conference yesterday. adams had been warmer up to this point about remote schooling but yesterday committed to the plan. we want to keep schools open. it s important for the kids, important for families, worging parents. they ll learn better, we ll do it safely. for the mental health of the children so many families learned. dr. peter hotez from the national school of tropical medicine and co-director of the texas children hospital center for vaccine development. great to have you on. you ve been listening with the conversation about schools and kids in your wheelhouse. what s your view how the school districts should be thinking about heading back on snon these are tough decisions and here s why. everybody gets the importance of kids having in-person classes. look, i m the parent of four adult kids and i remember when the kids were little how important that was and we just had the surgeon general issue a very important report on the mental health aspects of covid-19 and how devast