Dr. Oz Who Once Said “Only” 2–3 Percent Of Kids Would Die If We Reopen Schools During Pandemic, Just Announced He's Running For Senate

Pennsylvania is a crucial state for Republicans if they hope to take the Senate back from the Democrats next year, so they’re looking to hang on to the seat being vacated by retiring Senator Pat Toomey. Republicans were hoping that Trump-backed candidate Sean Parnell could secure the seat. Still, he suspended his Senate bid after a judge awarded Laurie Snell, Parnell’s estranged wife, primary physical custody and sole legal custody of the couple’s three children amid accusations of domestic abuse. So, another Republican has entered the stage. Quack celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz has just announced his candidacy. Oh, just what we need, another former talk show host in politics.

“During the pandemic, I learned that when you mix politics and medicine, you get politics instead of solutions. That’s why I am running for the U.S. Senate: to help fix the problems and to help us heal,” Oz wrote, according to CNN.

And on Twitter, Oz wrote, “I’m running for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania because America needs a Conservative Republican to cure what’s wrong with Washington. I’m a world-class surgeon, fighter, and health care advocate stepping forward to cure our country’s ills.”

I’m running for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania because America needs a Conservative Republican to cure what’s wrong with Washington. I’m a world-class surgeon, fighter, and health care advocate stepping forward to cure our country’s ills. Watch my announcement video now! pic.twitter.com/yLhKsZm9sl

— Dr. Mehmet Oz (@DrOz) November 30, 2021

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That’s nice, but he reminds me of Rep. Ronny Jackson, former President Donald Trump’s White House doctor. Last year when the pandemic hit, Oz was the recipient of a massive backlash over his appearance on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program, where he said that some people might consider a “tradeoff” in the form of a two-to-three percent mortality rate in exchange for reopening American schools. Oz joined appeared to want people to die from the COVID-19 pandemic to save Wall Street.

He told Hannity that he agreed with the idea of getting children back in school and called it an “appetizing opportunity” to “get our mojo back.”

Watch:

DR OZ: “Schools are a very appetizing opportunity. I just saw a nice piece in The Lancet arguing the opening of schools may only cost us 2 to 3%, in terms of total mortality. Any, you know, any life is a life lost, but … that might be a tradeoff some folks would consider.” 😳 pic.twitter.com/aifMeKTsIv

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 16, 2020

And now this same guy thinks he qualifies as a candidate because hes’ a doctor and a “health care advocate.” After the backlash ensued, Oz said that he misspoke. Yeah, I don’t think he’s what we need right now.

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