OB-GYN warns against wicker trend: 'Not designed for receiving…

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOn October fifteenth, 2026, the New York Post reported an OB-GYN warning fans of the Wicker movie trend that wicker belongs in the living room and not anywhere else.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe exact words were that the body is not designed for receiving trees, shrubs or other plants. Other plants, Vera.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe list had to be open-ended.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI choose to see a doctor who cares about her community, and a very clear furniture policy.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFirst it's a warning about wicker, and then it's a shrub, and by Christmas we're all being asked about ferns.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFerns.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe doctor never mentioned ferns. I did. That is how these things start.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo, should you be worried? Mildly worried, mostly about whoever needed this said.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEveryone else can eat a sandwich, and keep it away from the shrubs.

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