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SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
Sun May 6, 2018, 10:58 PM May 2018

Trump Picks TV Snake Oil Salesman Dr. Oz, of All People, to Serve on Health Council

https://gizmodo.com/trump-picks-tv-snake-oil-salesman-dr-oz-of-all-people-1825811981

Lo and behold, President Donald Trump has appointed none other than widely ridiculed quack Dr. Mehmet Oz—yes, the Dr. Oz so infamous for his dubious TV health advice that the British Medical Journal published a thorough trashing of him—to serve as a health adviser.

On Friday, the White House announced that the TV host will be appointed to serve on the president’s council on sports, fitness, and nutrition, per CNN. The council is part of the Department of Health and Human Services and, according to its website, “engages, educates, and empowers all Americans to adopt a healthy lifestyle that includes regular physical activity and good nutrition.”

The appointment of Dr. Oz is notable because he’s long used the Dr. Oz Show as a platform to market alternative medicine, i.e. mostly fake or overhyped products and recommendations. In one case, a company producing a supposed miracle weight loss drug that he endorsed was fined millions by the FTC, and Dr. Oz was separately summoned before a congressional hearing to testify as to why he kept promoting products with no legitimate science behind them. Studies have repeatedly shown that Dr. Oz does not seem to use actual evidence when making health recommendations on his show.



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Some DUers will get the reference.

Sid

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Trump Picks TV Snake Oil Salesman Dr. Oz, of All People, to Serve on Health Council (Original Post) SidDithers May 2018 OP
So i take it he'll get Dr Phil to head the American Medical Association? Initech May 2018 #1
Come on, this has got to be a dream. kacekwl May 2018 #2
Sueno? It's a goddamn nightmare!! RestoreAmerica2020 May 2018 #5
wake me! lapfog_1 May 2018 #6
OZ is super conservative ass . Wonder if trump would ever call him by his first name ??? lunasun May 2018 #3
Hiring Dr. Oz.......... ProudMNDemocrat May 2018 #4
The silver lining is coffee enemas will now be covered by insurance Major Nikon May 2018 #7
Perhaps trump thinks of him as the wizzer of Oz and not the wizzard dembotoz May 2018 #8
We now Matthew28 May 2018 #9
I was banned from a DU group for saying Dr Oz is a 'widely ridiculed quack' left-of-center2012 May 2018 #10
Dr Oz, the great liberal? Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #11
That's the one... SidDithers May 2018 #12
His policies are geared towards impressing rich where it matters and stupid Le Gaucher May 2018 #13
tRump wanted to appoint Marcus Welby, MD, but he's dead. stopbush May 2018 #14
Of course, because he saw him on teevee DesertRat May 2018 #15
He has a thing for quacks, doesn't he? smirkymonkey May 2018 #16
So says Mineral Man! rusty fender May 2018 #17

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
3. OZ is super conservative ass . Wonder if trump would ever call him by his first name ???
Mon May 7, 2018, 12:08 AM
May 2018

Besides the despicable snake oil salesman side of him , Oz is a deplorable
Remember his scam publicity that Dr. Oz would reveal the results of Donald Trump’s physical — both to America and to Trump himself — on his show

Oldie but goodie link
https://thinkprogress.org/dr-oz-donald-trump-show-b6f9e0423253/

Matthew28

(1,798 posts)
9. We now
Mon May 7, 2018, 01:53 AM
May 2018

live in an idiocy controlled by super rich religious assholes that don't use facts or data to support their case. Sad

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
10. I was banned from a DU group for saying Dr Oz is a 'widely ridiculed quack'
Mon May 7, 2018, 01:56 AM
May 2018

Someone had posted that Dr Oz had "experts" on his show with "proof of life after death".

Apparently they could not handle the truth about Dr Oz
so I got the boot.

 

Le Gaucher

(1,547 posts)
13. His policies are geared towards impressing rich where it matters and stupid
Mon May 7, 2018, 08:33 AM
May 2018

Folks on matters rich don't give a fuck about.

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