have, i believe, a moral obligation to take action. >> sean: joining me know, board-certified md and phd research scientist and dr. peter mcauliffe, epidemiologist based in dallas, texas. thank you for joining me. so how is it that some of these parts of the country are resorting to the same policies that didn't work two years ago and have been so damaging to our kids? >> frankly, i think in my opinion as a parent, as a physician, as a scientist, and even someone who's been the leader of the reopen california schools movement and l.a. school uprising, which last spring lobbied successfully to get the schools reopened this last fall in los angeles county. i can tell you that this makes no sense and frankly, this is going to her children. it's going to be detrimental to them academically, socioeconomically, medically, and i'm not referring to covid but i'm referring to studies that have been published showing