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A leading U.S. health official on Sunday urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status.

“Take the vaccine, please,” said Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator whose boss has raised suspicion about the safety and importance of vaccines. “We have a solution for our problem.”

Oz, a heart surgeon, defended some recently revised federal vaccine recommendations as well as past comments from President Donald Trump and the nation’s health chief, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., about the efficacy of vaccines. From Oz, there was a clear message on the measles.

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[–] SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Good of him to take RFKj's dick out of his mouth long enough to say this.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 13 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (5 children)

Doctors I trust more than Doctor Oz, Doctor Phil, or RFK Jr.

Doc Brown

Doc Gooden

Doc Holliday

Doc Hollywood

Doc Johnson

Doc McStuffins

Doctor Bombay

Doctor Claw

Doctor Demento

Doctor Detroit

Doctor Dirty

Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Doofenshmirtz aka Dr. D or just “Doof”

Doctor Doom

Doctor Evil

Doctor Feelgood

Doctor Frankenstein

Doctor Girlfriend

Doctor Hannibal Lecter

Doctor Horrible

Doctor Jekyll

Doctor Kevorkian

Doctor Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy

Doctor Martens

Doctor Moreau

Doctor Nick

Doctor Otto Octavius

Doctor Pepper

Doctor Scholl's

Doctor Orin Scrivello

Doctor Seuss

Doctor Spaceman

Doctor Spock

Doctor Strange

Doctor Strangelove

Doctor Who

Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zoidberg

Dr. Dre

Dr. Enuf

Dr. J (Julius Erving)

Dr. Octogonapus (DOCTOROCTAGONAPUSBLURRR)

Dr. Tran

Rug Doctor

Spin Doctors

The Doctor (Star Trek: Voyager)

Even Nurse Ratchet

Doc Holliday

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Zoidberg being on this list is saying a lot. Now open your mouth and say random crab noises

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 minute ago

random crab noises

That's RFK Jr.'s job.

[–] Hasherm0n@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

"Here comes doctor tran... He's a real doctor. With a PhD in kicking your ass"

I haven't seen that shit in years and it immediately came rushing back on seeing that name.

For those in the lucky 10,000 today https://youtu.be/FO0kRE5OTZI

[–] dickalan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I think I saw that when it first came out at Spike and Mike sick and twisted Festival of animation like almost 20 years ago

[–] FloatingAlong@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

"Why, SeeMarkFly, does this mean we're not friends anymore? You know, SeeMarkFly, if I thought you weren't my friend... I just don't think I could bear it!"

-Doc Holliday

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 hours ago

Ok, OK, I put him on the list.

[–] starik@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago

Hell yeah Dr Enuf!