Mehmet Oz, the Republican nominee for Senate in Pennsylvania, for 16 years hosted a popular, syndicated daytime television show. He has leaned on his TV doctor credentials in his campaign.
But his candidacy has encouraged the news media to examine his longtime spread of misinformation, including what University of Alberta professor Timothy Caulfield called in Scientific American “misleading, science-free and unproven alternative therapies.” His Democratic opponent, John Fetterman, has been running television ads about Oz’s questionable recommendations, which public health professionals scorn. A group of Pennsylvania doctors called “Real Doctors Against Oz” have begun campaigning against his candidacy, pronouncing it “a major threat to public health.”
Oz’s false claims are being showcased just as public health officials are warning of a possible increase in coronavirus transmission, and as only 4 percent of Americans have received the latest omicron-focused booster vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As a GOP nominee for Senate in the nation’s fifth most-populous state, Oz has a political platform to advocate for — or against — vaccine safety in a race that is capturing national attention. If he chooses to promote vaccines, our research suggests that Oz could use his campaign to affect public health and increase Americans’ vaccination rates. In particular, he has an opportunity to reach his base supporters, who cluster on the ...
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