![]() ![]() An anti-parasitic drug, ivermectin is perhaps best known as a deworming medication for horses or dogs (though it is indeed prescribed to humans in tablet form to treat parasitic infection, or in topical form to treat conditions like rosacea). But most media reports of Rogan’s Covid-19 diagnosis focused on the fact that he had said he had also taken ivermectin. I feel pretty fucking good,” he says in the video. ![]() ![]() As a result, he says in the video, “here we are on Wednesday and I feel great.”Īmong the treatments that Rogan promoted on his Instagram video were monoclonal antibodies (which Trump received when he contracted Covid), as well as the corticosteroid prednisone. “We immediately threw the kitchen sink at it, all kinds of meds” he said in the video when discussing his treatment. ![]() Yesterday, however, he announced in an Instagram video that he himself had contracted COVID-19. One would, however, be incorrect.įor the past 18 months, Joe Rogan, the host of a wildly successful podcast that Spotify acquired in a much-ballyhooed deal, has been platforming misinformation about Covid-19 to his nearly 11 million listeners per episode, downplaying the effects of the virus, inviting guests on to promote unproven treatments, and dismissing the importance of the vaccine. One would think that our culture has evolved to a point beyond turning to the guy who starred as the electrician in NewsRadio for medical advice. ![]()
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