GOP Senator Says Media Peddles COVID “Panic Porn”

The Daily Beast reports:

Claiming that the novel coronavirus that’s killed roughly 157,000 Americans isn’t “that much worse” than the flu, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) blasted the media on Monday for supposedly peddling COVID-19 “panic porn” and downplaying the so-called effectiveness of unproven anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine.

Johnson, who last month insisted that the nation “overreacted” to the coronavirus pandemic,” appeared on far-right podcast War Room: Pandemic to push back against the overwhelming scientific evidence that hydroxychloroquine is not an effective coronavirus treatment or preventative.

The show is hosted by Steve Bannon.

Claiming that the coronavirus that’s killed roughly 157,000 Americans isn’t “that much worse” than the flu, Sen. Ron Johnson blasted the media for supposedly peddling COVID-19 “panic porn” and downplaying the so-called effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine https://t.co/Vz8GTkJ0az

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 3, 2020