Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of the Job Creators Network, gives an update on the 'Flatten the Fear' campaign on 'Fox & Friends.'
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Jed
Jedediah thats something
Griff
flatten, the fear
thats the name of the campaign,
backed by one thousand five hundred doctors to reopen
schools.
They signed a petition in
support of getting teachers and
kids back inside of classrooms.
This fall.
The job creators Network
Foundation launched the
initiative saying in part the
risks of reopening schools for
non adolescent. Children are low,
while the reward scholastic
social economic are
significant.
Joining us is president and ceo
of the job creators network
White House, hispanic prosperity,
commissioner, Alfredo Ortiz,
welcome to the show. As always,
it is great to have you here on-
have a very important topic,
talk to us about this petition
signed by a number of
physicians, what it says and
where you think this whole
conversation is moving
Jed thanks, so much
by the way were up to just
under two thousand signatures already,
and that list continues to grow.
Unfortunately, parents, teachers
and students are really caught
in the crossfire of an election
season of a presidential
election season between
Republicans and Democrats
theyre having it out.
Unfortunately, like I said
parents, teachers, students,
especially students here, are
going to be hurt,
were very concerned about that.
That is why we asked put this
petition out there. We are
getting this kind of response,
which is amazing.
You actually come from a family
of teachers.
You yourself, I believe, were a
teacher.
You know that teachers are
saints in terms of the patience
needed to teach kids.
You know parents are stressed
first of all, to know end in
terms of what they can do to
teach their kids at home, not
just because youre, a great
parent doesnt make you a great
teacher,
were concerned about the level
and quality of teaching that
really is taking place in this
home. You know in home learning
environment and when you think
about the negative social and
economic impact that it is
having on our families,
especially quite frankly, lower
income lower income households.
This is tremendous tremendous
issue.
I have to tell you Jed. This is
actually very personal for me.
I came from one of those lower
household incomes. When I was a
kid,
I have to tell you the saddest
part of my day when that Bell
rang. At the end of the day,
I had to go back to a dad that,
frankly, wasnt the nicest dad
own the planet
school for me was my safety zone.
T was also a way of creating
community
what were taking away from our
kids, especially in this. What
the petition is about
especially area social
development aspects of going to
school, an learning there is so
so critical
were taking that away from our
kids.
That is why, again, we put this
petition out and were getting
the kind of response positive
response
by the way. This is also
supported with science.
Science is on our side. On this
Jed.
We got first of all CDC, making a
recommendation already
go ahead.
Sorry
Jedediah, I grew up in a house
where both parents had to work
there, wasnt really another
financial option,
so I dont know what would have
happened to a child. Like me, in a
situation like this,
it would have been really
really scary for my parents to
figure that out
one of the concerns parents
have. What will this look like?
Theyre scared, sending them to
environment where kids are in
masks all day
where they are in a bubble.
Healthy interaction in schools.
Doesnt exist.
Is that something you can speak
to at all
Jed there is a study been
done with fifteen different countries
that already sent their kids
back to school.
Absolutely the classrooms will
look different. We know that
because of social distancing
because of the different
precautions have to take place,
it will look different.
Look you talk, aabout masks,
make the masks fun,
create projects
make them superheroes.
Why do they have be black and
blue masks like youre in a
hospital?
Do outdoor learning?
This is great opportunity to use
outdoors as classrooms.
You dont necessarily have to
stay in the classroom.
Expand that out
were talking about the case
rate specifically
theyre. The ones really really
desperately need social
development.
High schoolers. They have a
little more opportunity, a
little more independence.
My focus is the case rate
teachers. You know were saying
is: please speak out, speak up
stand up because we know, as you
were, as a teacher in the past.
You love your kids right.
You love your children.
You know this is the right thing
to do.
Jedediah yeah
lets not let this political
nightmare traching taking
place in the election season, be
the reason why our kids are
hurting today,
Jedediah thanks, so much
you bring up an important point
of teachers and schools need to
think out of box
by the way have a spider man
mask
im ahead of the game.
We appreciate it.
Hartleys birthday in.
Transcript generated on 2020-07-29.