CORONAVIRUS/DEBATES/EDUCATION: “I want to open the schools. The [coronavirus] transmittal rate to the teachers is very small, but I want to open the schools. We have to open our country. We’re not going to have a country. You can’t do this, we can’t keep this country closed. It is a massive country with a massive economy. People are losing their jobs, they’re committing suicide. There’s depression, alcohol, drugs at a level that nobody’s ever seen before. There’s abuse, tremendous abuse. We have to open our country. You know I’ve said it often — the cure cannot be worse than the problem itself.”
-Donald Trump on Oct. 22, 2020, “Debate transcript: Trump, Biden final presidential debate moderated by Kristen Welker,” usatoday.com, Oct. 23, 2020