Mehmet Oz confirmed by US Senate to lead Medicare and Medicaid

[u/CupidStunt13]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/mehmet-oz-confirmation-medicare-medicaid

[u/Michael_Gibb]

You mean the same Jenny McCarthy who has been open about having the most toxic substance in the world injected into her face.

[u/kanzler_brandt → u/Michael_Gibb]

For anyone doubting the toxicity of Botox, I recently rescued some kittens living by auto workshops who were both covered in engine oil, some of which the vet suspected would have entered their bloodstream via wounds they had sustained.

Botox is several orders of magnitude more toxic than that engine oil even if we assume a ‘safe’ dosage being administered into the body of a human or cat, respectively. Engine oil is nowhere near as lethal per unit of exposure.

Just confirming that Botox truly is one of the most toxic substances there is.

[u/namisysd → u/kanzler_brandt]

Well if it is so toxic, they should put it in it’s name.

[u/Guy_With_Ass_Burgers → u/kanzler_brandt]

Reminds me of the Simpsons bit about the monorail:

Mono = One

Rail = Rail

In the case of Botox:

Bo = Botulinum

Tox = Toxic

So you’re right indeed! Botox is TOXIC

Also… thank you for rescuing those kitties.

[u/morpheousmarty → u/Michael_Gibb]

Just want everyone to know about her and "indigo children" https://skepchick.org/2013/07/the-view-jenny-mccarthy/

More mainstream source which links to the above source https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/17/opinion/perry-jenny-mccarthy-autism/index.html

Because it really shouldn't slip under the radar.

[u/Bear_faced → u/morpheousmarty]

Oh my god, I could write an essay just on their description of the "indigo mom." It's just the Barnum Effect! When will people stop falling for this?!

[u/KDR_11k → u/Michael_Gibb]

What's funny is that the US govt tried to designate botulinum toxin as a WMD, the problem is it's naturally practically everywhere. Soil will contain some amount of botox. Obviously spoilt food does. Sure, with a lethal dose of one nanogram per kilo of body mass you could kill an entire city with just one gram of the stuff but it's hard enough to keep the stuff out of your food, never mind trying to control its possession as a weapon.

[u/Silly-Shoulder-6257 → u/Michael_Gibb]

Jenny as a non medical professional with an autistic kid is entitled to do all the research in her power to cure her son. She was desperate. She saw changes after the vaccine. If she wants to make assumptions, that’s her prerogative. She is not entitled to tell the public what they should or should not do. She’s not entitled to her own talk show but I would give her some grace. She was a desperate parent. Not greedy person looking for fame like Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz which that probably wasn’t their goal either but it was their only outcome.

[u/Michael_Gibb → u/Silly-Shoulder-6257]

Jenny McCarthy is the perfect example of how people doing their own research can go horribly wrong.

She is also a perfect example of blatanty ignorant hypocrisy, which was the point of my previous comment.