Doctor Drops Some Coronavirus Truth Bombs On Fox News, Lights Up Twitter

Dr. Rishi Desai's blunt segment earned him some new fans on social media.
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A doctorโ€™s no-holds-barred analysis of coronavirus testing shortcomings is going viral โ€• not just because of his blunt talk but because of where he made his case: live on Fox News.

Dr. Rishi Desai, chief medical officer of the Osmosis website, vigorously shook his head โ€œnoโ€ as Fox News host Martha MacCallum mentioned, as President Donald Trump has, that there were supposed to be millions of tests available. She also said people were still waiting for a quick test for COVID-19.

Desai responded with a fact-check.

โ€œYeah, theyโ€™re working on it,โ€ he said. โ€œThey shouldโ€™ve been working on it for months.โ€

Desai noted that the World Health Organization had issued a warning about the virus on Dec. 31, 2019.

โ€œWe knew coronavirus was coming, we knew that it was a respiratory disease, we knew it was person-to-person,โ€ he said.

Yet itโ€™s only now that the FDA approved a 15-minute test and even it has shortcomings. Then, Desai explained how South Korea was able to get ahead of the situation by testing early and often.

โ€œLook at what South Korea did, and what we did,โ€ he said. โ€œTheir population is one-sixth of ours. Look at the cases they have. Look at the mortality they have. Itโ€™s a trifle compared to what weโ€™re dealing with right now because weโ€™ve had a very weak response and they had a really strong response.โ€

MacCallum wrapped up the segment:

In the longer interview on the Fox News website, Desai also called for a nationwide shutdown.

โ€œWe would see a drop off in cases within two weeks,โ€ he said. โ€œWithin two weeks, the number of cases would start to fall, and the entire country would breathe a sigh of relief.โ€

Desai quickly found a new fanbase as his name trended on Twitter:

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