using as a treatment for covid, despite there not being mass studies to back it up, would you put them on air to challenge? yes, joe rogan did that and it was a really interesting debate about which of these theories, which have huge followings now around the world, during the pandemic, which of them have any merit or not. at which point does it become an irresponsible act? i think a lot of people would criticise the bbc for refusing to ever go down these roads of debate because they believe they have the truth. and yet we know in the pandemic that scientists have changed their own minds many times, whether it be about the efficacy of masks, whether it be about the ability of vaccines to prevent transmission. i myself have changed my view about coronavirus many times in this pandemic. but isn t the concern aboutjoe rogan in the case
that scientists have changed their own minds many times, whether it be about the efficacy of masks, whether it be about the ability of vaccines to prevent transmission. i myself have changed my view about coronavirus many times in this pandemic. but isn t the concern aboutjoe rogan in the case of misinformation about covid, but more broadly that if those pieces of information which aren t factually true are given a platform, and are not adequately challenged, they then just get the platform without any of the downside? but i intend to challenge them from a position of fact and truth. your programme is also going to be on sky news australia and fox nation, the streaming sister network of fox news. do you think sky news australia and fox news always counter claims, theories.? i m not here to speak for them.
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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