and have said some very offensive lthings as well and also promotedl misinformation about covid. we can talk about what they've said, things like, guests have said... - ..a prominent anti—vaxxer who said that americans have been - "hypnotised" into wearing masks and are duped into— taking the vaccine. he himself has questioned - whether young people even need to take the vaccine and has said, "you don't need to take it..." . he doesn't think you need to take it if you've already had covid, - iwhich is not what medical expertsl said, and on and on and on and on. there's been tonnes i of offensive material... and he has put out a statement, which we'll hear in a minute. he's also insisted he's not anti—vax, butjust explain to us why concerns aboutjoe rogan and covid — which aren't new, they've been around for some time — why have they escalated in the last few days? well, they started escalating. actually a couple of weeks ago, when there was a letter from 250