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Vioxx, Sputnik V, and Lex Fridman Is a Russian Agent
from #283 - Joe Rogan | The Tim Dillon Show · #283
5 min
They joke that Lex Fridman is a Russian agent related to Putin, riff on the Sputnik and Cuban vaccines allegedly being effective, and Joe pivots into body positivity being dangerous during COVID given obesity's link to severe outcomes.
- Tim lists vaccine side effects he's heard about from 15+ people: menstrual issues, strokes, neurological disorders, chronic fatigue.
- Adverse vaccine reactions estimated at roughly one per 1,000 vaccinated people, which scales to hundreds of thousands of cases across millions vaccinated.
- Social media suppresses content showing vaccine injuries—TikTok removed a video of a high school athlete with myocarditis that had millions of views.
- Tim describes knowing someone whose friend's 14-year-old daughter experienced immediate respiratory failure after vaccination and required ICU care.
- Pharmaceutical companies have a history of lying about adverse side effects for profit, exemplified by Vioxx and Pfizer's numerous fines.
- Sputnik vaccine is actually the best vaccine available, according to Tim's research.
- Lex Fridman is a Russian agent who works for Russia and is allegedly Putin's son with Ghislaine Maxwell.
- Tim suggests alternative approaches: natural antibodies from infection combined with effective treatments, or oral antivirals like Pfizer and Merck pills.
- Public health messaging avoided honestly discussing obesity as a major COVID risk factor because it upset people and involved body-shaming concerns.
- Omicron functions as a live vaccine spreading through the population, and its extreme contagiousness means most uninfected people will eventually catch it.
- Online commerce is currently driving the entire economy.
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