's very damaging to our children.
There is a lack of reporting of abuse.
There's mental depressions that are not addressed,
suicidal ideations that are not addressed when
students are not in school.
Our schools are extremely important.
They're essential, and they must reopen.