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Conspirituality

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Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Spirituality, Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Science, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.21.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Ozempic might be all the rage among people who want to lose weight, but wellness influencers and MAHA acolytes are raging against the antidiabetic medication. Derek investigates recent statements by RFK Jr and Calley Means and holds up their claims to the data we can all see online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

And there is a push to recommend OZMPIC for Americans as young as six over a condition of obesity that is completely preventable and barely even existed 100 years ago.

0:16.0

Since 74% of Americans are obese, the cost of all of them, if they take their O-Zempic prescriptions, will be $3 trillion a year.

0:28.6

This is a drug that has made of a Nordus the biggest company in Europe.

0:33.6

It's a Danish company, but the Danish government does not recommend it.

0:39.3

It recommends a change in diet to treat obesity and exercise.

0:45.3

This is always the thing with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

0:49.3

Nearly everything he said right there is either false or needs further explanation.

0:56.5

Is Novo Nordisk the largest or biggest company in Europe?

1:02.2

By market cap, it currently is as of December 2024, but in terms of revenue, it makes

1:09.2

roughly a tenth of what Volkswagen and Shell make per year.

1:15.3

Total energies is another company that makes about seven times as much revenue as Novo Nordisk.

1:21.8

Now, how about his claim that 74% of Americans are obese?

1:26.6

That's also false. That number pertains to the number of

1:30.7

Americans who are overweight, which is a different category. It's also a category measured purely in

1:36.4

America by body mass index or BMI, which has major problems because it's a population-level health

1:43.9

tool that's being applied to individual

1:46.0

bodies and it doesn't take into account things like muscle mass. Now finally, with regards to

1:53.5

the Danish government not recommending OZempec, well, that's because the government is forcing people to look for cheaper alternative

2:04.6

medications instead of OZempec. Reimbursement for the drug is limited to patients who cannot be

2:12.3

treated with more affordable options. And part of that reason is also due to the supply shortage due to off-label

2:19.9

use because it is an anti-diabetic medication. What Kennedy also doesn't go into there is the fact

2:26.3

that Denmark's tax-funded public health care model lets the citizens have primary care,

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