The problem isn't with JR taking Ivermectin. The problem is with people who simply cannot ever accept that they are sometimes wrong about things.
I had shared this link before on this same thread.
Indian State Will Offer Ivermectin To Entire Adult Population — Even As WHO Warns Against Its Use As Covid-19 Treatment (forbes.com)
In May we had lots of stories about India basically spiraling out of control.
Then claims that the government will dose everyone with two very specific drugs.
Then a massive drop off in cases and deaths for some reason.
Then a few articles saying "we don't know how India got this under control but it was definitely nothing to do with those drugs!"
Clearly though somebody somewhere thought that the best way to get India's cases back down was to go with these two specific treatments.
So what's the story with that?
If we can step outside the USA-centric bubble for a moment and observe that you have a strange situation.
Consider someone living in India when Covid was running wild. The perspective is that the government is going to give everyone a treatment program that will help. Then consider someone living in the USA. The perspective is "OMG these crazy idiots think that anti-parasite medicine will work! Hahahaha! What morons."
So Joe Rogan gets covid and his doctor gives him a prescription for certain drugs and he gets better. It's problematic right?
I think people need to hold their hands up and admit that for whatever reason other countries in the world have believed, for some reason, that Ivermectin might be the solution here. Does it have to be MY solution? No. I got vaccinated. Can it be someone else's solution? It seems like it might be and if a doctor is willing to write a prescription and the Indian government is willing to give the entire nation a dose AND there are a number of studies underway examining the possible use of ivermectin then maybe, just maybe, there is something in all that.
Problem is that this would lead to a lot of extremely stubborn people on the internet having to admit that they were wrong and we all know that this will not happen without heavy resistance.
Joe Rogan is not a doctor so maybe people shouldn't take his word as absolute truth. People should also remember that doctors don't always get it right. Ever heard of a patient going to get a second opinion?