Rogan had Canadian Chef Matty Matheson on his show yesterday and Rogan’s comments caused a stir in Canada.  He went in on lockdowns across Canada, painting Canadian cops as the ‘Gestapo’ who pulls over Canadians demanding ‘papers’ then promptly shit on vaccines, opting to push vitamins and water instead.

Joe Rogan is becoming a true menace. A science-free bunk machine. He’s increasingly sliding into the Mercola/InfoWars territory. Lies. Twisted facts. Ideology- fuelled branding.

Alas, he has a great deal of influence. Can anyone (@TheRock?) get him to do better? https://t.co/XBEPf4rF5l

— Timothy Caulfield (@CaulfieldTim) May 6, 2021

John Oliver rips into “f*cking moron” Joe Rogan for questioning the remarkably safe COVID-19 vaccines https://t.co/qg4RQb4a3c

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 3, 2021

Joe Rogan is the ‘Bro’ version of Tucker Carlson. He’s a comedian/MMA presenter, not a doctor or infectious disease researcher. Vitmain D doesn’t ward off anything. Water doesn’t keep COVID19 at bay. They are part of a healthy lifestyle, not a cure or preventative measure in the fight against an airborne pandemic for fuck sakes.

Mayo Clinic: Several recent studies have looked at the impact of vitamin D on COVID-19. One study of 489 people found that those who had a vitamin D deficiency were more likely to test positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 than people who had normal levels of vitamin D.

Other research has observed high rates of vitamin D deficiency in people with COVID-19 who experienced acute respiratory failure. These people had a significantly higher risk of dying. And a small, randomized study found that of 50 people hospitalized with COVID-19 who were given a high dose of a type of vitamin D (calcifediol), only one needed treatment in the intensive care unit. In contrast, among the 26 people with COVID-19 who weren’t given calcifediol, 13 needed to be treated in the intensive care unit.

In addition, vitamin D deficiency is common in the United States, particularly among Hispanic and Black people. These groups have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Vitamin D deficiency is also more common in people who are older, people who have a body mass index of 30 or higher (obesity), and people who have high blood pressure (hypertension). These factors also increase the risk of severe COVID-19 symptoms.

However, in recent years two randomized clinical trials that studied the effects of vitamin D supplementation had less hopeful results. In both trials, high doses of vitamin D were given to people who had vitamin D deficiencies and were seriously ill — not with COVID-19. Vitamin D didn’t reduce the length of their hospital stays or their mortality rates when compared with those given a placebo

Joe knows his audience and that audience is full of hillbilly mouthbreathers/conspiracy knobs who aren’t interested in the truth.  They’ve hitched their wagon to who they want to be right according to their values, not facts or unbiased truth.  Joe espouses an anti-vax trailer park perspective to feed red meat to his base because that’s what his audience wants.  He doesn’t give a shit about science nor is he qualified to prescribe alternative medical solutions.  He’s a brand – an entertainer who’s entertaining an audience with terrible advice born from his libertarian stance and his goal is the external reward of being ‘the man’ to guys like this.

Canada isn’t demanding IDs, but he’s right about the lockdown and Matty Matheson nailed it.  Canada is juiced and Doug Ford is a ‘Piece of Shit’ but we’re locked down to stop the spread of COVID19 because we actually give a shit about human life.  Florida has 3x the amount of dead people compared to all of Canada because of these measures.

Doug hasn’t helped the optics with his outdoor activity ban, but he’s just as fucking dumb as your average Rogan fan, so it makes sense.

Get vaccinated, end the lockdown. It’s just that simple.

DB