Perhaps driven by their overwhelming emotions, lack of knowledge or simply ignorance, some famous persons have landed in hot water for making controversial statements regarding COVID-19.
- Apr 19, 2020
AceShowbiz - As a physician, Dr. Drew Pinsky should have known better the danger caused by coronavirus. However, instead of alerting people of the risk, the celebrity doctor downplayed it when he addressed it on several appearances he made over a two-month period. He repeatedly suggested the coronavirus would be not as bad as the flu, at one point saying the probability of dying of COVID-19 was less than being hit by an asteroid. He also criticized people's reactions as "press-induced panic."
After a compilation of his statements was posted online by a Twitter user, the "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" host realized he was wrong. Admitting that he was "part of a chorus" that was equating coronavirus to the flu, he acknowledged, "They were incorrect. ... I wish I had gotten it right, but I got it wrong." He went on explaining that he didn't understand the ferocity of the illness and had been primarily looking at the number of influenza cases.
