In the open letter, the coalition noted that The Joe Rogan Experience wasn’t the only source of misinformation on the platform, but it was indicative of a much broader failure.
I have antibodies, it doesn’t make any sense,” he said.
“I don’t think I can even get into the country. And in December, shortly before Malone’s appearance on the podcast and after rescheduling upcoming live shows in Vancouver due to Canada’s vaccine mandates, Rogan publicly stated that he wasn’t vaccinated. Last September, Rogan announced that he had tested positive for COVID, and that he had taken ivermectin, the horse medicine the FDA had warned the public not to consume, to deal with his symptoms. This is the latest chapter in a long-running stream of pandemic-related controversies embroiling The Joe Rogan Experience stretching back to the early stages of the vaccine rollout, when the prominent podcast host generally expressed skepticism towards its necessity. The letter had been instigated by a Decemepisode featuring Robert Malone, a physician that has been identified in recent months as a potent spreader of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, who, among other things, described the trust that most Americans show in the vaccination effort as a “mass formation psychosis.”
Joe Rogan is driving another round of unsurprising headlines.Įarlier this week, Rolling Stone reported that more than 270 medical professionals, public health experts, and science educators have penned an open letter to Spotify, demanding the company takes action against “mass-misinformation events which continue to occur on its platform,” specifically targeting The Joe Rogan Experience as the prominent vector of that misinformation. Photo: Vivian Zink/Syfy/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
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