Dr. Drew apologizes for downplaying coronavirus over the past two months

TheWrap

Dr. Drew Pinsky on Saturday had a YouTube video take down, posted Thursday, that compiled his various statements downplaying coronavirus and spreading disinformation since the beginning of February. But the video has gone viral on Twitter. Dr. Drew was also featured in a Daily Show compilation video posted Friday of Fox News personalities downplaying coronavirus. On Saturday, the former Loveline and Celebrity Rehab doctor apologized in a Periscope video. “My early comments about equating coronavirus with influenza were wrong," he said. "They were incorrect. I was part of a chorus that was saying that. And we were wrong. And I want to apologize for that. I wish I had gotten it right, but I got it wrong.”