It seems that Dr. Mehmet Oz鈥檚 transformation from respected surgeon to deplorable pseudoscience advocate is complete. He recently slandered Dr. Fauci as a 鈥減etty tyrant鈥� and then called him 鈥渃owardly鈥� for not taking the bait to get into a 鈥渄octor-to-doctor debate鈥� with the surgeon-turned TV snake oil salesman-turned politician. Oz may once have been a very competent physician, but he is way, way out of his depth when it comes to immunology, virology and epidemiology. He is just not in Dr. Fauci鈥檚 league. 聽
Dr. Oz has championed 鈥渆nergy medicine,鈥� for which he received the James Randi Foundation鈥檚 鈥淧igasus Award鈥� that recognizes achievements in pseudoscience. He has hyped diet pills devoid of any evidence,聽聽has given credence to talking to the dead, and hit bottom with marketing 鈥淒r. Oz鈥檚 homeopathic starter kit.鈥� Homeopathy, based on non-existent molecules treating existing disease, is the most absurd of all the 鈥渁lternative鈥� therapies. 聽
If Oz didn鈥檛 quite hit the bottom with his promotion of homeopathy, he surely did so now, jumping into bed with the nutcases at Fox to gain support for his preposterous Senate candidacy. This is a man who was eviscerated at a Senate committee hearing when questioned about his shameless plugging of baseless dietary supplements, and a man who was the subject of a study in the prestigious British Medical Journal that found 15% of his recommendations on the 鈥淒r. Oz Show鈥� were contradicted by evidence and another 40% had no evidence to back up the claims made.聽
Oz may bluster about challenging Dr. Fauci to a debate, but for Fauci, that would be like having a battle with an unarmed man. Oz can鈥檛 hold a candle to Fauci鈥檚 accomplishments, expertise or class. 聽
It is actually sad to see Dr. Oz degenerate into a pseudoscience-promoting political hack trying to gain favour with right-wing conspiracy theorists.聽聽He could have done so much good from the pulpit gifted him by Oprah.聽
At least so far he hasn鈥檛 promoted the hair dye he uses.
