Famous doctor Drew Pinsky revealed that his test was positive for Covid-19. The diagnosis was shared via an Instagram post on his account on Tuesday. The news came months after Pinsky, who is known as Dr. Drew, apologized for minimizing the virus when he suggested it was a “press-induced panic” and “less dangerous than the flu”.
In Tuesday’s post, he is seen in bed on “day 4” after the test is positive. The caption also states that he is “under surveillance and the fever has dropped.” In a subsequent Instagram video, he adds that “Covid is not fun, I don’t recommend it. But I’m kind of in the viral phase, which is when the virus is reproducing. ”He also explains that he is taking a lot of good drugs to attack him.
Later in the clip, he says he “wanted a positive Covid test because I had a terrible acute febrile illness and the test was negative. And if I didn’t have Covid, [then] I had acute lymphocytic leukemia, which I didn’t want to have … And then Covid would explain everything very well and now we have so many good treatments for Covid, I was hoping for that. And I’m looking forward to immunity on the other side of that. “
He also followed up with a series of videos on Instagram explaining the progress he was making with an infusion of medication, which some noted in the comments may not be a treatment available to everyone.
In April, he apologized for a series of comments he made comparing the coronavirus with the flu, saying he “got it wrong”. Your apology was requested after a online video compilation showed Pinsky saying it was “press-induced panic” and “less dangerous than the flu”.