Weinstein repeated discredited theories to Rogan about HIV not being the cause of AIDS, alarming and infuriating public health experts.
Bret Weinstein, the evolutionary biology professor turned podcaster and ivermectin guy, repeated a series of discredited pseudo-theories about AIDS in a recent appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast. Weinstein, a frequent guest, told Rogan that he found the theory that party drugs like poppers cause AIDS to be “surprisingly compelling.” (It is not.) Weinstein also told Rogan he came to these ideas by reading a recent book by anti-vaccine activist and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, creating a sort of unholy turducken of misinformation passed onto an audience of millions.
My people didn’t lose a generation for this bullshit.
Also AIDS is preventable, AIDS is treatable, and if you’re sexually active outside of monogamy you’re potentially being exposed to HIV regardless of the kind of sex you have. Straight people having PIV can spread HIV, oral can spread it with any genitals. If you’re sexually active get tested regularly. If it’s caught early you can avoid negative consequences. And if you have reason to believe you’ve been exposed go to an emergency room immediately and tell them. There’s basically a morning after pill for HIV (there’s also an equivalent to birth control called PrEP)
I thought I was exposed one time (turned out it was all good) and went to the ER to tell them and they told me they didn’t have that medication and that it was extremely expensive. Good old Texas.
Yeah that’s terrible. When AIDS breaks out it is always a governmental failure. I’d’ve given the first time a pass but holy fucking shit did the government fail then too. If a hospital lacks PEP and if government and insurance don’t make it worth taking just in case they’re risking citizens lives