Vaccines on the Joe Rogan Experience
5 fact-checked claims across 3 episodes, Dec 2021 to Jun 2023. Each is a receipt: the exact quote, its timestamp, what published evidence says, and who benefits.
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“You know, I said not one of these 72 vaccines has ever been tested pre-licensing in a placebo-controlled trial where you're looking at vaccinated versus unvacc…”
Kennedy claims none of the 72 vaccines on the childhood schedule have ever been tested against a true placebo in a trial comparing vaccinated vs. unvaccinated children for health outcomes.
“And it was killing one out of – killing or giving severe brain damage to one in 300 kids. And it was pulled in the United States. It was pulled in Europe. But …”
Kennedy claims a version of the DPT vaccine caused severe brain damage or death in 1 of every 300 children, was banned in the US and Europe, but is still given to 161 million African children annually via Bill Gates-backed programs.
“that study in Israel, which is like, what, 2.5 million people, I think, they said that it's between six and 13 times more effective than the vaccine. That is s…”
Malone claims an Israeli study of ~2.5 million people found prior COVID infection (natural immunity) is 6-13x (and elsewhere 27x) more effective than vaccination at preventing hospitalized COVID.
“The number that keeps getting cited is one in a thousand people have adverse events, including myocarditis. If myocarditis that requires hospitalization is one…”
Malone states that myocarditis requiring hospitalization after COVID vaccination occurs in about 1 in 2,700 boys.
“we've had 146 million people who've had the respiratory infection. Less than 1% died. Right. But the ones that have gotten the injection and died or got myocar…”
McCullough asserts that COVID-19 vaccines have caused death or myocarditis in a comparably significant share of the roughly 200 million vaccinated Americans.