The intolerance of woke ideology has deeply infected the field of medicine. Doctors who criticize leftist notions can face sanctions at the hands of superiors who want to “cleanse” their institutions.

In today’s Martin Center article, Mike Markham writes about such a case at Duke University involving Dr. Kendall Conger.

He writes:

A respected member of the medical community, Conger took no issue with standing against racism or treating people with decency and respect — primary tenets of the pledge. However, he did question whether racism in medicine was as significant a problem as Duke believed it to be and whether there was legitimate scientific evidence to support that belief. In 2020, for example, Duke Health had gone so far as to declare racism “a public health crisis.”

With that, Dr. Conger now has a target on his back.

He tried to engage with his superiors over their claims, but they were not interested in dialogue. They told him that he was fired.

Read the whole thing.