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.
kind oftotallyYeah, his whole crusade against the mouse model is so fucking stupid. I worked drug discovery, my brother worked in clinical. There are so many reasons his takes are stupid. Bret likes to think he’s smart like “I’m not like other
girlsscientists”Very much the kind of thing all crackpot conspiracy theorists think about themselves.
He can always publish a paper if he has some research that supports his theories or disproves others. But I’m guessing that hasn’t happened and never will…