A lot of the press seems to be in a hoo-ha over the controversy surrounding Dr. Oz. I’ve never trusted the guy, and in fact have put him in the same category as those loud mouth late-night shills that try to sell you miracle polishing cloths for your car, or those funky exercise things that are supposed to give you magic abs over night.
I recall coming home from work one day and observing my other half watching this nutcase on the TV, and I ever so tactfully pointed out to him that the man was a quack. In fact, at that time, I wasn’t even sure he was actually a real doctor. What real, educated with a degree, licensed to practice doctor would actually say the things that this quack does on a national TV program. I was sure that if he ever had been licensed to practice somewhere, he’d been disbarred for malpractice and the only way he had found to make a living was to sell his personality
on TV.
I was shocked to near speechlessness to find out the man actually is the head of a department at Columbia university. Were I the president of that esteemed facility, I’d hang my head in shame when out in public.
Anyway, a week or so ago, ten doctors signed a letter and suggested that Dr. Oz be removed from his post at Columbia because he was a quack. I was wholeheartedly in favor of this, and applauded these brave guys, until I found out that some of them are actually being paid by companies that support genetically modified food. While I’m on the fence about GMO food, I think that if you are being paid by a company to support GMO’s, and then send a letter like they did and chastise someone because they oppose genetically modified food, well – you aren’t exactly being honest. In fact, you’ve sort of hopped into the frying pan and turned your own kettle black.
However, today I read that of 1500 doctors surveyed, more than 1,000 agree that Dr. Oz should resign. This survey gave new life to the controversy, and makes me feel a bit better about calling Dr. Oz a quack.
However, the puzzling part of this survey is that 22% of the 1500 doctors stated that they supported Dr. Oz and that things should remain the same.
What I want is a list of these Doctors so that I can make sure that I don’t visit any of them for treatment of so much as a hangnail. They are obviously eating from the same bowl of quack soup as Dr. Mehmet Oz.