On the November 22 edition of his Spotify podcast, Joe Rogan falsely asserted that children do not need to get a COVID-19 vaccine, saying, “They’re trying to say that children need it when they don't. They don't need it.”
Rogan and his guest Tim Pool also fearmongered about rare instances of pharmacies incorrectly administering the wrong doses of COVID-19 vaccines to children, with Rogan suggesting, without evidence, that hundreds of kids were “fucked” and had “serious heart palpitations.” According to The Washington Post, a pharmacy “administered the shots to 112 children on Nov. 3 and 4, officials said, giving them vaccine formulas designed for older children or adults but in smaller amounts,” which is unauthorized. The Post also reported that “it’s unlikely a child would have been harmed by receiving too much of the vaccine, but it’s possible children were under-vaccinated if they received too little.” CNN reported on a separate case in which two kids received an adult dose of the vaccine instead of a flu vaccine and were being treated for elevated blood pressure and heartbeat.