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The Cost of Lockdown Policies
The goal of keeping children safe must be considered in the context of what this safety costs them in terms of learning loss, food scarcity, and other negative consequences. For the population as a whole, reducing excess mortality must be balanced against the human toll on mental health. Atlas reviews the data from states that took different approaches to stay-at-home policies and school closures.
For more information, visit the PolicyEd page here: policyed.org/lessons-hoover-policy-boot-camp/reviewing-policy-responses-covid-19-scott-atlas/video-1
To learn more about the Hoover Summer Policy Boot camp, visit: hoover.org/hoover-institution-summer-policy-boot-camp.
Click below to watch the other videos in this series.
Chapter 1: youtu.be/A-YB25O5O6o
Chapter 2: youtu.be/ZiHhxRp5_P4
Chapter 3: youtu.be/rAX6JdMfFuI
Chapter 4: youtu.be/4Is9BwtMQqU
Additional resources:
Read Scott Atlas’s book A Plague upon Our House: My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID from Destroying America. Available here.
Read “During COVID, the More Prestigious the College, the Lower the Quality of Education,” by Paul Peterson, John Schoof, and Jay Greene via The Hill. Available here.
Watch “An Endless Summer: How COVID Has Reversed Academic Achievement,” with Macke Raymond on PolicyEd. Available here.
Watch “Rick Hanushek on Remedying the Achievement Gaps from School Closures,” featuring Rick Hanushek. Available here.
Listen to “Scott Atlas on How Everything the Media Says about COVID Is Wrong and Why Trump Didn’t Fire Fauci,” via the Federalist Radio Hour. Available here.
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The Cost of Lockdown Policies
The goal of keeping children safe must be considered in the context of what this safety costs them in terms of learning loss, food scarcity, and other negative consequences. For the population as a whole, reducing excess mortality must be balanced against the human toll on mental health. Atlas reviews the data from states that took different approaches to stay-at-home policies and school closures.
For more information, visit the PolicyEd page here: policyed.org/lessons-hoover-policy-boot-camp/reviewing-policy-responses-covid-19-scott-atlas/video-1
To learn more about the Hoover Summer Policy Boot camp, visit: hoover.org/hoover-institution-summer-policy-boot-camp.
Click below to watch the other videos in this series.
Chapter 1: youtu.be/A-YB25O5O6o
Chapter 2: youtu.be/ZiHhxRp5_P4
Chapter 3: youtu.be/rAX6JdMfFuI
Chapter 4: youtu.be/4Is9BwtMQqU
Additional resources:
Read Scott Atlas’s book A Plague upon Our House: My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID from Destroying America. Available here.
Read “During COVID, the More Prestigious the College, the Lower the Quality of Education,” by Paul Peterson, John Schoof, and Jay Greene via The Hill. Available here.
Watch “An Endless Summer: How COVID Has Reversed Academic Achievement,” with Macke Raymond on PolicyEd. Available here.
Watch “Rick Hanushek on Remedying the Achievement Gaps from School Closures,” featuring Rick Hanushek. Available here.
Listen to “Scott Atlas on How Everything the Media Says about COVID Is Wrong and Why Trump Didn’t Fire Fauci,” via the Federalist Radio Hour. Available here.
Visit policyed.org to learn more.
- Subscribe to PolicyEd’s YouTube channel: bit.ly/PolicyEdSub
- Follow PolicyEd on Twitter: bit.ly/PolicyEdTwit
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