Dr. Phil McGraw doubled down on his shocking comments about reopening the country amid the coronavirus pandemic during a May 6 interview on The Talk.
McGraw, who is not a medical doctor and has not had a license to practice psychology since 2006, said that though 74,000 Americans have now died of COVID-19, we take “risks” every day; forcing Americans to remain in quarantine, in McGraw’s opinion, could be just as dangerous as the novel disease. “We consciously decide to live with risk, McGraw told the co-hosts. “We live with automobile risks, drug risks, cigarette risks… I know it’s not contagious, but cigarettes is [sic] addictive.