After numerous opportunities for an interview, Burkenstock refused an on-camera interview, but in a statement said: “I am pleased that I have been designated as a “Physician Investigator” by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to actively participate in the conducting of Clinical Trials regarding the use of certain investigational drugs’ effectiveness on COVID19 patients with mild symptoms on an outpatient basis. I am volunteering my time on this clinical trial without compensation, as many other dedicated doctors have, in an effort to defeat this deadly virus.”