Joe Rogan backtracks after saying young people should NOT get COVID-19 vaccine


‘I’m not a respected source of information’: Joe Rogan backtracks after saying young people should NOT get the COVID-19 vaccine on his hugely popular podcast

Joe Rogan has backtracked his comments telling young adults not to get the COVID-19 vaccine on his hugely popular podcast show by telling his fans he is ‘not a respected source of information.’

The former Fear Factor host, 53, had said on an episode last week of The Joe Rogan Experience – the most popular podcast in the world on Spotify – that young adults should not get the vaccine.

Rogan’s comments earned backlash from the White House and Dr. Anthony Fauci, who called his previous comments ‘incorrect.’

The hit podcaster has now released a new episode walking back his prior comments about the vaccine after the backlash from Fauci.

Joe Rogan has backtracked on his comments telling young adults not to get the COVID-19 vaccine on his hugely popular podcast show

Joe Rogan has backtracked on his comments telling young adults not to get the COVID-19 vaccine on his hugely popular podcast show

‘It’s not being a sheep, there’s some legitimate science behind it. I just said that I don’t think that if you’re a young healthy person, that you need it,’ Rogan said on Thursday.

‘This is the thing about this whole thing about people being upset about me. I’m not an anti-vax person, in fact, I said I believe they’re safe and I encourage many people to take them. My parents were vaccinated.’

He continued: ‘Their argument was, you need it for other people. That’s a different argument.’

Rogan added that his comments are ‘not planned’ after discussing the vitamins and medications he takes, including testosterone therapy.

‘When I say something stupid, I’m not thinking about what I’m going to say before I say it. I’m just saying it,’ Rogan said.

‘I don’t have an off air and on air voice, I have me. this is it. I got through the f**king net and I’m swimming in open waters. If you say you disagree with me, I probably disagree with me too. I disagree with me all the time.

‘If someone said, “Yeah, young healthy 21-year-old people who eat well and exercise are not at high risk of coronavirus but you should think about other people” then I would say, well that’s a different argument and yes, that makes sense.’

Rogan had said in the April 23 episode: ‘People say, do you think it’s safe to get vaccinated? I’ve said, yeah, I think for the most part it’s safe to get vaccinated. I do. I do.’

‘But if you’re like 21 years old, and you say to me, should I get vaccinated? I’ll go no. Are you healthy? Are you a healthy person?’ 

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