Friday, August 29, 2025

“David Zweig: 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐦, 𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭 | Derate The Hate Podcast”

When the pandemic hit, most of us trusted the authorities. But investigative journalist 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗭𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗴 quickly realized something was missing: evidence. In this clip from the Derate The Hate Podcast, Zweig explains how major media outlets abandoned skepticism, how arbitrary “safety benchmarks” became the norm, and why prolonged school closures caused irreversible harm with no measurable benefit. 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 — 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱. 📍 Next Friday (9/5) at Temple University, I’ll be facilitating a live conversation between David Zweig and epidemiologist Dr. Maciej Boni on the harms vs. effectiveness of NPIs like school lockdowns and child masking. 👉 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗭𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://deratethehate.com/episodes/exposing-the-cost-of-fear-school-closures-media-failures-and-covid-truths-dth-episode-262-with-david-zweig 👉 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-covid-pandemic-policy-conversation-registration-1556688821169?aff=ebdsshcopyurl&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term= #DerateTheHate #DavidZweig #PublicHealth #SchoolClosures #COVID19 #TruthAndTrust #TempleUniversity Please follow 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 on: X: https://twitter.com/DerateTheHate Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DerateTheHate Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/derate_the_hate 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕! www.DerateTheHate.com The Derate the Hate podcast is proudly produced in collaboration with @BraverAngels - America's largest cross-partisan, grass roots organization fostering Courageous Connections in order to bridge our societal divides. *𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑘, ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑠 &/𝑜𝑟 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑑𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ.