Dr. Drew Doubles Down On Coronavirus Press Coverage

After a community transmitted case of coronavirus was reported in California, Dr. Drew spoke to us about the fears.

“There are people walking around with it that don’t even know they have it It’s so mild. So it’s going to be much more widespread than we knew. It's going to be much milder than we knew. The 1.7% fatality rate is going to fall,” he said.

As for the media’s coverage, he also doubled down on his opinion.

“Where was the press during the Mediterranean corona outbreak, where the fatality was 41%? If they wanted to get crazed about something, why didn’t they get crazed about NERS or SARS?" he asked. "This is an overblown press-created hysteria.”

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[miguelreyes]

How come the message from the media is not? "We need to eat healthier, exercise more, sleep more, take more days off to unwind, spend more time with our loved ones, etc. All that will boost your immune system and help you fight this an any other virus".

[thelifeandtimes.ofazombiegirl]

Dr. Drew has shown himself as a hack. He has lost all credibility. Sad.

[amissingno]

Reading all the delusional comments defending Dr Drew for a couple weeks ago.

[APEX]

lol....Watching this on Coronavirus National Emergency Day

[tamianderson]

What are people saying about this now?

[GaryHighFruit]

He's a long time trump supporter. They get out of their evil deeds and lies with perpetual doubling down.

[runotit]

This lady is a hypocrite, she’s turning around and just doing the same thing over!

[vjp]

Imagine Dr Drew telling his patient that your heart disease is not serious because the media scares people about it. This is still malpractice.

[steverico]

I understand numbers that come directly from the doctors who are dealing with it. I also see the real world and what's happening in Italy and Iran. Iran building mass Graves btw.

[sjcobra]

I feel more frightened of the social impact and damage that it's having on the economy and how everyone is behaving. The whole world has lost it's shit.

[ikchuks]

The idiocy of this Drew fellow precedes him

[Homer-jj]

Dr Drew, have you not even considered walking back, apologizing for lulling people into a false sense of complacency, let alone being a man and resigning? Fox News, have you not even considered firing this man for these inept, inaccurate, dangerous, and totally inappropriate remarks?

[unclevroomvroom]

How many of those Influenza cases were people who DID get their flu shots?

[vettegreaser]

My only concern is that I never heard of quarantining entire cities, because of the flu. If this isn't as bad as the flu, why is the quarantining happening?

[ellenkh]

So doc, have you finally had a realization about the consequences of under reaction?

[Jeremiah-oxnj]

"There's not gonna be a pandemic."
- Dr. Drew Pinsky

[KC-sjoi]

What a complete "SNAKE OIL" salesmen he has turned out to be!

[jimziemer]

You tell them Dr. Drew. The press does need to shut up.

[johns]

4/13/20 - 118, 854 Coronavirus Deaths and climbing sharply.

[julievantol]

Wow, , nice try at spinning this as a political slam for the current administration. Biased much?