In fact, when I told Joe early in the podcast that I didn't agree with his apparent views on vaccines against Covid, ivermectin and many things in between, part of me thought the MMA, former Taekwondo champion might hurtle himself across the table and throttle my neck.
It was like Joe and I were now in the octagon, circling one another. He stared at me intently now, eyebrows raised. I admitted that the vaccinated could still carry the virus at similar loads as the unvaccinated, but swiftly added -- before he could claim victory -- that there was more to the story.
I guess a small part of me thought I might change Joe Rogan's mind about vaccines. After this last exchange, I realized it was probably futile. His mind was made up, and there would always be plenty of misinformation out there neatly packaged to support his convictions. Truth is though, I am still glad I did it.
I countered back equally hard that the risk of myocarditis has been shown to be much higher for infected children under 16 years old compared to their uninfected peers.
Not only does it read like some fan fiction but the guy seems to think he somehow won the debate.
The many references to fighting and octagon and wording like “ I countered back equally hard” are cringe af and illustrates how Sanjay fantasizes about being an actual man like Rogan and a fair opponent in a fight setting
The fight references are constant reminders to the reader that Sanjay is the esteemed doctor who's opinion and facts are obviously much more valuable and true than joe Rogan, as if Rogan is only known for mma and not the million hours of podcasting discussions with credible individuals, plus sometimes he has a shill like Sanjay on the show so they can dig themselves into a hole
Even his counter points to joe Rogans points, he cites links that don’t prove his claim
“8 times less likely to get covid” links to cdc, in its own article simply says “studies show…” and the cdc unsurprisingly does not link their source of data
CDC likes to have wording like 8x more it less likely. The thing about incredibly small numbers... such as risk factors with COVID is that even when you divide or multiply them 8 there still incredibly small numbers.
Not only does it read like some fan fiction but the guy seems to think he somehow won the debate.
There’s a lot to unpack in Sanjays piece
The many references to fighting and octagon and wording like “ I countered back equally hard” are cringe af and illustrates how Sanjay fantasizes about being an actual man like Rogan and a fair opponent in a fight setting
The fight references are constant reminders to the reader that Sanjay is the esteemed doctor who's opinion and facts are obviously much more valuable and true than joe Rogan, as if Rogan is only known for mma and not the million hours of podcasting discussions with credible individuals, plus sometimes he has a shill like Sanjay on the show so they can dig themselves into a hole
Even his counter points to joe Rogans points, he cites links that don’t prove his claim
“8 times less likely to get covid” links to cdc, in its own article simply says “studies show…” and the cdc unsurprisingly does not link their source of data
Sad
CDC likes to have wording like 8x more it less likely. The thing about incredibly small numbers... such as risk factors with COVID is that even when you divide or multiply them 8 there still incredibly small numbers.
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