I listened to a few Rogan podcasts years ago on road trips. I didn’t find him to be a great interviewer, but you can’t deny that he’s good at getting impressive guests on his show (including John Carmack)
But someone shared some recent clips of his podcast and it’s stunningly terrible. The last clip I heard, he was implying that monoclonal antibodies were being kept artificially scarce so “they” could push the vaccine on people. That’s the kind of nonsense that doesn’t survive 15 seconds of Googling, but it’s apparently what goes for the average conversation on his show now. Even the Rogan subreddit is full of people groaning about how awful it has become.
>Rogan subreddit is full of people groaning about how awful it has become
It seems like lately that Reddit has become a reference of credibility, not unlike the "as seen on TV" moniker proudly displayed on cheap consumer products.
You might be misinformed, or it may just be an issue or perception. Politically, Florida has been the state that simultaneously pushed vaccines AND monoclonals. The oft-hated governor was steamrolled and kicked in the face in the media for this. The media claimed that he wasn't promoting vaccines enough, and that monoclonals detracted from the message of vaccination. Eventually the most hated and attacked governors plan was copied and executed by other states at the direction of the Biden admin.
Monoclonals saved tens of thousands of lives in Florida, and when other states decided to start saving lives and using monoclonals in the way that Florida was using them, Joe Biden Federalized the supply, in some way shape or form, and put limits on the number available to Florida. The federal government claims it is a supply issue.
As to how the issue is portrayed in the press, I will let you read between the lines, as the issue developed in September:
"After urging providers for months to ramp up use of monoclonal antibody treatments that could prevent some people with COVID-19 from ending up in the hospital, the Biden administration says a "substantial" surge in demand from a handful of states has forced officials to impose new limits on orders for the drugs.
Seven states — Alabama, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and Louisiana — made up 70% of orders for monoclonal antibodies in recent weeks, according to the spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services, which manages supplies of the treatments purchased by the federal government. Overall, orders for the drugs since mid-July have climbed 20-fold.
Of those states, only Florida has fully vaccinated more than half of its total population, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The others rank in the bottom 10 states for vaccinations nationwide. All seven rank among the top half of states with the highest rates of daily COVID-19 hospitalizations in recent weeks."(1)
As you can see, the demonization and othering of monoclonal antibody using states is not in dispute. The press loves to innuend that monoclonals are not necessary if vaccinations have been pushed hard enough, and that monoclonals shouldn't be wasted on the unvaxxed, and should be saved for more worthy, vaxxed candidates.
Whether it's a supply issue or a punishment is up to interpretation.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 13.1 ms ] threadBut someone shared some recent clips of his podcast and it’s stunningly terrible. The last clip I heard, he was implying that monoclonal antibodies were being kept artificially scarce so “they” could push the vaccine on people. That’s the kind of nonsense that doesn’t survive 15 seconds of Googling, but it’s apparently what goes for the average conversation on his show now. Even the Rogan subreddit is full of people groaning about how awful it has become.
It seems like lately that Reddit has become a reference of credibility, not unlike the "as seen on TV" moniker proudly displayed on cheap consumer products.
Monoclonals saved tens of thousands of lives in Florida, and when other states decided to start saving lives and using monoclonals in the way that Florida was using them, Joe Biden Federalized the supply, in some way shape or form, and put limits on the number available to Florida. The federal government claims it is a supply issue.
As to how the issue is portrayed in the press, I will let you read between the lines, as the issue developed in September:
"After urging providers for months to ramp up use of monoclonal antibody treatments that could prevent some people with COVID-19 from ending up in the hospital, the Biden administration says a "substantial" surge in demand from a handful of states has forced officials to impose new limits on orders for the drugs.
Seven states — Alabama, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and Louisiana — made up 70% of orders for monoclonal antibodies in recent weeks, according to the spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services, which manages supplies of the treatments purchased by the federal government. Overall, orders for the drugs since mid-July have climbed 20-fold.
Of those states, only Florida has fully vaccinated more than half of its total population, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The others rank in the bottom 10 states for vaccinations nationwide. All seven rank among the top half of states with the highest rates of daily COVID-19 hospitalizations in recent weeks."(1)
As you can see, the demonization and othering of monoclonal antibody using states is not in dispute. The press loves to innuend that monoclonals are not necessary if vaccinations have been pushed hard enough, and that monoclonals shouldn't be wasted on the unvaxxed, and should be saved for more worthy, vaxxed candidates.
Whether it's a supply issue or a punishment is up to interpretation.
(1)https://www.cbsnews.com/news/monoclonal-antibodies-covid-19-...