Clinton Presidency: Family doctor a total quack

[Joey McGee]

Some people who have known Mr. Clinton for years, especially his Arkansas friends, have said he looks too thin, almost frail. “He’s good,” Dr. Hyman said.

“Look at how fat they are and they’re eating cotton candy,” he said, pulling out his iPhone. “I know it’s really tacky, but I’m going to take a picture.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/fashion/dr-mark-hyman-clintons-health.html

If I saw that in a restaurant I would go over to the table and say something quietly that he wouldn't forget.

Honestly **** this guy, just on that.

He said Michelle Obama has been overly influenced by the food industry on her “Let’s Move!” initiative to combat childhood obesity.

“She was vilifying the food industry and talking about food, but then she called it ‘Let’s Move!,’ which sounds like ‘Let’s exercise more,’ ” Dr. Hyman said. “The subliminal message is that it’s your fault you’re fat.”

When asked if Mrs. Clinton agreed with this critique, he was quick to say she did not.

There may be hope for America after all...

Hyman thinks vaccines cause autism.

Over at Science-Based Medicine (a good blog that the JREF promotes if you don't know about it)

Should I vote for her, knowing that she's likely appoint people like Dr. Hyman to health policy positions?​ Say what you will about Hillary Clinton, before meeting Dr. Hyman, she didn’t use to be into what I would consider woo, at least not as far as I can tell. I was half-tempted at the beginning of this post to crack a lame joke about how Hillary Clinton, when she found Dr. Hyman to take care of her husband, wasn’t actually trying to keep him around for decades to come at all, but then I thought better of it. The reason is that she clearly does take Dr. Hyman and his functional medicine woo seriously, just as Senator Tom Harkin took a lot of alternative medicine seriously and Representative Dan Burton took the antivaccine view that vaccines cause autism seriously. Does she take him seriously enough to try to take his ideas and implement some of them in her health policy if she ends up being elected President in 2016?

If this guy set foot in my mother's house I would be livid... guy is going to be invited into the most important house in the world... Makes me seriously question the sanity of these people.

I guess it can't be worse than Jeremiah Wright... wait, yes it can... honestly wtf...

 

[fuelair]

Wouldn't mind if it was republickers, most all their ideas are nutso -- But Democrats playing with that **** is terrible!!~!!!

 

[xjx388]

Dumb beliefs and anti-science know no boundaries. It's when those beliefs are made into law that I start to pay attention.

 

[Seismosaurus]

Oh look, it's the "Don't vote for X because s/he knows somebody who belives Y!" tactic. You know, the one that worked so well when used against Obama.

Good luck with that.

 

[Newtons Bit]

Is he saying vaccines cause autism, or vaccines can cause a symptom like autism that's otherwise treatable? I dunno. I feel like he's trying to court the woo, though.

 

[theprestige]

Oh look, it's the "Don't vote for X because s/he knows somebody who belives Y!" tactic. You know, the one that worked so well when used against Obama.

Are trying to say that it's not a winning strategy, or that it's not a valid concern?

Because, to be honest, as much as I like winning strategies in politics, I'd be ashamed of myself if I gave up a valid concern just because nobody around me shared it.

 

[The Big Dog]

Oh look, it's the "Don't vote for X because s/he knows somebody who belives Y!" tactic. You know, the one that worked so well when used against Obama.

Good luck with that.

It is a bit more than "know" and given the seriousness of the issue (anti-vax nutjobs cause real damage) one would be hard press to wave off the issue.

 

[Joey McGee]

Oh look, it's the "Don't vote for X because s/he knows somebody who belives Y!" tactic. You know, the one that worked so well when used against Obama.

Good luck with that.

I'm pretty sure David Gorski isn't going to vote Republican just because he's concerned about these things, it is something that should be asked about, firmly.

And it's not someone they know it's their family doctor who they trust their lives with

Is he saying vaccines cause autism, or vaccines can cause a symptom like autism that's otherwise treatable? I dunno. I feel like he's trying to court the woo, though.

"He talked, walked, loved, and played normally — that is, until after his measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination at 22 months." That's plain as day to me. He also has a woo autism cure, his "Ultramind Solution"

I'll give just one guess on how many "keys" to UltraWellness there are...

7

http://drhyman.com/blog/2010/05/12/can-autism-be-cured/

 

[Seismosaurus]

Are trying to say that it's not a winning strategy, or that it's not a valid concern?

It's certainly wasn't a winning strategy against Obama. I don't think it's a particularly valid concern.

 

[Joey McGee]

It's certainly wasn't a winning strategy against Obama.

I don't think it will cost her a significant amount of votes, obviously.

I don't think it's a particularly valid concern.

Gorski: Should I vote for her, knowing that she's likely appoint people like Dr. Hyman to health policy positions?​

 

[Seismosaurus]

It is a bit more than "know"

Is it? He's her "family doctor". How well do you know your family doctor? How much influence does he or she have over your politics? I couldn't tell you what my doctor thinks about any subject whatsoever outside of his being keen on wanting me to eat right and exercise more.

If you have evidence that Hillary has some sort of anti-vax woo beliefs then feel free to present it. But "she knows somebody who believes it" isn't even remotely close; it literally says nothing about what she believes.

and given the seriousness of the issue (anti-vax nutjobs cause real damage) one would be hard press to wave off the issue.

I'm managing it just fine. But I've never been much of a fan of the concept of guilt by association. It seems a silly notion to me.

 

[Joey McGee]

This is getting a little kooky here...

If you're someone who is that powerful, you can have almost any doctor you want. The fact they keep this guy around year after year, giving him more popularity and credibility, knowing what people have been saying about them for many years, that says something. It wouldn't cause me to vote republican, but it is a major what the **** is wrong with you kind of thing. She seems to have ditched Jean Houston which is good.

 

[The Big Dog]

Is it? He's her "family doctor". How well do you know your family doctor? How much influence does he or she have over your politics? I couldn't tell you what my doctor thinks about any subject whatsoever outside of his being keen on wanting me to eat right and exercise more.

If you have evidence that Hillary has some sort of anti-vax woo beliefs then feel free to present it. But "she knows somebody who believes it" isn't even remotely close; it literally says nothing about what she believes.


I'm managing it just fine. But I've never been much of a fan of the concept of guilt by association. It seems a silly notion to me.

If my doctor were an anti-vax believer you can be:

1. damn sure I knew it.
2. not my doctor anymore and
3. no way in hell I would recommend him to take care of my dog, let alone other people.

 

[Seismosaurus]

If my doctor were an anti-vax believer you can be:

1. damn sure I knew it.
2. not my doctor anymore and
3. no way in hell I would recommend him to take care of my dog, let alone other people.

Good for you. But to put it succinctly... so what?

Again : if you think Hillary is some sort of anti-vaxxer, they by all means post some evidence.

But "she knows somebody who is" isn't evidence.

 

[Joey McGee]

Nine years ago, on their 30th wedding anniversary, Hillary Rodham Clinton gave her husband a gift she hoped would ensure many more years together: Dr. Mark Hyman.

She knows him?

These days conversations with the former first couple usually focus on the functional-medicine movement and health policy, Dr. Hyman said.

He's already a political adviser...

Mrs. Clinton invited Dr. Hyman to her Washington home to discuss working on health-related issues at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

She's such a *********** rube!

Now, that's just from the one article I put at the top...

Should we go deeper?

 

[The Big Dog]

Is it? He's her "family doctor". How well do you know your family doctor? How much influence does he or she have over your politics? I couldn't tell you what my doctor thinks about any subject whatsoever outside of his being keen on wanting me to eat right and exercise more..

Ok, he asks, I answer and:

Good for you. But to put it succinctly... so what? .

So THAT just happened.

 

[Tsukasa Buddha]

Awful. The guy is such a cliche quack.

 

[JoeB]

Anti-Vax seems to be one of those issues where the far left and far right wrap around to agree.

 

[Joey McGee]

Hey, I know it's really tacky, but I'm gonna take a picture of fat kids eating cotton candy so I can show it to my friends and gawk and laugh and fantasize about lecturing their parents, don't mind me...

 

[Tsukasa Buddha]

Even FatPeopleHate didn't take pictures of kids.