During an appearance on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program Tuesday night, Dr. Mehmet Oz said some people might consider a “tradeoff” in the form of a 2-3% mortality rate in exchange for reopening American schools. He apologized Thursday.
“Let’s start with things that are really critical to the nation where we think we might be able to open without getting into a lot of trouble. I tell ya, schools are a very appetizing opportunity. I just saw a nice piece in The Lancet arguing the opening of schools may only cost us 2 to 3% in terms of total mortality,” he said after advising that America needs its “mojo back.”