I told you guys early on that many in the administration were still pushing herd immunity despite the broader advice of the Task Force and the scientific community — here’s a July email from Paul Alexander (Michael Caputo’s then-assistant) https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1339271913693192194

“Infants, kids, teens, young people, young adults, middle aged with no conditions etc. have zero to little risk….so we use them to develop herd…we want them infected."

"[I]t may be that it will be best if we open up and flood the zone, let the kids and young folk get infected"

He also said re: colleges closing

“We essentially took off the battlefield the most potent weapon we had...younger healthy people, children, teens, young people who we needed to fastly [sic] infect themselves, spread it around, develop immunity, and help stop the spread.”