COVID-19 lockdowns

Rogan argues that pharmaceutical television advertising, legal only in the US and New Zealand, suppresses media criticism of drug side effects.

“Those are the only two countries that allow pharmaceutical drug companies to advertise on television”

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Rogan argues California lockdown policymakers should have had their pay tied to local economic performance, since they imposed rules for optics without consequence.

“all these people that are saying that you should have no outdoor dining, your paycheck should be entirely dependent on the GDP of your city”

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Rogan interprets Whitmer's quote as criticism of Trump's virus response rather than a pledge to keep lockdowns.

“What she's saying is that Trump has done such a shitty job. That's the reason why we're locked down”

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Rogan explains he left California over looting and police standing down, which undermined his faith in law and order.

“When the looting hit, I had zero faith in their ability to maintain law and order”

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Frisella claims the lockdowns were intended to transfer wealth by closing small businesses.

“which was to make the biggest wealth transfer in the history by closing all the mom and pop businesses”

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Frisella credits Bianco as the first law enforcement official in the country to publicly refuse to enforce COVID restrictions, which he says emboldened others.

“you were the first law enforcement official in the whole country that stepped up and said, hey, I'm not enforcing these things”

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Frisella claims many people who complied with COVID lockdowns and took the vaccine now regret it but are too embarrassed to say so.

“There are a lot of people who went along with the COVID lockdowns who highly regret it”

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Frisella says people should simply refuse to comply with any new restrictions rather than fear them.

“at the end of the day, you shouldn't be afraid of it because all you got to do is not comply”

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Church recounts driving to Coast to Coast AM during COVID curfews with a Homeland Security letter on empty Los Angeles freeways.

“I had, and so did she, on the front seat of my car, a Homeland Security letter that allowed me to drive on the streets during curfew”

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Adams says Gen Z's COVID-era online schooling and gaming meant they dated less in person.

“So I found that that generation of people didn't go out and date as much”

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Jones claims hospitals receive extra money for coding patients as COVID-19 cases.

“They get $13,000 to say it's a COVID patient, and they get $29,000 or whatever extra when they intubate somebody”

The Joe Rogan Experience: #1555 - Alex Jones & Tim Dillon (Oct 27, 2020) · Listen from 1:53:02