Dr. Phil takes The View hosts to task on effects of ‘mismanagement of COVID’ 

Published February 26, 2024 8:44pm ET



Talk show host Phil McGraw, better known as Dr. Phil, resisted The View co-hosts’ defense of school shutdowns during the coronavirus.

While discussing the increase in mental health struggles among youth in recent years due to a greater reliance on media connectivity, McGraw pointedly noted that the “mismanagement of COVID” has only caused greater spikes in young people’s anxiety, depression, loneliness, and suicide.

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