iirc, this is what caused the hype with ivermectin. I went to Fleet Farm and bought several tubes as soon as I read this. Because why not? By the time the Joe Rogan types started talking about it, my stash was already expired. I've periodically taken it when I've been exposed to bed bugs and fleas. And as a preventative thing when I'm going into areas with a lot of ticks. The apple flavored horse paste is nasty.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016635422...

I would rather trust an MD over a rando on the Internet sorry.

It's not about lack of knowledge, it's greed. For doctors with flexible morals, garbage medicine is a shortcut to wealth.

Since non evidence based treatments aren't covered by health insurance, these practices are cash only. And cash only = $$$ because the doctor is getting the full payment and not just a fraction of it.

Dr. Oz is a good example. He was a CT surgeon at Columbia, which is considered the mecca for American CT surgery. But even if you are at the very top of your field as a doctor, there will be a cap on wealth, and you will never find fame. Oz gave up surgery, started hawking essential oils and is now very likely the only CT surgeon in the country with a net worth in the 9 figures.

I didn't flag it, but possibly because it pretends that Joe Rogan doesn't count as "mainstream media" despite being extremely mainstream, or alternatively because it pretends that "mainstream media" is somehow inherently untrustworthy in a way that Joe Rogan is immune to despite his acknowledged detachment from reality.

The false narrative that there's a 'mainstream media' which is lies and propaganda, as compared to plucky unafraid truth-telling upstarts like Fox and Sinclair and Joe Rogan.