Dr. Drew Apologizes For Saying Coronavirus Wouldn’t Be A Serious Threat — Watch

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“What I believe, regardless of what I may have come across as saying, is we need widespread testing and continued protection of the high-risk portion of the population,” the TV host, 69, said during a Facebook Live on Friday, April 17. “Last night I said we as a society have chosen to live with certain controllable deadly risk every day, smoking, auto crashes, swimming and, yes, I know that those are not contagious, so probably bad examples.”

Where does go from here?

Dr. Drew Pinsky, known on TV as Dr. Drew, is apologizing for his previous comments about Coronavirus, citing “press-induced panic” and calling it “way less serious than influenza.” These comments were made back in February, before America’s social distancing practices were put into place.

Celebrity doctor Drew Pinsky has apologized for a series of statements unspooled in a recent video where he downplayed the coronavirus and suggested it was a “press-induced panic.” “I wish I had gotten it right, but I got it wrong,” said Pinsky in a video posted over the weekend. Pinsky is known as “Dr.

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Dr. Drew Pinsky is issuing a mea culpa after continually downplaying the danger of coronavirus for months and claiming it was "press-induced panic."

Over the past few weeks, Dr. Drew Pinsky has been one of many — including the likes of Fox News personalities Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Judge Jeanine Pirro — to downplay the threat of the coronavirus, claiming it’s media hype and that COVID-19 is no more dangerous than the common flu.

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.

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