on the coronavirus crisis, where he said that “I just want to say to the politicians ‘shut up and let the scientists speak.'”
“The public, in general, is likely to listen to and take seriously anyone they see on television with a ‘Dr.’ before their name,” Levinson said via email. “This includes people who actively practice medical research and medical administration, like Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx, and people whose main practice is talking on television, like Dr. Phil.
It’s an issue for not just TV talking heads, but for medical related subjects in dramas and comedies. Kate Folb, director of Hollywood, Health & Society at the USC Norman Lear Center, said that they work with screenwriters to seek input for accuracy from places like the Centers for Disease Control, the National Institutes of Health and the USC Keck School of Medicine.
There are still a lot of unknowns about the coronavirus — including the full extent of its spread — but also a perpetual demand for voices on news channels. In filling that void, though, celebrity doctors have walked into an exceedingly stressful moment where their words are going to be subjected to an extra level of scrutiny and travel like wildfire over the internet. Hence the clarifications.
Considering he has never earned a Medical degree, when is this fraudster going to drop the prefix Dr. from his name? One of the longest running scams in America.
because they can't speak unless it's scripted...
As well they should have received backlash for their insensitive comments.
We see who's butt he has his head up! He's got alot of nerve saying that.
FUCK THEM!!!
He and the rest of those Fake Doctors need to be banned from All Media!
Send in Moe to bang their heads together!
Physicians, heal thyselves.
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