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Cuban is an ok guy, but the healthcare comments are a good example of him being plain wrong. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2019/11/04/shark-t

Cuban is an ok guy, but the healthcare comments are a good example of him being plain wrong. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2019/11/04/shark-tank-doctor-virus-fighting-pack-isnt-immune-criticism/4151858002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2019/11/04/s... This is an example of him arguing with a MD. Cuban takes an issue with the doctor stating that consumer driven health care from non medical professionals is responsible for overuse of antibiotics. Cuban gets heated and dismisses the doctor as a quack when the doctor makes a completely legitimate point. Mark Cuban, like all successful people in life, is great at providing a loud opinion on everything and especially with areas that aren't his expertise.

duxup 7y ago
I don't even think that was the health related comment by Cuban I was thinking of... but man what a cluster of a scene that sounds like.
leereeves 7y ago
> consumer driven health care from non medical professionals is responsible for overuse of antibiotics That sounds like there are no medical professionals involved, but aren't medical professionals prescribing the antibiotics?
- untog 7y ago
  I'm not an expert here but I believe the argument is that because it's consumer driven if a patient wants antibiotics then they can just shop around doctors until they find one willing to prescribe. Plus of course, drug manufacturers aggressively pitching their product to doctors.
tboyd47 7y ago
He always does this on Shark Tank too. Guy has some kind of issue with doctors.
SamReidHughes 7y ago
The "MD" was a guy on Shark Tank asking for an investment in his vitamin supplement company.
koboll 7y ago
That doctor was selling a supplement. Supplement sales are largely scams, even the ones that are "developed by doctors". Also, its name is almost certainly designed to confuse consumers by sounding similar to "Z-Pak", aka azithromycin, which is an antibiotic. I'm not sure why we should expect doctors to be experts on the market forces behind antibiotic use, and there's plenty of reason to be skeptical of that specific doctor's motives.
cosmodisk 7y ago
Forget Cuban in here.Just a few hours ago I was talking with my sister about starting something similar. The product is cheap to manufacture, almost no regulations, no guarantees that it will work and the best part is that you can charge arbitrary amounts for it. The doctor's 'story' is a bit random.Not quite sure how things are done in the US, however in most parts of the world no self respecting doctor would prescribe antibiotics for viral infections. Here,in Britain,every GP practice is wallpapered with posters explaining this as well.
ccktlmazeltov 7y ago
I don't know about that particular story, but Mark really impressed me on shark tank when he detected some scamy shit about military grade encryption.

duxup 7y ago

I don't even think that was the health related comment by Cuban I was thinking of... but man what a cluster of a scene that sounds like.

leereeves 7y ago

> consumer driven health care from non medical professionals is responsible for overuse of antibiotics That sounds like there are no medical professionals involved, but aren't medical professionals prescribing the antibiotics?

untog 7y ago
I'm not an expert here but I believe the argument is that because it's consumer driven if a patient wants antibiotics then they can just shop around doctors until they find one willing to prescribe. Plus of course, drug manufacturers aggressively pitching their product to doctors.

tboyd47 7y ago

He always does this on Shark Tank too. Guy has some kind of issue with doctors.

SamReidHughes 7y ago

The "MD" was a guy on Shark Tank asking for an investment in his vitamin supplement company.

koboll 7y ago

That doctor was selling a supplement. Supplement sales are largely scams, even the ones that are "developed by doctors". Also, its name is almost certainly designed to confuse consumers by sounding similar to "Z-Pak", aka azithromycin, which is an antibiotic. I'm not sure why we should expect doctors to be experts on the market forces behind antibiotic use, and there's plenty of reason to be skeptical of that specific doctor's motives.

cosmodisk 7y ago

Forget Cuban in here.Just a few hours ago I was talking with my sister about starting something similar. The product is cheap to manufacture, almost no regulations, no guarantees that it will work and the best part is that you can charge arbitrary amounts for it. The doctor's 'story' is a bit random.Not quite sure how things are done in the US, however in most parts of the world no self respecting doctor would prescribe antibiotics for viral infections. Here,in Britain,every GP practice is wallpapered with posters explaining this as well.

ccktlmazeltov 7y ago

I don't know about that particular story, but Mark really impressed me on shark tank when he detected some scamy shit about military grade encryption.