Dwayne Johnson joins groundswell of support for Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan has decried the American government and the CDC’s approach to the pandemic since late 2020, speaking out against vaccine mandates, vaccine passes, and cautioning healthy young people about the possible side effects of the vaccine.  

He has also been vocal about the government’s reluctance to discuss any other potential treatments of Covid-19 besides the vaccine, and has pointed to several doctors’ use of treatments such as monoclonal antibodies and ivermectin to help combat the virus. 

Rogan has repeatedly stated that he is not an anti-vaxxer, but is critical of the way in which the pandemic has been handled and is suspicious of why public health bodies have pushed the jab before encouraging people to improve their baseline health.

Despite criticism from many media outlets and Biden’s chief medical adviser Dr Anthony Fauci, the comedian’s views have garnered considerable support and in many cases have held up to further inspection.

These are some of the key sentiments Rogan has expressed on the pandemic amid the long-running debate over the comedian and his Spotify-hosted podcast The Joe Rogan Experience (JRE):

Rogan says big tech is censoring alternative views on vaccines and the pandemic – December 31, 2021: JRE #1757 with Dr Robert Malone  

Rogan accused big tech of censoring reputable individuals who presented viewpoints alternative to the official narrative, using Malone’s Twitter ban as an example.

‘They removed you for not going along with whatever the tech narrative is because tech clearly has a censorship agenda when it comes to Covid in terms of treatment, in terms of whether or not you are promoting what they would call ‘vaccine hesitancy’ – they can ban you for that’ Rogan said. 

Rogan questions the refusal to promote alternative treatments  – December 15, 2021: JRE #1747 with Dr. Peter A. McCullough

Rogan accused the government of deliberately holding back or discouraging the use of alternative treatments for Covid, such as monoclonal antibodies, and selectively preventing some people from accessing the treatments. 

‘There’s an unlimited supply or a very large supply, more than adequate for the entire population, of monoclonal antibodies. So what is stopping the distribution of them? Because not only have they made it difficult to get in Texas, they actually put these parameters on who gets it and who doesn’t.’

Rogan also hit out at the FDA and CDC’s refusal to include Ivermectin as a Covid treatment, citing the anti-parasitic drug’s widespread safe usage around the world and pointing out that his own doctor prescribed Ivermectin with positive results. 

Rogan says vaccine mandates are anti-American in Instagram clip showing images of the Holocaust – September 27, 2021 

At the end of September, Rogan posted a video to his 13 million Instagram followers in which images and videos of the Holocaust were played over clips from his podcast criticizing the US’ handling of the pandemic.

‘As soon as you give politicians power, any kind of power that didn’t exist previously, if they can figure out a way to force you into carrying something that lets you enter businesses or lets you do this or lets businesses open, historically, they are not gonna give that power up,’ Rogan warns.

‘It is the literal structure that allows this country to be so f***ing amazing. Anything that comes along that can inhibit your freedom is, by definition, anti-American.’  

Rogan does not mention the Holocaust or Nazis directly in the clip, but the images are overlaid with a clear warning for people to protect their freedoms.

Rogan declares alternative treatments to the vaccine, including Ivermectin, are effective in Instagram video and calls out CNN for false reporting – September 2021

Rogan took to Instagram on September 1 to inform his followers that he had contracted Covid, but had beaten the virus quickly.

The unvaccinated Rogan said he had taken a multitude of treatments, including anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin, monoclonal antibodies (antibodies created in a lab to fight a specific infection) and NAD drips (a type of intravenous treatment that can stimulate cell regeneration in your body). 

But news broadcaster CNN reported that Rogan had taken ‘horse dewormer’ as a treatment for Covid instead of getting vaccinated.

He claims the medical cocktail helped him recover and joked that he might ‘sue CNN’ for slamming his use and promotion of Ivermectin.

‘They’re making s*** up. They keep saying I’m taking horse dewormer. I literally got it from a doctor. It’s an American company. They must know that’s a lie.’

‘It’s a lie on a news network… and it’s a lie that they’re conscious of. It’s not a mistake. They’re unfavorably framing it as veterinary medicine.’

‘Why would you say that when you’re talking about a drug that’s been given out to billions and billions of people?’ 

Rogan holds Biden administration’s chief medical advisor Dr Anthony Fauci to account over mixed messaging on Covid measures – August 17, 2021: JRE #1696 with Lex Fridman

In an August podcast with MIT research scientist and artificial intelligence researcher Lex Fridman, Rogan ripped into Fauci for a lack of transparency and mixed messaging over Covid measures.

‘There’s a problem with people like [Fauci] where they make these statements that you’re led to believe they have an understanding of the situation… But then it turns out they’re 100 percent wrong. 

‘But then they come up with a new statement and you’re supposed to believe that.’

‘When they don’t know, they never say ”We don’t know,” Rogan added. ‘They don’t say ”this is very confusing and we’re trying to figure it out as we go along.”‘

Fauci initially told Americans not to worry about wearing face masks early in the pandemic, before later becoming a huge supporter of public masking and blaming his previous advice on a need to conserve then-tight PPE supplies for medical staff.

Fauci has also faced criticism for initially steering conversation away from claims that Covid may have leaked from the Wuhan virus lab, despite a considerable amount of evidence in support of the theory. 

Rogan says that introducing vaccine passports is moving one step closer to dictatorship and blasts lockdowns – August 6, 2021: JRE #1693 with Evin Hafer 

Rogan blasted vaccine passports in an August episode of his podcast with Black Rifle Coffee CEO and former green beret Evin Hafer.

‘When you give people freedom, you let people do whatever the f*** they want to do, they actually find ways to succeed and grow and thrive,’ Rogan said.

‘But as soon as you put the boots to them, as soon as you tell them, ”You have to do this, or you can’t do that. You have to listen to me,” now you have a mini dictator.  

‘You have one step away from a king. One step closer. You’re moving one step closer to dictatorship.

‘That’s what the f*** is happening.’

Rogan days earlier blasted enforced lockdowns and criticized Australia in particular for its heavy handed approach.

‘They have full on government lockdowns, where the government is flying helicopters over streets saying, ”Go back indoors, you’re not allowed to be outside”, which is crazy.

‘This disease doesn’t even transmit well outside. It doesn’t make any sense. Being outside and getting vitamin D from the sun is probably one of the best things you can do.

Several studies have suggested that vitamin D deficiency may increase the risk of Covid-19 infection and the likelihood of severe disease. 

Rogan says he is not an anti-vaxxer but discourages young, healthy people from getting the vaccine – April 2021

In podcast #1642 with comedian Andrew Santino, Rogan said: ‘I’m not an anti-vaxx person. I said I believe they’re safe and I encourage many people to take them.

‘My parents were vaccinated. I just said that if you’re a young, healthy person that you don’t need it.’

His comments came days after a podcast with comedian Dave Smith in which Rogan said he would not advise healthy people aged 21 to get the vaccine.  

‘If you’re like 21 years old, and you say to me, should I get vaccinated? I’ll go no.

‘If you’re a healthy person, and you’re exercising all the time, and you’re young, and you’re eating well, like, I don’t think you need to worry about this.’