UFC: Dana White defends Joe Rogan after 270 doctors put pressure on Spotify with petition
- UFC president responds to Rolling Stone report of physicians and scientists calling on Spotify to tackle misinformation
- White clashes with reporter over effectiveness of monoclonal antibodies and ivermectin as treatment for Covid-19
UFC president Dana White jumped to the defence of cageside commentator and podcaster Joe Rogan as he got into an argument with a reporter regarding alternative treatments for Covid-19.
Rogan is the subject of a petition signed by 270 scientists and physicians pressuring Spotify – which has exclusive streaming rights to the Joe Rogan Experience podcast – to tackle Covid-19 misinformation.
One of the doctors said she considers Rogan a “menace to public health” for continuously spouting anti-vaccine ideology to his large following.
“Are they really?” White said at Saturday’s UFC Vegas 46 post-event press conference, when told by a reporter about doctors petitioning Spotify.
“Well, how about this – ever since I came out and said what I did, it’s almost impossible to get monoclonal antibodies. They’re making it so you can’t get them. Medicine that absolutely works, they’re keeping from us.
“I don’t want to get too political and start getting into all this s***, but ivermectin and monoclonal antibodies have been around for a long time. Now all of a sudden you can’t dig them up to save your life, the doctors won’t give them to you.
