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Post by straightly on Jun 16, 2017 9:04:31 GMT -5
This is Damon's TV network, he owns it and so he can call himself whatever the hell he wants. No one in their right mind would actually believe he is a physician, it is just the angle he is taking as the Host of his TV network. The white coat has Poppington on it. I guess people will find a reason to hate on anything cool and positive. At least the man is dead serious about helping others. Guess what, if he can start a controversial debat on his labelling himself in a large audience, I would consider we got our money's worth. No publicity is bad publicity. Afrezza may fail by oblivion, it can only success by disruption. Shake it up, Mr. Dash I say!
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Post by deaner3 on Jun 16, 2017 9:05:11 GMT -5
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Post by esstan2001 on Jun 16, 2017 9:06:11 GMT -5
so just throwing it out in the atmosphere, I have a neighbor with a phd in education. Her name on her checking account is Dr. so and so. Heh, my father and grandfather had doctorates. When I was young, I asked my father why didn't he go by doctor, he laughed. I believe the actual correct nomenclature for physician is M.D. Doctor is a slang term we use? Just sayin I do know a boatload of Ph.D.'s in Engineering and Physics that worked very hard and would vehemently disagree with the use of Doctor as a slang term. Some do not even like it when Honorary Doctorate degrees get 'awarded'. Hell, I worked hard and I only have a Bachelors & Master's in Engineering, along with a Master's in Technology Management. For me, I decided enough was enough already- but getting to a Doctorate degree the old fashioned way? It deserves respect; I would not make indiscriminant use of the title a habit for those that do not earn it. For Dash, if it successfully promotes Afrezza out from where we are at, I suppose I might WILL DEFINITELY look the other way, providing he does not does not say anything totally off the wall, and it is clear from his schtick that he is not pretending to be a real Dr.
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Post by mydogskip on Jun 16, 2017 9:09:34 GMT -5
I think this is a great move. He should garner a great deal of media attention, and as an Afrezza user with nothing but positives to say he will be a terrific spokesperson. I hope that with his celebrity he can generate awareness amonst celebrity diabetics such as Tom Hanks and Halle Berry who might down the road have some good words to say about Afrezza.. As a former brand marketer, I doubt he will be able to use the Dr. part in advertising. I like it though, so long as he handles it in a way that makes it clear that he is not a medical Dr. Hey, when I was young we had Dr. J (Julius Irving) - a basketball player. And now Dr. Dre. Why not Dr. Dash. It's great to hope. It's been the consistent theme on here. Celebs, typically A type celebs rarely if ever endorse a drug and if they do they'll want a lot of money to do so. It's money that Mannkind doesn't have. I don't know what deal Mannkind struck with Damon but I am betting it's not costing them a lot. Maybe they are giving him free Afrezza. And celebrity endorsements will mean absolutely nothing if Doctors still aren't on board and insurance companies make it difficult to get via approval.
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Post by gamblerjag on Jun 16, 2017 9:13:36 GMT -5
Hey Mango, Don't agree. For those comparing Dr. Dre, Dre is a music artist and isn't represent a medical product. Secondly, yes he can call himself Santa Claus and he would have your followers. But if you are trying to promote a product, IMO you want to do it in the most professional manner.. especially a medical product that saves lives. I mean were not talking Hilton promoting Carl's Jr. Have a great weekend.
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Post by mnkdfann on Jun 16, 2017 9:26:03 GMT -5
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Post by agedhippie on Jun 16, 2017 9:45:50 GMT -5
Hey Mango, Don't agree. For those comparing Dr. Dre, Dre is a music artist and isn't represent a medical product. Secondly, yes he can call himself Santa Claus and he would have your followers. But if you are trying to promote a product, IMO you want to do it in the most professional manner.. especially a medical product that saves lives. I mean were not talking Hilton promoting Carl's Jr. Have a great weekend. You are right. If he is a spokesman for Mannkind then that brings him into the scope of the FDA and calling himself a doctor will be a problem. I am not so sure that it's a good idea to have him as a spokesman precisely because it brings him into FDA scope. Damon could speak far more freely before but now he represents the company and has to stick within the label. An example of the problem is Kim Kardashian and her comments about Diclegis for which she is a paid endorser. She posted an instagram saying how wonderful she had found Diclegis personally and the FDA came down on the company (the fact it was her second offence didn't help) because she hadn't represented the drug within the label, nor mentioned the side-effects.
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Post by mango on Jun 16, 2017 9:49:36 GMT -5
Hey Mango, Don't agree. For those comparing Dr. Dre, Dre is a music artist and isn't represent a medical product. Secondly, yes he can call himself Santa Claus and he would have your followers. But if you are trying to promote a product, IMO you want to do it in the most professional manner.. especially a medical product that saves lives. I mean were not talking Hilton promoting Carl's Jr. Have a great weekend. It is being done in a professional manner. He has physicians on the show. He has other celebrities on the show. He has CEO MIke on the show. He has other PWD on the show. It is being done in a professional manner, this ain't the Kardashians my friend, Damon has a wealth of experience in the industry. You're being ridiculous by taking offense by him doing this. Dr. Phil sure as hell ain't a physician. Don't here people bitching about that. Just sayin'
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Post by mango on Jun 16, 2017 9:56:22 GMT -5
Hey Mango, Don't agree. For those comparing Dr. Dre, Dre is a music artist and isn't represent a medical product. Secondly, yes he can call himself Santa Claus and he would have your followers. But if you are trying to promote a product, IMO you want to do it in the most professional manner.. especially a medical product that saves lives. I mean were not talking Hilton promoting Carl's Jr. Have a great weekend. You are right. If he is a spokesman for Mannkind then that brings him into the scope of the FDA and calling himself a doctor will be a problem. I am not so sure that it's a good idea to have him as a spokesman precisely because it brings him into FDA scope. Damon could speak far more freely before but now he represents the company and has to stick within the label. An example of the problem is Kim Kardashian and her comments about Diclegis for which she is a paid endorser. She posted an instagram saying how wonderful she had found Diclegis personally and the FDA came down on the company (the fact it was her second offence didn't help) because she hadn't represented the drug within the label, nor mentioned the side-effects. I think you missed it. MannKind is not the sponsor. AFREZZA is the sponsor. Get it? Why do you think MannKind didn't publish a PR? Duh. Damon knows how to work around barriers and he did just that with all the issues you just mentioned. He isn't a paid endorser. MannKind simply "officially unofficially" appointed him spokesperson and that is why we found out via his network show website and not from MannKind. Afrezza is the sponsor of the show. Who is Afrezza? Lol Case in point—MannKind is a sponsor for Reversed. Afrezza is the sponsor for Damon Dash Diabetes Network. Lol. He is genius
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Post by agedhippie on Jun 16, 2017 10:03:41 GMT -5
You are right. If he is a spokesman for Mannkind then that brings him into the scope of the FDA and calling himself a doctor will be a problem. I am not so sure that it's a good idea to have him as a spokesman precisely because it brings him into FDA scope. Damon could speak far more freely before but now he represents the company and has to stick within the label. An example of the problem is Kim Kardashian and her comments about Diclegis for which she is a paid endorser. She posted an instagram saying how wonderful she had found Diclegis personally and the FDA came down on the company (the fact it was her second offence didn't help) because she hadn't represented the drug within the label, nor mentioned the side-effects. I think you missed it. MannKind is not the sponsor. AFREZZA is the sponsor. Get it? Why do you think MannKind didn't published a PR? Duh. Damon knows how to work around barriers and he did just that with all the issues you just mentioned. He isn't a paid endorser. MannKind simply "officially unofficially" appointed him spokesperson and that is why we found out via his network show website and not from MannKind. Afrezza is the sponsor of the show. Who is Afrezza? Lol Who is Afrezza? Mannkind. Kim Kardashian is a paid promoter of Diclegis, not Duchesnay who make it. However Duchesnay are the ones the FDA went after. Damon's post represents himself as an official representative and that he was approached by Mannkind - my read is that this brings him into scope if true.
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Post by agedhippie on Jun 16, 2017 10:10:50 GMT -5
Hey Mango, Don't agree. For those comparing Dr. Dre, Dre is a music artist and isn't represent a medical product. Secondly, yes he can call himself Santa Claus and he would have your followers. But if you are trying to promote a product, IMO you want to do it in the most professional manner.. especially a medical product that saves lives. I mean were not talking Hilton promoting Carl's Jr. Have a great weekend. It is being done in a professional manner. He has physicians on the show. He has other celebrities on the show. He has CEO MIke on the show. He has other PWD on the show. It is being done in a professional manner, this ain't the Kardashians my friend, Damon has a wealth of experience in the industry. You're being ridiculous by taking offense by him doing this. Dr. Phil sure as hell ain't a physician. Don't here people bitching about that. Just sayin' At least was Dr Phil was a board certified physician (1979 to 2006). Just sayin'.
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Post by seanismorris on Jun 16, 2017 10:50:27 GMT -5
Unlike Dr. Dre, the "Dr." seems to be something Damon Dash added to his name just for this show.
And because he's representing MannKind and promoting a medical product he needs to loose the "Dr." it's misleading and dangerous.
It doesn't matter that he says somewhere that he's not a doctor, this is a lawsuit waiting to happen.
Afrezza isn't snake oil, we don't need a snake oil salesman. If Damon Dash looses the Dr. I'll be perfectly happy having him promote Afrezza, but until then MannKind shouldn't have anything to do with him.
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Post by mango on Jun 16, 2017 11:11:00 GMT -5
It is being done in a professional manner. He has physicians on the show. He has other celebrities on the show. He has CEO MIke on the show. He has other PWD on the show. It is being done in a professional manner, this ain't the Kardashians my friend, Damon has a wealth of experience in the industry. You're being ridiculous by taking offense by him doing this. Dr. Phil sure as hell ain't a physician. Don't here people bitching about that. Just sayin' At least was Dr Phil was a board certified physician (1979 to 2006). Just sayin'. Wrong and pure disinformation. He has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_McGrawJust sayin'
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Post by liane on Jun 16, 2017 11:24:19 GMT -5
At least was Dr Phil was a board certified physician (1979 to 2006). Just sayin'. He is not / was not a board certified physician; rather - was a licensed psychologist (no longer licensed). Big difference.
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Post by mango on Jun 16, 2017 11:25:58 GMT -5
Unlike Dr. Dre, the "Dr." seems to be something Damon Dash added to his name just for this show. And because he's representing MannKind and promoting a medical product he needs to loose the "Dr." it's misleading and dangerous. It doesn't matter that he says somewhere that he's not a doctor, this is a lawsuit waiting to happen. Afrezza isn't snake oil, we don't need a snake oil salesman. If Damon Dash looses the Dr. I'll be perfectly happy having him promote Afrezza, but until then MannKind shouldn't have anything to do with him. You're over sensationalizing this. It's actually pretty hilarious people are offended by it. Too much ego?
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