Dr. Drew condemns vaccine passports and is being dragged by Twitter users

Dr Drew Pinsky’s acceptance of vaccine passports brought him a slew of Twitter users on Monday.

This happened after the medical doctor and media personality suggested on Twitter that vaccination passports are needed to travel internationally strip people of their freedom.

These vaccine passports separate people and deprive them of their freedom to travel internationally. Vaccinations are important, and I encourage everyone to get the Covid vaccine, but how would you feel if international travel needed other vaccinations as well?

– Dr. Drew (@drdrew) 5 April 2021

Pinsky was immediately dragged along by Twitter users because he had no idea: vaccines have been needed for international travel since the 1940s.

Many countries already need evidence of other vaccinations, and it’s an embarrassment that you do not know, but prefer to talk about this topic https://t.co/yFS07gqsP0

– Ryan Marino (@RyanMarino) 5 April 2021

International travel absolutely requires vaccination certificates to enter certain countries. Yellow fever is a common example. A comprehensive list below (@WHO) of all countries’ requirements. #CovidPassport https://t.co/LUi5uKaizH https://t.co/NybKuJnwfe

– Mikey Kay (@MikeyKayNYC) 5 April 2021

International travel requires vaccinations, and it has been for decades.
I had to have them visit Brazil and India in 1999 in 2015.
The US requires foreign nationals to be vaccinated: https://t.co/gHhA4VKnMX
I felt good.
Vaccines work.
I want to be protected from preventable diseases. pic.twitter.com/iGmI7Erwe6

– Alex Howard (@digiphile) 5 April 2021

Not surprisingly, many Twitter users were shocked that a nationally known medical doctor like Pinsky would be so unaware that vaccinations are often required for international travel.

Um … Dr. Drew …? How often do you travel abroad? https://t.co/soo9V9AJcJ https://t.co/XGulzLNO1b

– Joy-Ann Pro-Democracy & Masks Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) 5 April 2021

There are many international trips that require vaccinations. You would think a doctor would know that. https://t.co/uRl5ZaMV5O

– Doug Heye (@DougHeye) 5 April 2021

After getting ‘relationships’ on a large scale, Pinsky apparently decided that it would be better to post a cryptic quote from former president Theodore Roosevelt than to admit that he was wrong.

‘It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the perpetrator could then do better. The honor is to the man who is actually in the arena. ”-Teddy Roosevelt #DareGreatly

– Dr. Drew (@drdrew) 5 April 2021

Fortunately, one Twitter user was able to translate Pinsky’s real message.

“Always look for a doctor who quotes dead presidents instead of admitting a mistake” … no one ever said. https://t.co/OVukjeYBuI

– Brian Lowry (@blowryontv) 5 April 2021

To take it seriously after hanging out all day for a tweet that is obviously stupid is honestly unbelievable. https://t.co/qfKdvr0qxn

– David Roth (@david_j_roth) 5 April 2021

So far, Pinsky has not acknowledged that, yes, vaccination passports have been part of international travel for decades.

However, he eventually dropped false demands for freedom and made a simple request that Americans get one of the COVID-19 vaccines.

I will make it very simple, get vaccinated.

– Dr. Drew (@drdrew) 5 April 2021

In December, Pinsky was diagnosed with COVID-19, months after apologizing for calling the pandemic “purple-induced panic,” according to Yahoo News.

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