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Dr. Drew Pinsky: Media creating 'a panic that is far worse' than coronavirus outbreak
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | Emma Colton

Posted on 03/11/2020 11:31:28 AM PDT by ransomnote

Celebrity physician Dr. Drew Pinsky said the “media should be ashamed of themselves” for creating “panic” around the coronavirus outbreak.

Pinsky said journalists created “a panic that is far worse than the viral outbreak” during his interview on the Washington Examiner’s podcast Examining Politics, which was hosted by Larry O’Connor.

“I don’t claim to know what’s motivating the media, but my God, their reporting is absolutely reprehensible,” Pinsky said.

The celebrity doctor urged people to listen and heed Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on ways to prevent the spread of the virus.

“Do what he tells you and go about your business. That’s the story. Do not be alarmed by the word ‘pandemic,'” he said.


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KEYWORDS: coronavirus; disease; hysteria
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To: Brian Griffin

I had to go to the movie theater last Friday, you should have seen how many people were in the mall, I wore a mask to be on the safe side, that mall is known for foreign visitors, it was packed, packed with people..til I see The Grove with NO people than I will know this is bad


61 posted on 03/11/2020 1:06:37 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: a fool in paradise

Forget Ebola, the swine flu killed THOUSANDS of Americans without the commie media batting a eye..with Ebola you had a few African countries affected, people travel to China, you dont hear people saying “Im flying next week to Sierra Leone” that is why Ebola was stopped..with the swine flu it infected millions and many died, but we didnt have a communist media hell bent on destroying our economy and this President..if Clinton were President right now it would be “Virus, what Virus”


62 posted on 03/11/2020 1:08:08 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: ransomnote

This thing could fade by April or kill millions. That’s not the point to the left. The crisis and its side effects and consequence to get Trump is the end game. That’s all that matters to these vile scum.


63 posted on 03/11/2020 1:14:41 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Brian Griffin; ransomnote

The necessary legal work should be done by Congress to allow for the experimental use of anti-coronavirus drug candidates.”

Need nationwide “right to try”, applicable to all meds.


64 posted on 03/11/2020 1:22:12 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: ransomnote
“Celebrity physician” (and FWIW self-confessed former cokehead).

'I really love cocaine!' What Dr. Drew Pinsky told his friends as he is now forced to admit he snorted coke and smoked pot and LIED about it. Here is the ugly truth about Dr. Drew

Dr. Drew Opens up About the Intense 'The Masked Singer' Security Measures

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The celebrity doctor urged people to listen and heed Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on ways to prevent the spread of the virus.

But seemingly ignored what Dr. Fauci has been saying.

I sorry but as a doctor, Pinsky has near zero credibility and even less to be second guessing Dr. Fauci.

65 posted on 03/11/2020 1:44:19 PM PDT by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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To: ConservativeMind

Oh, he’s on the night shift.


66 posted on 03/11/2020 2:58:29 PM PDT by Theophilus (Ich bin ein Hong Konger)
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To: Texas resident

“They have our IRS records, voting records and you combine that with Obamacare, they will be able to put a lot of pressure on political opponants.”

How?


67 posted on 03/11/2020 3:39:20 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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To: fr_freak

Exactly.

This has all happened only since December 31st. That’s when Chinese eye doc Lin Wenliang made his first chatroom post saying that he thought he was seeing another outbreak of SARS.

A good call on his part since this turns out to be a close cousin. Covid-19 is also known as SARS-CoV-2.

For his trouble, Lin Wenliang was arrested along with 7 other docs that he had been chatting with. They were forced to plead guilty to spreading rumors and told to STFU.

Dr Wenliang went back to his eye practice. He failed to wear his mask while treating an elderly woman who showed no symptoms, but she did have it and he caught it. He died Feb 7th, age 33.

Anyway if you judge by China’s behavior in Wuxan, Covid-19 looks very dangerous. But that’s not obvious outside of China. Maybe it will be about like the flu. Or maybe it will flare into the monster Wuxan is dealing with. There’s too much that we don’t know about it, other than that it is highly infectious like most airborn respiratory bugs.


68 posted on 03/11/2020 4:07:31 PM PDT by Pelham (RIP California, killed by massive immigration)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

“More people are going to die from heart attacks watching the damn news than this virus..”

I’m more likely to die of “pissed-offedness” at the MSM for what they’re doing to our country. Also at the radical left-wing CDC and NIH for helping to stir this up. Those agencies don’t hire people like Rahm Emanuel’s brother (he’s gone now) and Rod Rosenstein’s sister because they’re as pure as the driven snow and have no political agenda.

They probably go home every night, log on to Skype with each other, and laugh their asses off.


69 posted on 03/11/2020 4:19:11 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength" - Corrie ten Boom)
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To: MayflowerMadam

The panic is going to kill us before anything else does..and this Dr. Fauci guy basically stirred the pot saying if we dont stop this now its gonna be in the MILLIONS seriously..60 million people per year get the flu, 20-60,000 people DIE..I go to the mall, the movie theater, the supermarket and I hear people cough, sneeze, etc I never cared honestly, its not like Im licking those people, but now, damn, my sister is canceling my nephews 5th birthday party on Sunday at Chuck E Cheese..because its a hotbed for germs, he’s been looking forward to this party for weeks counting the days, so she has to figure out how to tell him that its postponed without really making him sad


70 posted on 03/11/2020 4:21:50 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Pelham

I remember coming here everyday and reading posts “Coronavirus day 3” “Coronavirus day 4” and watching the death toll go higher, I did not think it would come here, geez why didnt I think it would come here I thought OK China will just block off Wuhon and everywhere else would be safe..but they didnt do that, they allowed MILLIONS of Chinese to come to the US, Italy, everywhere spreading their crap around


71 posted on 03/11/2020 4:23:31 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sarah Barracuda

“Chuck E Cheese..because its a hotbed for germs,”

I think that’s probably true every day of the week, without The Virus. LOL!


72 posted on 03/11/2020 4:29:47 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength" - Corrie ten Boom)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

China wanted to pretend nothing was happening.

They needed to start quarantining as soon as Wenliang alerted the world that another SARS had begun.

Even if they had begun then it’s very hard to stop an airborn respiratory disease. Especially one with a long incubation period where you can pass the disease along before showing symptoms.

Eventually China would resort to tearing up the roads leading into Wuxan in order to isolate it but that was too little too late. Wuxan BTW is even larger than New York City.


73 posted on 03/11/2020 4:35:53 PM PDT by Pelham (RIP California, killed by massive immigration)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
It has been known as “Chuck E Diseases” in our family for 20 years 😂
74 posted on 03/11/2020 4:40:11 PM PDT by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
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To: ClearCase_guy

You can’t say it wasn’t invented to get Trump.

It might have been.

But no one can know for sure either way.


75 posted on 03/11/2020 4:46:10 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

This is true and the location is in Koreatown so there ya go LOL..he goes there once a month practically for his friends birthday parties but he wanted it there..but it just cant happen now so she will make an excuse so he doesnt feel bad, just will tell him that the restaurant called and said that they have to close the place til everyone feels better its NOT worth the risk, she is 4 months pregnant if he gets it and brings it home and she gets it its game over


76 posted on 03/11/2020 5:06:05 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; ...

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77 posted on 03/11/2020 5:40:41 PM PDT by bitt ("Make yourself sheep and the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Leep

78 posted on 03/11/2020 5:43:23 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: ransomnote
This morning I listened to three tv nets all saying the same thing at approximately the same time. Two were CNN and msnbc. They were all criticizing Trumps speech last night and claiming it was too little too late and not easily understandable.

They had to be reading from DNC computer read out. This is what you say when there is nothing wrong. You make shit up which is what they are doing.

We need to remember:

EVERYTHING IS POLITICAL FOR THE RATS,ALWAYS HAS BEEN ALWASY WILL BE

79 posted on 03/12/2020 3:55:46 AM PDT by rodguy911
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To: lodi90

As far as the college students are concerned the jokes on the rats.It’s spring break! Guess where the college kids will go and spend all kinds of money!!This will be the biggest spring break ever, college kids never stop partying.This will actually help the economy.


80 posted on 03/12/2020 3:59:54 AM PDT by rodguy911
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