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Teen Mom Jenelle Evans’ husband David demands show host Dr. Drew be fired for insisting coronavirus wasn’t serious
TEEN Mom David Eason has called on MTV to fire Dr Drew, the host of the franchise reunion shows, after he was one of the early deniers of coronavirus.
In the early months of the pandemic, Dr Drew Pinsky was one of several influential doctors who continually downplayed the danger of the , with the 61-year-old at times claiming it was "press-induced panic".
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He has since apologized for his actions and made a public U-turn on his opinions, but took to Instagram to say it wasn't enough.
"MTV, Viacom, CBS should fire Dr Drew for denying the Covid-19 virus and causing millions of people to become infected after they believed him," wrote David, who was fired by the network i April 2018.
In early April he made a video in which he admitted his "early comments about equating coronavirus with influenza were wrong".
"They were incorrect," he said. "I was part of a chorus that was saying that, and we were wrong. And I want to apologize for that."
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Dr Drew at one point claimed that you were more likely to die after being "hit by an asteroid" than the highly-contagious virus.
In his video he added that people should follow the advice of Dr Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
"He was my guiding star in the AIDS epidemic and he should be your North Star now," the doctor added, admitting he was now social distancing.
"I wear a mask outside now. I'm doing what I'm supposed to do. And it's paying dividends. It is improving, it is flattening the curve. And I'm delighted to be a part of that. I'm glad to be a part of that."
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There are more than 20,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, and at least 547 deaths in California, according to data from John Hopkins University.
California ranks fourth in the country with the most cases, but the numbers don't even come close to hard-hit New York, which has more than 170,000 people infected.
Deaths in the US reached about 18,000 on Friday - with more than 40 per cent of the dead being in New York state.
A total of as the coronavirus crisis worsened.
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