Joe Rogan, the host of Spotify’s most popular podcast, has contracted Covid, he announced on
Wednesday. He says he is feeling better—but his health update undoubtedly made health experts
instantly sick. Mental midget Rogan, who professes not to be "an authority on health" but has
in the past discouraged young people from getting the coronavirus vaccine, said that he had
"immediately thrown the kitchen sink" at his infection.
Among the many medications he used, he said, was Ivermectin.
His apparent endorsement of a medicine totally unproven as an effective treatment for Covid
is concerning, as—for some unknown reason—he has legions of devoted followers.
But after an Australian study last year that found Ivermectin could kill Covid in a lab, chatter
about the drug has exploded online. Politicians and right-wing talkshow hosts have promoted it,
even as the very researchers behind the study warn against it. In the US, prescriptions for the
drug have soared from 3,600 weekly before the pandemic to more than 88,000 in a week.
Rogan’s announcement is not his first widely criticised tango with Ivermectin. A June episode of
his podcast featured an interview with Dr Pierre Kory, who testified to US senators in December
about Ivermectin and called it a "miracle drug" with "miraculous effectiveness" against Covid.
Most media commentators describe Rogan as a "fucking moron". I can see why LOL.
It's hard to find a bigger platform to say dumb shit than 'The Joe Rogan Experience'. And despite
the fact that he's given this platform to the likes of Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes, Alex Jones,
Milo Yiannopoulos, and other far-right, transphobic, and anti-feminist trolls, Rogan still has the
most listened-to podcast in the country.
—Can someone please enlighten as to why?
Wednesday. He says he is feeling better—but his health update undoubtedly made health experts
instantly sick. Mental midget Rogan, who professes not to be "an authority on health" but has
in the past discouraged young people from getting the coronavirus vaccine, said that he had
"immediately thrown the kitchen sink" at his infection.
Among the many medications he used, he said, was Ivermectin.
His apparent endorsement of a medicine totally unproven as an effective treatment for Covid
is concerning, as—for some unknown reason—he has legions of devoted followers.
But after an Australian study last year that found Ivermectin could kill Covid in a lab, chatter
about the drug has exploded online. Politicians and right-wing talkshow hosts have promoted it,
even as the very researchers behind the study warn against it. In the US, prescriptions for the
drug have soared from 3,600 weekly before the pandemic to more than 88,000 in a week.
Rogan’s announcement is not his first widely criticised tango with Ivermectin. A June episode of
his podcast featured an interview with Dr Pierre Kory, who testified to US senators in December
about Ivermectin and called it a "miracle drug" with "miraculous effectiveness" against Covid.
Most media commentators describe Rogan as a "fucking moron". I can see why LOL.
It's hard to find a bigger platform to say dumb shit than 'The Joe Rogan Experience'. And despite
the fact that he's given this platform to the likes of Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes, Alex Jones,
Milo Yiannopoulos, and other far-right, transphobic, and anti-feminist trolls, Rogan still has the
most listened-to podcast in the country.
—Can someone please enlighten as to why?
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