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by nradov 1757 days ago
If you give a monkey a machine gun, and the monkey shoots someone, we don't blame the monkey.

Society has always had court jesters who poke fun at authority. If you take health and epidemiology advice from a comedian then that's on you.

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That metaphor doesn't work though because Joe Rogan is a person, not a monkey. Give a person a machine gun and if they shoot someone you do blame them.
Joe Rogan is the one giving the gun is your scenario, so you're claiming we should blame him?
If you take health and epidemiology advice from a comedian then that's on you

And every person you infect.

And every person you don't infect?