The Current Situation

A supercut of “Dr. Drew” Pinsky being spectacularly wrong about the novel coronavirus

One of the people featured in The Daily Show’s Heroes of the Pandumbic — a supercut of Fox News talking heads and Republicans either downplaying or dismissing the coronavirus threat — was “Dr. Drew” Pinsky, internist-turned-celebrity doctor, whom you might know from Loveline, Dr. Drew Midday, and his voyeurism-disguised-as-therapy show, Celebrity Rehab.

Dr. Drew is one of those people that the public turn to for medical advice, so I consider my posting this supercut of him downplaying or dismissing the threat posed by the novel to be a public service:

The original was posted by Yashar Ali on Twitter:

More “Dr. Drew” videos that didn’t age well

Joey deVilla

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