Dr. Oz - Bullshit Claims, Bullshit Supplements, Bullshit Cures - And Some Amazingly Bullshit Arithmetic

[hatrack]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VGzu3vMMIy4

So, 135 billion pounds of weight loss by Americans by November of next year.

Current estimates of the US population - 342 million - Census Bureau Population Clock

135 billion pounds of people meat divided by 342 million inhabitants of this country means that by the time the midterm elections roll around, everyone in the United States will lose 394.74 pounds.

Would you trust a doctor who misses quantities of anything by three orders or magnitude? Seriously, What. The. Fuck.

[TommieMommy]

1. I never believed one word he said.

[William Seger]

2. Well, if #rump can reduce drug prices by 1500%, then everyone can easily lose 394.74 pounds

Arithmetic means as little to them as any other facts.

[58Sunliner]

3. I can lose a pound or two a day if I gain it back at night and lose it again by 4pm?

Will that help?? Do your part! Lol.

[karynnj]

4. As bad as that is, not all the population should be included

As is, it includes my about 10 pound baby grandchild. At minimum, it should exclude young children. In addition, a majority of adults are not overweight enough to need it.

[Disaffected]

5. Using Occam's Razor,

the explanation may simply be he misspoke? Meant to say "millions"??

[hatrack]

6. Watch the clip - he explicitly updates the claim from millions to billions.

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[Disaffected]

7. OK, I should have done that before.

Jr. says "millions", Oz "corrects" him and says "billions". Bullshit claims indeed.

[hatrack]

8. Oh, no worries - I've seen plenty of video links and thought, "Man, I don't have time to watch all that!"

[Probatim]

9. I've been trying to lose a few pounds, to get back to my birth weight - maybe he has a better plan for me.

[allegorical oracle]

10. There will only a few dozen people left to enjoy the ballroom...and they will

be too weak to dance. Sad indeed.