Mutated “Cicada” COVID Variant Sparks Summer Panic… But Is The Risk Real? w/ Naomi Wolf & Dr. Mark Trozzi – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 614

In this episode of Ask Dr. Drew, host Dr. Drew Pinsky welcomes back journalist Naomi Wolf and emergency physician Dr. Mark Trozzi to dissect the resurgence of fear-driven public health messaging around a newly dubbed 'Cicada' COVID subvariant. The conversation centers on the manipulation of public perception through what Dr. Trozzi calls 'panic porn'—a strategy of inflating risks to justify continued mandates and booster campaigns. Both guests critique the pharmaceutical industry’s role in weaponizing fear, particularly through the rollout of mRNA vaccines that they argue are not true vaccines but experimental genetic interventions with documented harms. Dr. Trozzi recounts his firsthand experience of an empty emergency department during the pandemic, which contradicted media narratives of overwhelmed hospitals, and details how he uncovered the deception behind PCR testing, vaccine efficacy claims, and the suppression of proven treatments like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine. Naomi Wolf expands on the broader cultural pattern of manufactured crises—like the Iraq War’s WMDs and the initial COVID panic—where fear is used to erode civil liberties and centralize power. She also introduces her upcoming NIH-submitted crowdsourced study on Lydia Pinkham’s herbal formula to address post-vaccine reproductive and menopausal health issues. The episode concludes with a call for medical integrity, truth-telling, and a reckoning with the systemic failures that allowed mass experimentation on the public without informed consent.