Dr. Drew Pinsky, 61, is a trusted medical professional — but fans on social media were up in arms after watching clips of the MD downplaying the severity of COVID-19.
The television host addressed the Coronavirus pandemic frequently on his show, Dose Of Dr. Drew, and on several news outlets in the past weeks dubbing the pandemic as “press induced panic”: “This is way less severe than the flu, so it’s a reminder that you’re more likely to die of influenza so go out and get your flu shots,” he said in clip watermarked Feb.
4. “It’s mild. It doesn’t hurt anybody. They should have a headline, ‘way less serious than influenza.’ That’s the headline!” he exclaimed again in a video watermarked Feb.