The overwhelming evidence is the vaccine works, and it is safe.' 'These are fringe ideas not backed in science and having it on a huge platform makes it seem there are two sides to this issue. Katrine Wallace, an epidemiologist at University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health and a co-signee of the letter, told Rolling Stone that she considers Rogan 'a menace to public health' for consistently peddling anti-vaccine ideology. 'With an estimated 11 million listeners per episode, JRE, which is hosted exclusively on Spotify, is the world's largest podcast and has tremendous influence,' reads the open letter that has since garnered more than 1,000 signatures. Other Rogan podcasts have questioned the efficacy of COVID vaccines discouraged young people from getting vaccinated and alleged that hospitals are falsely diagnosing COVID-19 deaths for financial gain. Peter McCullough claimed that COVID-19 vaccines are 'experimental,' and that the pandemic was 'planned.' Neil Young, however, is not the first to call out Joe Rogan.Įarlier this month, a group of more than 270 scientists, doctors and nurses wrote an open letter to Spotify, calling on the streaming giant to warn its listeners about some of the views and (mis)information shared by Rogan and some of his medically trained guests who are either COVID or vaccine skeptics.įor instance, cardiologist Dr. DeFelice/Getty Images/TNS/picture alliance 'A menace to public health' Young accused the streaming service of spreading 'false information about vaccines - potentially resulting in the death of those who believe this disinformation they spread.' US podcaster Joe Rogan has long courted controversy, and not just for COVID misinformation Image: Douglas P. His original statement drew attention to an issue about which little is known: disinformation on podcast streaming platforms such as Spotify. In a since-deleted letter to his manager and record label that was published on his website, Young had stated, 'You can have Rogan or Young. Young, who advocates COVID-19 safety and prevention, had earlier this week protested the podcast of controversial US podcaster Joe Rogan for spreading misinformation about COVID. In a harshly worded statement on his website, Young has now had his songs removed from the streaming platform Spotify, despite the fact that the Canadian-American singer stands to lose 60% of his worldwide streaming income. Lies being sold for money,' wrote singer Neil Young. 'Spotify has become the home of life-threatening COVID misinformation.

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