Are some people just stupid?

So this is the quote:

The president has said, unmistakably, that he wants schools to open. And I was just in the [Oval Office] talking to him about that. And when he says “open,” he means, “open in 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, and I thought this was a good quote, [said], “Of course we can do it. Everyone else in the western world, our peer nations, are doing it. We are the outlier here.” The science is very clear on this that, for instance, you look at the [Journal of the American Medical Association] 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. We encourage for localities and states to just simply follow the science. Open our schools.

So clearly McEnany is not only suggesting that science is on the side of reopening schools, she was providing evidence of such an argument. Pediatricians throughout the country have reached a consensus that reopening schools (as everyone else has) is not only safe, but a necessity. The type of online learning we had at the end of last year was simply not acceptable. To make next years students (especially high school students) miss another year of learning due to overzealous and medically unnecessary restrictions is simply idiotic.

It's a sad day when Jake Tapper has to be the liberal media voice of reason

Based on the logic being used to close the schools next year, schools should never reopen. At least not until we have completely eradicated the seasonal flu, which is much more prevalent, dangerous, and deadly to children than Covid-19.

But that is NOT how the media is reporting on this. They are completely reversing what McEnany stated and are basically redefining the statement that science should not stand in the way of reopening schools as if she was arguing that the science is in favor of keeping them closed. But very obviously the argument being made by the White House (and most of the medical community) is that the science favors opening up the schools.

This is just reckless and dishonest journalism folks.

Yet, there are many who favor such dishonesty, even when it involves the best interests of our children. I wonder out loud if these people are stupid, dishonest, or just simply bad people?