Elon Musk Explains How DEI Hurts Medicine -- Several Times: Don Lemon Still Doesn’t Get It

Billionaire entrepreneur and X owner Elon Musk tried several times to explain
the inherent risks of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in
medicine to Don Lemon, but the former CNN anchor just didn�t get it.

Musk argued that forcing DEI could potentially lead to lowered standards for
medical school and board certification exams � and said that if standards
were lowered, the end result was likely to be more people dying because the
care they were receiving was substandard.

WATCH:

Elon Musk tries to explain how lowering the standards for doctors
could result in more deaths.

Don Lemon is unable to grasp the concept.

This entire exchange is incredible. pic.twitter.com/QJ3efuvVAb

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�I believe that if we lower the standards for what it takes to become a
doctor �� Musk began.

�If we lower the standards,� Lemon interrupted. �Do you believe people are
dying because the standards are being lowered?�

�I don�t think that it�s yet an issue, but it could become an issue,� Musk
replied.

�Ok, but the actual evidence in history shows the exact opposite,� Lemon
claimed, although he did not provide any such evidence. Instead he argued
that DEI was needed because of the racism inherent the medical system.

�If you look at how minorities are treated by the medical system, most
doctors � most doctors now are white, and there are lots of mistakes in
medicine,� Lemon continued, saying that he did not understand Musk�s logic.

Musk replied with an example, saying that if standards were lowered, surgeons
who were not qualified under the previous � higher � standards might be able
to pass their board certification exams. That, he explained, was likely to
result in a lower standard of care at best � and, at worst, patients dying.

�The probability that someone will die, I think at some point, is high,� he
said.

Lemon said he understood that, but that it was simply a �hypothetical�
situation. �That doesn�t mean it�s happening.�

�I didn�t say it was happening,� Musk shot back.

�You didn�t say it was happening,� Lemon repeated.

Musk shrugged: �I said it will. I said if we lower standards, people will
die.�

Lemon, visibly frustrated, asked why Musk would �put something out there� if
it had not yet happened.

�Because I don�t want it to happen,� Musk pushed back.

Lemon pivoted back to his claims of racial discrimination in medicine, noting
that the majority of American doctors are white and only 5% are black.

�If the majority of doctors are white, are you saying that � and there are
still these inequities, right? And people still � there are still mistakes.
Are you blaming DEI for that?� Lemon asked.

�No,� Musk said, repeating again that he was only predicting the logical
outcome if standards were lowered to accommodate DEI initiatives. �More
people will die than if we don�t lower the standards. Therefore we should not
lower the standards.�

Lemon tried once more, asking Musk whether he believed that standards would
be lowered for minority doctors or for women.

�That�s what that article suggested, yes,� Musk replied. �At Duke
University.�

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