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