100 and fifty-one docs have denounced Pennsylvania Republican Senate Dr. Ouncesfor offering harmful medical recommendation and spreading misinformation.
The letter from Actual Docs Towards Ouncesstates:
We the undersigned docs write with critical concern relating to the candidacy of Dr. Mehmet Ouncesfor Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat. As physicians, we strongly consider in evidence-based drugs and sharing trustworthy well being info with the general public.
As a former daytime TV host, Dr. Ouncesexploited the hopes and fears of his viewers by selling unproven, ill-advised, and at instances doubtlessly harmful remedies. He has made clear that he’ll put enriching himself above all else, even in situations the place folks’s well being is endangered.
Dr. Ouncess document of spreading misinformation and sharing factually incorrect medical recommendation on The Dr. OuncesShow and in any other case is completely researched and effectively documented.
One 2014 examine by the British Medical Journal discovered that half of the claims made on The Dr. OuncesShow weren’t primarily based in actual fact and researchers at Georgetown College discovered that greater than 75% of suggestions made on Dr. Ouncess present “didn’t align with evidence-based medical tips.” When known as earlier than Congress to reply for this misinformation, even Dr. Ounceshimself needed to admit that “oftentimes [the products I promote] don’t have the scientific muster to go as truth.”
Dr. Ounceswould even be one other vote to criminalize abortion and he has refused to sentence efforts to ban abortion in Pennsylvania, endangering the lives of girls and individuals who can grow to be pregnant. He has even stated that he opposes abortions in instances of rape or incest.
Dr. Ouncesalso disseminated harmful misinformation all through the COVID-19 pandemic. He promoted and defended unproven and presumably harmful COVID-19 remedies equivalent to hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin when there wasn’t clear scientific consensus. He additionally stated that COVID-19 vaccines weren’t “true vaccines” like “traditional childhood vaccines.” That is all deeply regarding.
In 2015, ten physicians, together with surgeons and professors, penned a letter to Columbia’s Dean of Medication saying they have been “stunned and dismayed” that Dr. Ounceswas a college member on the college. The identical 12 months, eight Columbia school members printed an op-ed in USA Right now calling out Dr. Ouncesfor “deceptive the general public” and forcing physicians like themselves to spend “a major quantity of our scientific time debunking Ozisms.” This 12 months, Columbia College determined to chop ties with the previous TV host.
As a TV movie star physician, Mehmet Ounceshas displayed a shameful disregard for medical science and the wellbeing of his viewers whereas he enriched himself on the expense of our sufferers. As physicians we take severely our accountability for the well being and wellbeing of our sufferers.
John Fetterman believes that healthcare is a elementary human proper, helps increasing entry to inexpensive well being care, defending folks with preexisting situations, and would vote to codify Roe v. Wade into federal regulation. Defending the well being and wellbeing of our residents requires that we elect John Fetterman to the US Senate this November.
The actual fact is that Dr. Ouncesisn’t actually a physician anymore. He performs one on tv the place he spreads quack cures and harmful misinformation. Mehmet Ouncesbecame a right-wing movie star way back. His job isn’t any totally different than Alex Jones, who makes use of his platform to unfold misinformation and transfer survivalist merchandise. The product is totally different, however the enterprise mannequin is similar.
Republicans have wasted tens of millions upon tens of millions of {dollars} making an attempt to con Pennsylvania voters into supporting Dr. Oz, however Democrat John Fetterman has maintained a constant lead because the state’s voters proceed to reject New Jersey canine killer/TV pitchman.
Dr. Ounceswas Trump’s hand-picked selection for the Pennsylvania Republican Senate nomination, and if the GOP loses a seat that it has managed virtually uninterrupted since 1969, minus the temporary interval when Arlen Specter switched events and have become a Democrat in 2009, the loss can be on Trump.
Docs see the reality, and they’re asking Pennsylvanians to reject Mehmet Oz.
Mr. Easley is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work centered on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.
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Member of the Society of Skilled Journalists and The American Political Science Affiliation
