"It was sort of like my daughter's future, which meant I had to break the law."

She claims the scheme was not obvious at first, but became plain when Singer told them Sophia would not be accepted into any schools without greasing the wheels.

'After a year, he started to say your daughter is not going to get into any of the colleges that she wants to.

'And I believed him. And so when he slowly started to present the criminal scheme, it seems like - and I know this seems crazy at the time - but that was my only option to give my daughter a future.

'And I know hindsight is 20/20 but it felt like I would be a bad mother if I didn't do it.

'So - I did it,' she said.

Sophia was unaware that her parents had paid for someone to alter her test answers after she completed the SATS.

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Ohio first state to report ‘white lung syndrome' outbreak

WARREN COUNTY, Ohio — A mystery outbreak of pneumonia has hit several parts of China, and now Ohio is the first American location to report an outbreak of the illness, with an ‘extremely high' number of children being hospitalized.

The strain of pneumonia, now dubbed ‘white lung syndrome,' has spawned 142 pediatric cases in Warren County since August.

Warren County Health Department told Daily Mail, that not only is the number of cases above average, but it also meets the Ohio Department of Health's definition of an outbreak.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that nationally, cases are not out of the ordinary, but the spread of cases has raised fears that an outbreak can overwhelm American hospitals.

Officials in Ohio tell Daily Mail that an investigation is ‘ongoing,' but the illness does not look like a new disease, but rather several common infections hitting all at once.

According to the news outlet, so far, patients have tested positive for mycoplasma pneumonia, a bacterial lung infection that is mostly resistant to antibiotics, strep, and normally benign infection, adenovirus.

The ages of the patients range from 8 to 3, and there are several theories as to why children are more susceptible to the illness. Some suggest it is caused by lockdowns that have weakened the immune system or mask-wearing and school closures leaving children vulnerable during seasonal illnesses.

It is reported that bacterial respiratory infections usually flare up every few years, normally as people recover from waves of flu or other viral illnesses.

The Warren County Health District officials told Daily Mail that they believe the pneumonia cases are a large uptick of cases normally seen at one time rather than a new respiratory disease.

Officials also want to remind the public to take necessary precautions to protect their health, as many of us will be gathering with friends and family during the holiday season.

Doctors say the most common symptoms are fever, cough, and fatigue. Hand washing, covering your mouth when you cough, and staying up-to-date on vaccines will help decrease your chance of illness.

According to the news report, the county was first alerted to the increase in illnesses after schools were recording more children off sick than normal.

Ohio is not the only area outside of China to report an outbreak. The Netherlands and Denmark are also reported to have mysterious spikes in ‘walking pneumonia' cases, most common in younger children.

Remember to stock up on ammunition, TP, and sanitizing products!

>The federal NDP's confidence-and-supply deal with the Liberals was always a dubious venture — propping up an exceptionally unpopular government for any length of time, let alone for over three years, typically doesn't endear voters to one's side.

>While Jagmeet Singh's NDP should be merrily capitalizing on the current economic environment with their eyes closed, the party is instead bleeding support from key demographics to Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives. Even a Liberal slump of epic proportions, particularly among younger voters, hasn't been enough to breathe life into a party that increasingly resembles a paper straw disintegrating into a useless, soggy mess

>The two most significant priorities in the agreement are dental care for low-income Canadians and a “universal national pharmacare program.” To date, neither have materialized as promised.

>The dental care program is, so far, less of a program and more of a stop-gap measure that simply hands money to low-income families. A permanent plan was meant to be implemented by 2025, with the rollout beginning by the end of this year. But with a month left to go in 2023, details are still scarce.

>Pharmacare is even more elusive. After a noted absence in the Liberals' 2023 budget, it was still expected to be tabled by year's end. But, earlier this week, news broke that the NDP is willing to extend that deadline. Shortly thereafter, the Liberals confirmed they won't be presenting, let alone passing, pharmacare legislation before the calendar turns.

>As 2023 comes to a close, those who still back Singh must have a hard think about whether the NDP has a viable future under his leadership. If Singh himself had any sense at all, he'd be dangling the deal over a shredder, ready to drop when the New Year's ball does if there's still no pharmacare plan.

>Doing so would still be a step removed from actually forcing an election, but it would at least extricate his party from the jaws of the Liberal behemoth before it's consumed whole, never to be seen again.

At least Notley won an election.