The Real Problem with the Dr. Mike COVID Party
When the COVID-19 pandemic started to flare up in the United States, I started to freak out a little bit. I have a generalized anxiety disorder, and like many other people, I was constantly refreshing social media and news websites for updates. Thankfully, I had Dr. Mike. Unfortunately, he recently had to apologize for being caught partying during the largest COVID spike of the year.
For those of you who don’t know, Dr. Mike is a doctor with almost 6.5 million subscribers on YouTube. I first started watching him because he had some great takes on mental health, but when the pandemic started, he became my most-trusted source. There was so much conflicting information going around about whether we should or shouldn’t wear masks and how bad this pandemic would get, and Dr. Mike always had a level-headed approach to the conversation.
He explained how we need to adapt as new data comes out and we may need to change how we protect ourselves from catching and spreading COVID-19. I learned a ton in the early days of the pandemic because of Dr. Mike, but most of all, he beat into all of our heads to stay alert and not anxious.
At the time of writing this, it’s the end of November, and we’re consistently breaking records of COVID cases. This is during the holiday season when many people decided to stay home for the first…
