Vaccine Efficacy on the Joe Rogan Experience
3 fact-checked claims across 2 episodes · Dec 2021 to Jun 2025 · updated Jul 11, 2026
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- Mary Talley Bowden (2)
- Robert Malone (1)
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“There was a, I think the Cleveland Clinic study said that people who took the flu shot Oh yeah, more. 24% more likely to get the flu or get other Okay, is that…”
Bowden claims a Cleveland Clinic study found people who took the flu shot were 24 percent more likely to get the flu or get sick.
“So the flu shot has never been shown to prevent hospitalization or death.”
Bowden claims the flu shot has never been shown to prevent hospitalization or death.
“there is signs in some data, and we were talking about this just before the broadcast, from Denmark, among other places, of negative efficacy against Omicron a…”
Malone claims Danish data show 'negative efficacy' against Omicron that worsens with each additional vaccine dose (one, two, then three shots).