Dr. Drew says press should be 'held accountable' for coronavirus panic

03/16/2020

"What I have a problem with is the panic and the fact that businesses are getting destroyed and people's lives are being upended. Not by the virus, but by the panic," he explained. "The panic must stop, and the press, they really, somehow, need to be held accountable, because they are hurting people."

Dr. Pinsky went on to call the news media's coronavirus coverage "irresponsible" and "excessive," and he downplayed the severity of the illness, saying "several people in this building probably have it and don't know it."

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