Editorial: Brandon Johnson’s unconscionable treatment of Dr. Allison Arwady

Dr. Allison Arwady takes questions from the press after confirming the first case of COVID-19 in the Chicago area, during a news conference at Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications on Jan. 24, 2020.

Then Johnson, who had said he had “different views” from her — as if the COVID crisis was all about views and opinions rather than scientific expertise and personal competence — became her boss. Most people in Arwady’s position would have headed for the hills, waving the kind of resume that could attract lucrative offers in the private sector.

We know of no entity other than the CTU that actually believes Arwady should not have tried to reopen the schools when she did. On a national level, union leaders like Randi Weingarten now are trying to walk back their vehemence when it came to keeping schools closed. That’s because there is an abundance of data to suggest that Arwady and Lightfoot were right to push the union to get Chicago kids back in school, given the lack of evidence of widespread COVID classroom transmission.

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