Hello Everybody,
The pain! The pain!
109 *real* doctors in Pennsylvania call Dr. Oz a quack!
As signed, sealed, and delivered to PoliticusUSA -
We the undersigned doctors write with serious concern regarding the
candidacy of Dr. Mehmet Oz for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat.
As physicians, we strongly believe in evidence-based medicine and
sharing honest health information with the public.
As a former daytime TV host, Dr. Oz exploited the hopes and fears
of his viewers by promoting unproven, ill-advised, and at times
potentially dangerous treatments. He has made clear that he will
put enriching himself above all else, even in instances where people’s
health is endangered.
Dr. Oz’s record of spreading misinformation and sharing factually
incorrect medical advice on The Dr. Oz Show and otherwise is thoroughly researched and well documented.
One 2014 study by the British Medical Journal found that half of the
claims made on The Dr. Oz Show were not based in fact and researchers
at Georgetown University found that more than 75% of recommendations
made on Dr. Oz’s show “did not align with evidence-based medical guidelines.” When called before Congress to answer for this
misinformation, even Dr. Oz himself had to admit that “oftentimes
[the products I promote] don’t have the scientific muster to pass
as fact.”
Dr. Oz would also be another vote to criminalize abortion and he has
refused to condemn efforts to ban abortion in Pennsylvania, endangering
the lives of women and people who can become pregnant. He has even said
that he opposes abortions in cases of rape or incest.
Dr. Oz also disseminated dangerous misinformation throughout the COVID
-19 pandemic. He promoted and defended unproven and possibly dangerous
COVID-19 treatments such as hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin when
there wasn’t clear scientific consensus. He also said that COVID-19
vaccines weren’t “true vaccines” like “classic childhood vaccines.” This is all deeply concerning.
In 2015, ten physicians, including surgeons and professors, penned a
letter to Columbia’s Dean of Medicine saying they were “surprised and dismayed” that Dr. Oz was a faculty member at the university. The same
year, eight Columbia faculty members published an op-ed in USA Today
calling out Dr. Oz for “misleading the public” and forcing physicians
like themselves to spend “a significant amount of our clinical time
debunking Ozisms.” This year, Columbia University decided to cut ties
with the former TV host.
As a TV celebrity doctor, Mehmet Oz has displayed a shameful disregard
for medical science and the wellbeing of his audience while he enriched
himself at the expense of our patients. As physicians we take seriously
our responsibility for the health and wellbeing of our patients.
John Fetterman believes that healthcare is a fundamental human right,
supports expanding access to affordable health care, protecting people
with preexisting conditions, and would vote to codify Roe v. Wade into
federal law. Protecting the health and wellbeing of our citizens
requires that we elect John Fetterman to the US Senate this November.
Sincerely,
Physicians of Pennsylvania
https://www.politicususa.com/2022/08/23/john-fetterman-doctors.html
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