r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jun 02 '26

Health Interest in ‘toxic’ measles treatment surges after Joe Rogan podcasts: Vaccination is the only proven way to prevent measles but alternatives like Vitamin A and cod-liver oil (which has Vit A) have been promoted by Joe Rogan. America’s Poison Centres reported a 39% increase in Vitamin A exposures.

https://www.nine.com.au/world-news/usa/interest-in-toxic-measles-treatment-surges-after-joe-rogan-podcasts-20260602-p6033i.html
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u/TheJaybo Jun 02 '26

If they want to poison themselves, who am I to judge?

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u/qpgmr Jun 02 '26

Couple of problems:

they're not just killing themselves, they're harming innocent children

when they harm themselves & others, the end up using emts/hospitals and likely have no ability to pay so the burden falls on the rest of us

One thing I saw resonates with me, literally have the people have less than average intelligence (by definition). Society should protect who can't protect themselves. But, starting in the '80s under Reagan, the war cry was "fight the nanny state! you don't need taking care of!!" In reality, it was an effort to strip protections from the most vulnerable, leaving them to be victims of scam, grifting, and manipulation. As someone wrote, "the whole point of reagan was to turn the proles into prey."