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“Americans seem to trust the mainstream media more than these renowned doctors!”

I don’t trust the media, or frankly anyone at this point in this pandemic - because NO ONE is an expert on Covid, and NO ONE has ever dealt with a coronavirus pandemic. That said, Martin Dubravec is not a ‘renowned doctor’, but that matters little, as ‘renowned’ doesn’t mean good - or even competent. There are plenty of hacks who are self-promoting and get their names out there. Most people don’t go into medicine to become ‘renowned’, and lots of physicians mistrust or look askance at those physicians who concentrate on celebrity. Some are probably great docs, but not because they are ‘renowned’.

Dubravec wrote a credible commentary, but he, like the rest of us, have a limited data set to rely on and to base conclusions on. Undoubtedly, most people do survive and have mild symptoms. That said, enough are getting seriously ill such that it is putting a very significant strain on our hospital capacity - and overwhelming some. Don’t panic, but don’t underestimate.