Joe Rogan Is Dead Wrong About the COVID Vaccine

Joe Rogan said he will not get the Covid-19 vaccine on a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, the most popular podcast on Spotify, because he is healthy and isn’t sure about the vaccine safety—both issues that have been debunked on his very podcast.When asked by guest Jamar Neighbors if he would take the vaccine, Rogan said, “No. I mean, I would if I felt like I needed it. I just feel like if you maintain your health—and I think for some people it’s important, for some people it’s good.”And while Rogan himself is consistently self-deprecating on his podcast (“Here’s a really important point: I’m a fucking moron,” he said in response to the controversy over his endorsement of Bernie Sanders), he is one of the most listened to people in the world (his show was downloaded more than 190 million times per month before Spotify paid him more than $100 million to take his library and talents to the streaming service last May). And this is at a time when we need 75 to 80 percent of Americans to be vaccinated in the coming months in order to return to normalcy this year. Regarding the pace, “we have never done that with any other vaccine before,” said William Schaffner, MD, a Vanderbilt University infectious disease professor and the medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.Here are a few reasons why Joe Rogan should change his mind—and maybe yours—about getting the vaccine as soon as he can.“Very… Click below to read the full story from Men’s Health
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