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demmiblue

(36,833 posts)
Wed Dec 30, 2020, 05:55 PM Dec 2020

Dr. Drew tests positive for COVID-19

Celebrity doctor Drew Pinsky, famously known as “Dr. Drew,” revealed this week that he has tested positive for COVID-19.

The diagnosis comes months after Pinsky apologized for downplaying the threat of the pandemic in a video that went viral on social media.

In a Tuesday Instagram post, Pinsky, 62, can be seen lying in bed holding up a bottle of an electrolyte drink while his wife wears a face mask nearby. The caption noted that his wife tested negative.

“Drew is home, under survelliance and fever is down,” the post read. “Thanks Dr. Zelenko, Dr. Yo and Dr. Jeff for the superior care and advice. Drew is feeling better and will hopefully get well soon.”

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/532098-dr-drew-tests-positive-for-covid-19#.X-zAKnu2KBw.twitter




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Dr. Drew tests positive for COVID-19 (Original Post) demmiblue Dec 2020 OP
What a quack. SoonerPride Dec 2020 #1
ZERO Thoughts and Prayers aeromanKC Dec 2020 #2
I'm not sure I'm ready to forgive any of these self-professed "experts" who downplayed COVID hlthe2b Dec 2020 #3
Oz Was The Worst ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #11
Who ? dweller Dec 2020 #4
Do.Not.Care. ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #5
he's a trump supporter.. doesnt come right and say it, but it's obvious if you listen to his radio Demovictory9 Dec 2020 #6
It's almost like one of the comorbidities Covid-19 feeds on is Mortos Dec 2020 #7
I hope the virus inside "the doctor" is ok and replicating nicely* Botany Dec 2020 #8
Does this a-hole have enough doctors? BlueNProud Dec 2020 #9
Searched for some fucks to give. Voltaire2 Dec 2020 #10
Karma! Initech Dec 2020 #12
😂🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂🤣 a kennedy Dec 2020 #13

hlthe2b

(102,190 posts)
3. I'm not sure I'm ready to forgive any of these self-professed "experts" who downplayed COVID
Wed Dec 30, 2020, 06:02 PM
Dec 2020

For Pinsky, Dr. Oz, and all that cretinous ilk to profess expertise that they did NOT have, medical license or no, to make recommendations, pronouncements and set expectations for the public that cost lives, is really unforgivable. One can be wrong in medicine with something that affords many unknowns, but it is forgivable only when one self-educates, listens, and learns from others BEFORE offering an opinion

ProfessorGAC

(64,957 posts)
11. Oz Was The Worst
Wed Dec 30, 2020, 06:55 PM
Dec 2020

He DIDN'T downplay the virus. He just suggested we go on with everything as normal & let the virus run its course.
We'd be at a million plus dead right now had his advice been followed.
First, do no harm. A million dead.
Second, this "genius" was worried about the economy. Dead people are terrible consumers.
He's an idiot who promoted just letting the maximum number of people to die.
The...Worst!

ProfessorGAC

(64,957 posts)
5. Do.Not.Care.
Wed Dec 30, 2020, 06:05 PM
Dec 2020

I don't care he retracted.
He's a charlatan & a punk.
He contributed greatly to problem, letting faux leverage the gravity of "doctor". He later said he was wrong? The glue was out of the tube and fully cured. Saying it later accomplished nothing.
Now, he's sick from the nothing media was hysterical over, and I don't care.

Mortos

(2,390 posts)
7. It's almost like one of the comorbidities Covid-19 feeds on is
Wed Dec 30, 2020, 06:09 PM
Dec 2020

ignorance, hubris, and hypocrisy...and being an asshole.

Botany

(70,478 posts)
8. I hope the virus inside "the doctor" is ok and replicating nicely*
Wed Dec 30, 2020, 06:16 PM
Dec 2020

Drew helped to spread toxin misinformation about C-19 for money, fame, and power.


* Any of the virus he sheds from his b.m. will be taken care of in waste water treatment plants
and any left in him if he dies will be taken care of by his cremation.

a kennedy

(29,642 posts)
13. 😂🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂🤣
Wed Dec 30, 2020, 07:01 PM
Dec 2020

Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy, NOT. Hope his time with the virus is as tough as it gets without death. Loser.

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