“This doctor was saying ivermectin is 99 percent effective intreating Covid, but you don’t hear about it because you can’t fund vaccines when it’s an effective treatment,” he says on his podcast.
In an April 23rd episode of his podcast, the earliest example that could be found by Rolling Stone, he accused Twitter of preventing him from sending a private direct message containing a link to a video about the drug, echoing a common narrative on the right that the media is censoring discussion of any vaccine alternatives. The FDA has warned against taking ivermectin as a treatment for Covid, saying that overdoses could lead to side effects such as dizziness, seizures, and increased vomiting and some states have reported that people taking overdoses of ivermectin has led to an increase in poison control calls.Īrguably and no one has been more successful at promoting ivermectin than Rogan himself. As Rolling Stone has previously reported, in recent months ivermectin has been promoted heavily by right-wing media personalities like Laura Ingraham as a potential treatment for Covid-19, despite the fact that there is little consistent evidence to support its use in this regard as a result, people have been buying the drug in bulk, raving about its efficacy in private Facebook groups and griping about its side effects after taking too high a dose (which include uncontrollable defecation). 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. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek told CNBC Thursday he felt good about his handling of the controversy, claiming he had done what medical professionals had asked him to, referring to measures he outlined Sunday to “combat misinformation,” such as adding a content warning to episodes about Covid-19.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. Rogan apologized for the controversy on Sunday, acknowledging his podcast has become an “out-of-control juggernaut,” and said he will “balance things out” moving forward. Rogan’s podcast reaches an estimated 11 million people per episode, making it Spotify’s most popular show. The latest controversy is a significant test for Spotify, which reportedly spent more than $100 million in 2020 to bring Rogan’s show to the streaming service from YouTube.
Medical professionals have also raised concerns about Rogan’s platforming of Covid-19 misinformation. Joni Mitchell, Dave Crosby and Stephen Sills are among a growing list of artists who have followed Young’s lead and requested their content be removed. Young has been joined by a number of musicians. Last month, rock star Neil Young asked Spotify to remove his music from the platform as a protest over the airing of false information about Covid-19 vaccines on the Joe Rogan Experience. TangentĪs of April, Spotify had removed more than 40 episodes of Rogan’s podcasts, including one with far-right activists Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos and Gavin Mcinnes, since its 2020 deal with Rogan to host his podcast. Joe Rogan and Spotify did not immediately respond to a Forbes request for comment.
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