Should TV "doctors" have their medical licenses revoked..

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oregonzoo
oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
Whenever they peddle or endore this BS hope in a bottle crap, just for a buck>

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  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    Only if their last name starts with an O and ends in a Z.
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    Only if their last name starts with an O and ends in a Z.
    ^I second that.
  • _Elemenopee_
    _Elemenopee_ Posts: 2,665 Member
    The "Wizard" for sure!
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    Let's ask Dr. Oz he would know!
  • Lift_This_
    Lift_This_ Posts: 2,756 Member
    Hes a quack and a half.
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    I'm honestly shocked no one came in this thread shouting "RASPBERRY KETONES" and "SUGAR FREE IS BAD CUZ DR. OZ SAID".

    Seriously disappointed.
  • ket_the_jet
    ket_the_jet Posts: 1,257 Member
    When I was a kid, I saw the commercial for a Vortex football that whistled. John Elway threw the Vortex over 100 yards in the commercial--a mighty feat for an NFL quarterback, but the toy was built to be aerodynamically successful.

    Even at fourteen, I could get over fifty yards when I threw that thing. My Dad could throw it almost seventy. It sure was a fun toy.

    But my friend and I, ever the imaginative mind, attempted to figure out how far a whistling Vortex football could actually be thrown. We built a mechanical catapult that would emulate the throwing motion of an NFL quarterback [recording the commercial on VHS, we actually copied Elway's motion]. No matter how tightly we winched the ballista, we could only get the Vortex to fly about 85 yards.

    I wrote a letter to Vortex explaining that I'd be interested to see actual footage of Elway throwing the Vortex 100 yards and included a recording of our makeshift cannon. Vortex never responded.

    But I did not write a letter to the Denver Broncos organization demanding that John Elway be released for peddling a faulty product.
    -wtk
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,227 Member
    Honestly, they have to renew their medical licenses, I think annually, if they are continuing practice.

    Unfortunately, I think Dr. Oz still sees patients, and to the best of my knowledge, renewing the license just means that they have to pay a fee and attend some 'qualifiable' conferences (often provided by Big Pharma).
  • ZugTheMegasaurus
    ZugTheMegasaurus Posts: 801 Member
    I'm honestly shocked no one came in this thread shouting "RASPBERRY KETONES" and "SUGAR FREE IS BAD CUZ DR. OZ SAID".

    Seriously disappointed.
    Give it time. It'll happen.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Whenever they peddle or endore this BS hope in a bottle crap, just for a buck>

    Not just TV docs do this.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,227 Member
    @ ket - Please tell me you grew up to be an engineer. If not, you totally wasted your talents!
  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    Honestly, they have to renew their medical licenses, I think annually, if they are continuing practice.

    Unfortunately, I think Dr. Oz still sees patients, and to the best of my knowledge, renewing the license just means that they have to pay a fee and attend some 'qualifiable' conferences (often provided by Big Pharma).

    it's a shame. I feel it's so irresponsible of these people. And kind of cruel.
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    When I was a kid, I saw the commercial for a Vortex football that whistled. John Elway threw the Vortex over 100 yards in the commercial--a mighty feat for an NFL quarterback, but the toy was built to be aerodynamically successful.

    Even at fourteen, I could get over fifty yards when I threw that thing. My Dad could throw it almost seventy. It sure was a fun toy.

    But my friend and I, ever the imaginative mind, attempted to figure out how far a whistling Vortex football could actually be thrown. We built a mechanical catapult that would emulate the throwing motion of an NFL quarterback [recording the commercial on VHS, we actually copied Elway's motion]. No matter how tightly we winched the ballista, we could only get the Vortex to fly about 85 yards.

    I wrote a letter to Vortex explaining that I'd be interested to see actual footage of Elway throwing the Vortex 100 yards and included a recording of our makeshift cannon. Vortex never responded.

    But I did not write a letter to the Denver Broncos organization demanding that John Elway be released for peddling a faulty product.
    -wtk
    Because TV docs peddling crappy medical advice and John Elway peddling a crappy football is totes the same thing.

    Righty oh.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,227 Member
    Honestly, they have to renew their medical licenses, I think annually, if they are continuing practice.

    Unfortunately, I think Dr. Oz still sees patients, and to the best of my knowledge, renewing the license just means that they have to pay a fee and attend some 'qualifiable' conferences (often provided by Big Pharma).

    it's a shame. I feel it's so irresponsible of these people. And kind of cruel.

    Write your congressman! Demand stricter requirements for medical licensing. Ask him/her to require the docs to sign some sort of morality clause when working with commercial endorsements... or something like that.
  • ket_the_jet
    ket_the_jet Posts: 1,257 Member
    @ ket - Please tell me you grew up to be an engineer. If not, you totally wasted your talents!
    Actually, I work for myself now buying up patents and shutting down engineering firms. I am anti-progress.
    -wtk
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,227 Member
    @ ket - Please tell me you grew up to be an engineer. If not, you totally wasted your talents!
    Actually, I work for myself now buying up patents and shutting down engineering firms. I am anti-progress.
    -wtk

    That's amusing!
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