David Zweig is an American journalist and author. He has written extensively on topics relating to COVID-19. [1] [2] He wrote the tenth installment of the Twitter Files focusing on Twitter and COVID-19. [3] [4] [5] He has written for The Atlantic, New York Magazine's Intelligencer, The Free Press, The New York Times [6] , and Wired.
David Zweig released two albums in the early 2000s, All Now With Wings and Keep Going [7] , which were produced by Keith Cleversley [8] .
Zweig is the author of three books. His novel "Swimming Inside the Sun" was notable for exploring the concept of depersonalization. He describes this perspective as follows: "Fiction Depersonalization Syndrome, a hypothesis that I have developed, posits that immersion in the Western world’s highly mediated environment ...leads to increased self-consciousness; the extreme endpoint of this phenomenon is depersonalization, a psychological disorder where one is literally watching oneself from afar, as if in a movie or a dream." [9]
Zweig is best known for his articles regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, authoring a series of investigative pieces challenging contemporary responses to the pandemic, particularly school closures, and the enforcement of various interventions, including mask mandates in schools [10] and the evidence supporting such mandates [11] . His articles "The Science of Masking Kids in School Remains Uncertain," [12] and "The CDC's Flawed Case for Wearing Masks in School" [13] proved to be influential works for critics of mask mandates in schools. [14] Zweig was present at the Great Barrington Declaration. [15]
He testified as an expert witness before the United States House of Representatives Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Hearing “Back to School: Highlighting Best Practices For Safely Reopening School” on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 [16] , and at the House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic meeting on March 28, 2023. [17]
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