February 27, 2024 | Read Online

Good morning. It's Tuesday, Feb. 27, and we're covering exposing the terrifying reality of DEI in medicine, Dr. Phil dunking on school lockdowns, rare NBA territory, and much more. First time reading? Sign up here.

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Ben Shapiro Exposes the Terrifying Reality of DEI in Medicine

Whistleblowers have also recently reported that the FBI is prioritizing identity politics in its hiring instead of choosing the most qualified candidates. Even the State Department is taking steps to make diplomacy more "equitable." But while all those examples of DEI are bad enough, none is worse than the infusion seen in the medical field.

Few other sectors have such a direct and personal impact on each and every American, and on Monday, Ben Shapiro provided a terrifying rundown of just how bad things have gotten.

According to Shapiro's update on the story, Del Rosario is about to graduate, having never faced any real repercussions for her actions. Further, Ewen Liu, a classmate who rushed to Del Rosario's aid by calling it "karma-tic" that a conservative patient would be harmed, is being hired by UPenn Health to focus on "LGBT+ healthcare."

The situation is unfathomable. It would be like an FAA examiner passing a pilot who purposely slammed their aircraft into the ground during a sim session to prove a political point. There are actions that should be simply disqualifying for certain certifications. You should not be a doctor if your political views lead to you hurting someone out of spite. Apparently, that's not a standard within American medicine any longer, though. It gets worse, though.

There could be cures for diseases and life-changing new treatments that are never brought to the public. This isn't sustainable, but since when has unsustainability stopped the far left? DEI must be battled head-on. It has to be completely torn down and extricated from every area of life.

Dr. Phil Dunks on 'The View' Co-Hosts About School Lockdowns

Dr. Phil McGraw appeared on "The View," and he did not hold back when speaking about lockdowns. McGraw wrote a book — called, "We've Got Issues: How You Can Stand Strong for America's Soul and Sanity." The release date is February 27th. He criticizes the school lockdowns in the new book.

He told "The View" co-hosts that smartphones stopped some kids from living their lives, tying that to lockdowns.

Sunny Hostin and Whoopi Goldberg wasted no time jumping on McGraw's statement, trying to disprove his point.

Hostin said: There was also a pandemic going on and they were trying to save kids' lives.

Goldberg jumped in, adding: They were trying to save kids lives. Remember, we know a lot of folks who died during this, so it wasn't — people weren't laying around.

McGraw interjected, "Not school children." Per UNICEF, as of March 2023, 0.4 percent of those who passed away from it were children.

Goldberg responded: Well, you know what, we're lucky. Maybe we're lucky we didn't, because we kept them out of the places that they could be sick, because no one wanted to believe we had an issue.

Bastian Betthauser, a researcher at the Sciences Po Centre for Research on Social Inequalities in France and the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, said this about school closures:

Schoolchildren's learning progress slowed down substantially during the pandemic. So on average, children lost out on about one-third of what they would have usually learned in a normal school year, and these learning deficits arose quite early in the pandemic. Children still have not recovered the learning that they lost out on at the start of the pandemic. Also, education inequality between children from different socioeconomic backgrounds increased during the pandemic. So the learning crisis is an equality crisis. Children from disadvantaged backgrounds were disproportionately affected by school closures.

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