Dr. Oz: time for Fauci to go

Dr. Oz says it’s time for Dr. Fauci to take his medicine.

Mehmet Oz, the medical entrepreneur and television host, who is running for US Senate in Pennsylvania, said he would remove Anthony Fauci as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases — a post Fauci has held since 1984.

“Dr. Anthony Fauci has lost the faith and confidence of the American people,” Oz told The Post. “It’s time for a new face talking to the American people, one that is more trusted.

“I believe Anthony Fauci should be held accountable for misleading, whether willfully or unintentionally, the American public and the United States Congress,” Oz said.

The doc threw his hat into the Pennsylvania GOP Senate race last week, looking to fill the seat being vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey. David McCormick, a hedge fund CEO, is also eyeing a run. Scott Parnell, a candidate endorsed by former president Donald Trump, dropped out of the race in November.

Fauci has come under growing fire in conservative circles after telling Congress that the National Institutes of Health — his parent organization — had not funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. The NIH later corrected Fauci. Many experts believe coronavirus originated at the institute.

Some Republicans, like House GOP conference chair Rep. Elise Stefanik (NY), have called for Fauci, who remains in good standing with President Biden as his chief medical adviser, to be prosecuted on charges of lying to Congress.

Oz also spoke to The Post in an online interview about his belief that Black Lives Matter undermines black communities.

BLM has the wrong approach at every level,” Oz said — adding the movement had “incit[ed] violence and property destruction.”