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Noah Wyle Skewers Trump Health Picks With Satirical ‘CDC’ PSA on Kimmel

The pre-taped bit questions the administration’s science credibility by riffing on controversial picks—Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at HHS and Mehmet Oz at CMS.

Overview

  • Wyle’s fake public service announcement aired during his Tuesday appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! days after his first Golden Globe win.
  • He opens by saying he is not a real doctor, then delivers knowingly false claims such as a measles shot turning a child into a furry and raw chicken smoothies being healthy.
  • The PSA also jokes that 5G towers cause COVID and that taking antibiotics with probiotics creates the “perfect level of biotics,” with Vitamin C dismissed as a scam.
  • A staged phone call from the president offers Wyle the CDC directorship, framing the bit as a jab at federal health leadership.
  • The segment closes with an announcer calling it a message from the CDC, followed by Wyle declaring, “Astrology is the only true science!”