Anti-vaxxer protests during COVID | Andrew Callaghan and Lex Fridman

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Full podcast episode: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3bSpmRmadKShpI Lex Fridman podcast channel: kzbin.info Guest bio: Andrew Callaghan is the host of Channel 5 on KZbin, where he does street interviews with fascinating humans at the edges of society, the so-called vagrants, vagabonds, runaways, outlaws, from QAnon adherents to Phish heads to O Block residents and much more.

[@Shlikas]

I've seen the "sidekick syndrome" happen in corporate business over and over. A talented employee makes a department shine, but the executives fire the employee when they ask for a raise, thinking they can just plug in someone else. The department goes down, morale suffers, and the executives blame the fired employee for being "greedy." So stupid.

[@timmy-wj2hc]

Capitalists being capitalists, not surprised.

[@MonsiourPotatoHead]

Bro the fact that there is a racial divide within the furry community tells you everything you need to know about humans

[@whitebengal5301]

The only thing worse than a furry, is a furry who will steal your bike.

[@JockBlock-vd2ep]

I think that the fact that there is something called a furry says all about humanity

[@watermelon1147]

Fear is the mind killer. Kids should have read all four dune books by time they’re seniors in high school.

[@seanmonear4917]

Oh yeah I was berated at the grocery store....... A "Karen" literally said I'm trying to kill people..... Screamed at the cashier to not ring up my order, if they bagged up my groceries she was done with that store and would no longer shop there...... It was so awkward. The guy rang up my groceries and she screamed and stormed outbleaving her basket full in the line. All because I wasn't wearing a mask....... Some people so rididculous

[@BabyGirl-yf6ss]

Some people become so deranged over it its pathetic.

[@FireForEffect1533]

I like how this interview shows how we as humans balance our personal freedom with public safety and health. It also demonstrates how media influences what people think and how important it is to stick to your moral and creative beliefs despite the pressures of making money and meeting societal expectations. To me, the events of 2020 reminded me a lot of the dystopian novel "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. In the book, society is controlled through advanced technology and by shaping people's beliefs and behaviors to keep everyone happy and prevent disagreements. It felt like the people in charge were trying to do something similar during that time. The book also shows scenarios where people closely watch and police each other's behavior.

[@mamandapanda185]

People loved their servitude in that book, as opposed to Nineteen Eighty Four. I feel like I'm living in a mashup of Huxley's work, The Matrix, and Idiocracy.

[@johns9969]

Gyms and places to socialize were closed, but line ups in front of pot and booze store. Just stay inside and be stoned.

[@FireForEffect1533]

@@johns9969 yup...

[@RaisonDetre96]

Personal freedoms always trump government mandates. It was never about “public health”, that’s such an infuriating and blatant lie.

[@steveanton763]

​@@johns9969Wasn't that because COVID was contagious? Did you want the liquor stores and weed stores shut down? I think that could have caused problems.

[@slimerone]

remember when some of these people wanted to bring back segregation for people who refused the myocarditis shot? Pepperidge Farm remembers...

[@timmy-wj2hc]

Darwin effect will take care of Antivaxxers.

[@Schwarzie10]

The myocarditis shot. Lol look at the risks of myocarditis from the shot and from having COVID and then come talk to me. God the ignorance you extrude is just laughable

[@slimerone]

@@Schwarzie10 u sure its covid and not the jab itself? google the search trend for "sudden death" and tell me why that spiked post vaccine 2020? never heard of high school/college athletes dropping dead of heart attacks either up until past 4 years. your ignorance of the subject is laughable

[@henrymedelius8188]

@@Schwarzie10 the risk is higher if you take the shot vs if you dont

[@jdarling5315]

​@@Schwarzie10it's exude, stop being smarmy

[@Andruwjonesrichar]

I stayed out and vacationed the whole pandemic without a mask.

[@Ruktiet]

I support this attitude towards life. Unfortunately, many don’t have the chance to do this

[@ethosguy3593]

They divided us

[@Bo247]

"They" whoever you're refering to, didn't need to do anything to divide people. Most are dumb enough to do that by themselves with religion, race, brands, sports teams, and politics.

[@user-vz4gg6cs4l]

@@Bo247 Bro social media algorithms are literally designed (/trained) to increase ourage in viewers, because outrage creates engagment and engagement creates views and views money. YT, Twitter, Google, Facebook... They actually ARE intentionally dividing people. Of course you can say, that they aren't "intentionally" doing that, that it's just something their content algorithms picked up on, by they know this and don't care; quite the opposite, they obviously want to even further increase engagment.

[@progressreggae]

​@Bo247 media groups are controlled by corperations, they get marching orders. Who is they? Tge people who run blackrock/vangaurd.

[@mattboyce3276]

​You are both right. "They" just gave the ignorant masses more of a reason. ​@@Bo247

[@floydhopkins7901]

The wedge was already in the log, yes, but 2020 brought the axe down.

[@oliround]

The best part of being a conspiracy theorist is not having myocarditis

[@jonsmitherson6692]

Don't forget staying alive as another perk, when multiple people have had heart clots in your immediate circle. Every one has had covid but strangely only those with the poke have massive clots of the heart ♥ and the best part is they got it under threat of losing there job and livelihood. They got it to try and help there family and now there gone.

[@W.A.J.J.]

5 people I directly know have complications assumed to be due to the vax I know 1 person who was in terrible shape, over 350# and died assumed from covid. 9/11 was my generations Kennedy assassination, and covid was my children’s.

[@Spot316]

You are 8x more likely to get myocarditis from COVID than the vaccine.

[@Treeezzz]

@@W.A.J.J.’assumed’ is holding a lot of weight in your comment

[@W.A.J.J.]

@@Treeezzz that’s the point.

[@wvlfkvnt]

Vaccine didn’t stop me from getting it twice, even with the booster. Almost lost my apartment twice because I got it after the Covid relief benefits ended. That shit sucked because I wasn’t allowed back to work until it was gone. Which was 3 weeks at a time.

[@steve0ne11]

LMFAO 95% mortality rate 😂

[@user-vz4gg6cs4l]

why are you laughing at that? There are a LOT of people who are so immunocompromised that they have a 90%(or higher) of dying from getting covid. Just a few examples: people with HIV, chemo patients, people with severe heart disease, babies born with a C-Section, transplant patients(they have to take drugs to supress the Immune System so that it doesn't attack the transplant organ), etc. Educate yourself.

[@mattboyce3276]

0.02%

[@mattboyce3276]

😂

[@michaeld8255]

Welllp I've practically watched this whole thing through clips now lol

[@JRibs]

Don’t commit suicide and remember everything is gonna C see alright.

[@adamcogan211]

And 5 is the best number.

[@juneshasta]

Here's to the renegades, keeping things genuine.

[@Hi98765]

3 googles and i said no thanks, ill wait it out so those who want it can have mine. Didnt tell anyone not to get it. Family seemed upset until i explained the mechanism of action and why i thought, being essential and working the entire 2020 year that i likely had some immunity. Im a highschool grad, but after years of these shots.. seeing the new data coming out of japan, im glad i took the time to understand what the shots mechanism was. Concluding the spike isnt something i want my cells making. A key feature of lipid nanoparticles is that they have the ability to cross bbb, and that was the last thing i needed to know to make my decision. Everyone who went full rampage against those who were skeptical really need to look back and understand why they were so up in arms over something they didnt fully understand

[@rosswatkins2277]

Its called anti mandate

[@Hi98765]

Anti mandate for novel tech that the studies eliminated cotrol group

[@aaronpannell6401]

​@@Hi98765nope. They did double blind, randomized, placebo trails. Same as every other RCT.

[@Hi98765]

@@aaronpannell6401 they unblinded the control group in the pfizer trial.

[@aaronpannell6401]

@@Hi98765 I call BS on that.

[@aaronpannell6401]

@Hi98765 You just make some bullhorn uh.

[@chrisbuggy4849]

The interviewers surprise that this issue divided people.. really I was locked in a house with 1 hour per day pass to walk the dog with attestation checked by Police living in the countryside of course it divided people it was fucking ridiculous. Only when you stepped outside of the official narrative it got worse because you saw just how ignorant and easily manipulated people were and that disappointment is almost the worst bit.

[@xtiphuny89]

Yeah it's really annoying that anyone still acts surprised or confused by what happened. Lex is particularly well-read, he should be confident in knowing why people got so divided.

[@ObserversOfHumanity]

never had the shot, never been sick in 6 years. Im glad i didn't take it.

[@Greenskies321]

Oh I guess world hunger doesn’t exist because you ate today huh? People like you make society worse off

[@brendonm6262]

Same, but natural immunity via antibodies is definitely a myth...

[@BabyGirl-yf6ss]

​@@Greenskies321ain't no way you think you make society any better. Trying to talk down on someone like that will make a difference. Comparing this to world hunger? Grow up. It would help society

[@leonardofabbri7930]

CLOWN THE TRUTH HURTS

[@user-fd8tl1lb8m]

Yeah, they closed our skateparks in az, filled all the bowls with sand, what a crazy time.

[@michaelhoganmusic]

they put sand in the bowls? that's wild man..that was a crazy time.

[@mattboyce3276]

I've had covid twice... Got over it in 4 days. I know everyone is different, and I would never speak ill of someone taking the jab. But mandating the vaccine should have never been a thing.

[@Ausea33]

That's in hindsight though. At the time, it was known that Covid was spreading insanely quickly and far. How should doctors/government/scientists react to that? Wait and see?

[@nahsik]

@@Ausea33 Yep definitely. So more people can lose their parents and grandparents. We should all be selfish and should have been able to do what we wanted to do. Fuck society. Fuck helping others.

[@Tommysimonsen]

@@Ausea33 It was also known the vax would not stop the spared. Unless Fauci was your only source.

[@yusufgerald3969]

​@@nahsiklol my mom is 71 and she was such but lived just fine. It was a flu. My kids barely got it. My wife has no shot, got the sniffles. Idiot

[@gsfouroone5045]

@@Ausea33 They knew it was not a risk for children or people under 50 without 5 comorbidities. They should have done what non corrupt scientists and doctors were pushing for with The Great Barrington Declaration. Focus the resources towards protecting those in the community that were most at risk and allow everyone else to continue to live their lives as the lockdowns and COVID measures caused more death and mental health decline than getting COVID. Dr. Birx, Fauci, and Pence all treated COVID like it was AIDS. Birx wanted zero transmission which was known to be impossible and fear mongered like her and Fauci did about AIDS transmission. They claimed anyone could get it at anytime ... which was always a lie.

[@sunshineinarizona1726]

In the middle of the Mohave Desert next to the Colorado River is the best place to be. 😎🌵

[@Oregoony]

hindsight is 2020

[@D-Fens_1632]

All Gas was only 2019? I was somehow lucky enough to discover those earliest videos, it feels like a lifetime ago, not just almost 5 years. Lot happened in those years I guess, eh.

[@BertaRawDawg]

I know 0 people who died from Covid, I know one person who’s 70+ uncle died while sick. I know 2 men under the age of 40 who have died from sudden, unexpected heart attacks without any pre-diagnosed conditions who both got the shots…

[@thecaptainplus]

and i know 4 people who died from it so it evens it out

[@conserveculture1767]

Same with my big balled boss fuck no we ain't closing down. Next day closed up.

[@user-br7sb3wk4h]

So glad those bs days are over hope to god our government doesn’t overreact to a virus with a 99% survival rate again

[@pixelburnout]

99.8% survival rate on avergae. 99.99% for younger people

[@vincentlamoureux8446]

Freedom is ALL WE HAVE NEVER COMPROMISE FREEDOM

[@NDScope]

Crazy how he thought his career was over during covid and almost nothing changed where I live in La. 🤣

[@jakek6728]

I grew up in MN my whole life and i remember protecting a friend business. We had two guys in lawn chairs in front of the building and 6 on the roof. Its felt like the apocalypse, thankfully no one tried to do anything as it was no longer an easy target. The only time it got heated is when the cops came up and thanked us for carrying pistols and rifles in public and "helping them". That wasnt true at all but some people saw that and thought we were cops, we had a reapectful conversation with about 30 people and proved to them we were cops and we were protecting a friends property, they respected it and left. Many "looters" even came up and took pictures with us

[@D-Fens_1632]

I like this except taking pictures with them instead of calling them out for the losers they are.

[@jakek6728]

@@D-Fens_1632 gotta pick your battles, trust me there were a lot of things we wanted to say but when you're outnumbered 5 to one it's better to do that and have them move on than to cause a more serious confrontation that leads to potentially taking someone's life

[@Guyonthecouch420]

It's funny to see the different thoughts. People scared trusting the government and real people who don't trust the gov and want freedom

[@mtmoore81]

Anyone else starting to treat people who say "jab" like the people who drop the "n" word. Like eyes open wide, confused smile, and then turn around before the next sentence comes out.

[@colttaylor8729]

😂😂😂 Is this bait

[@BabyGirl-yf6ss]

​@@colttaylor8729bruh really compared it to racism. I blame all the jabs

[@pawlpoche8736]

The people still driving around by themselves with a mask on 😂

[@rulesforrebels]

Its interesting lex frames this as an activax protest. A bit intellectually doshonest

[@QubitVector]

Lex REALLY not sure why that brought out the worst in people? For a “Dostoyevsky loving, dark hearted Russian who a seeker of wisdom” that’s surprising.

[@imalright2837]

Good thing the community stands for right 💪🏼😤 Late night fast food

[@justinsmith4157]

By now you should have at least 2 experimental shots and 9 follow up boosters. How many of you actually stuck to that program and also called me a plague rat? I just want to know if you even exist.

[@Channel-io1di]

I said you should be denied Healthcare for life unless you pay cash up front.

[@justinsmith4157]

@@Channel-io1di cool, how many boosters do you have? Don't lie

[@Channel-io1di]

@justinsmith4157 I've had 5 or 6 shots, and I've administered thousands of them, and I've never had covid.

[@justinsmith4157]

@@Channel-io1di Why are you intentionally being vague? I understand you got two initial experimental vaccines. I am asking specifically, how many boosters did you get?

[@Channel-io1di]

@justinsmith4157 because that is a dumb question. The "booster" is the same shot as the "primary series"

[@paulbadics3500]

Scary such anarchy over a violent drug addict

[@LeoMessiEnjoyer]

Ok, racist

[@kylekiedeisch9521]

How are facts racist?​@@LeoMessiEnjoyer

[@mattboyce3276]

I'm racist against career criminals who do drugs and put guns to pregnant women's stomachs. @LeoMessiEnjoyer

[@D-Fens_1632]

"Dat's how we feel dough, bruh."

[@paulkersey724]

Doesn't matter that he was an addict. Doesn't matter he was committing crimes to support his habit. The video spoke for itself. Just like the Rodney King video that showed like eight cops beating the hell out of someone clearly incapacitated on the ground. Police cannot be judge, jury and executioner.

[@D-Fens_1632]

And we didn't have antivax people and antivax rallies 2 months into the lockdowns, we didnt have a vaccine yet, and mandates were like a year away. But i get what he's saying.

[@TeWakaOAoraki]

Gonna go get another booster for all the cowards in chat.

[@user-vz4gg6cs4l]

why get another booster? Wasting money at this point

[@TeWakaOAoraki]

@@user-vz4gg6cs4l lol I'm not a yank I don't have to pay for them. Also it's a joke, I'm not actually going to go get another one any time soon.

[@jdarling5315]

Real bravery is doing what every authority is demanding even when there are at best limited benefits to doing so

[@TeWakaOAoraki]

@@jdarling5315 Real stupidity is conflating authority (experts on subject matter) with authority (police state). I don't live in a police state, there were basically zero repercussions for me had I chosen not to get it.

[@justinsmith4157]

@TeWakaOAoraki Just curious why you’re not getting a current booster? Not talking sht, just curious

[@marrisueno1]

The sausage castle?

[@studioTREY]

yeah, everyone remembers the floyd riots, those memories and experiences will indeed come into play during this next election, and local elections.

[@Sammo212]

This was aged poorly the second it released lol...Stewart quit Apple because they wouldn't let him say what he wanted to say (even though he could certainly ambush people on air like Sullivan and others).

[@jenningsgraham4006]

He awarded a neo nazi on a Disney stage recently, and puffed up the Trump real estate thing... I think he's being punished for what he said about COVID.

[@Sammo212]

@@jenningsgraham4006 eh if he were being punished he wouldn't have gotten a cushy job back at the Daily Show for millions of dollars. Not to mention the COVID stuff happened before he was given his Apple show, didn't it?

[@jenningsgraham4006]

@@Sammo212this is outside the Apple show. And I know we should all be skeptical, but wouldn’t you think he’d have to get back in good favor with these producers in order to get that show back and make money? He’s working for a network, and that network has certain advertisers. Those advertisers have rules.

[@nadineclarke2130]

3:15 coercion, fear

[@michaeldoran4367]

This guy is 3 letter agency

[@mikelowry5012]

There’s been vaccines 💉 for years . I had a bad reaction on the second one had covid 3 times over the years 😂. First time was pretty bad . But I made it

[@ZaShiesty]

This vaccine was completely different than any previous vaccine which is why people didn’t trust it.

[@user-wj5fn9of5s]

A coup? Does anyone still believe that?

[@danros6530]

We'll all remember how we reacted to this thing. Personally, im ashamed of myself. But im also grateful. That disgust snapped me out of my stupor. Red-pilled me, if you will. I will NEVER allow myself to be controlled by fear again. We're human. We fuck up. Im not the only one who was afraid and trusting and naive. Please be honest with yourself. Its never too late to apologize and to examine just how you got to that point.

[@dronetrunks]

There are better ways to film squirells Andrew geez!

[@LawChat101]

✅

[@adamcogan211]

I was hospitalised for a month after having it even though I was perfect health/never had pre-existing conditions. Shit was no joke to deal with. Shots saved my life otherwise I wouldn’t have pulled through. It strengthens your ability to fight back and lessen the chance of it killing you.

[@pablom8854]

I remember day 10 I had 39.3°c then in a couple of hours I went to 36.5°c it just went away.

[@SupaHoon]

No it didn't

[@michaelbolchunas1271]

Lol

[@josec1538]

Yeah, it definitely helped some people. Uneducated or emotional folks just don’t understand it. But we also gotta acknowledge the negative after effects that impacted some who got vaccinated and the mandates that forced people to vaccinate. The government lied so much about it too that made it even worse to trust their agenda

[@leonardofabbri7930]

😂😂😂

[@benhorton141]

Woud you sign up your gma to have kidney failure?

[@billyblim1213]

They executed my dad because he wouldn't take the shot.

[@Nalololol]

Oh no I didn't know he was a groomer

[@eondayvis]

Tim and Eric fucked up

[@ShortBudgetProductions]

STFN report channel

[@BrianMoro-gz8de]

I never got a flu shot let alone the clot shot.

[@draytonsawyer69]

Weird flex

[@MustKillallHumans]

​@draytonsawyer69 No it's not

[@user-pj5ub5cp9k]

Vaccines save lives.

[@Fl_ninja]

The only virus that needed a public relations team 24/7

[@Fl_ninja]

@@draytonsawyer69 absolute miracle to even be alive

[@flavio9536]

Here come highschool educated scientists in the comments 😊

[@benhowell5790]

Still educated enough to listen to the doctors that were censored and demonised by the marxist cult..pureblood for life

[@user-vz4gg6cs4l]

AS IF these people finished highschool haha

[@15walkeen]

Lmao!! All these Facebook scholars who get their information from memes and anonymous news sources sure do love Lex. Shows you how smart stupid people think they are.

[@justinsmith4157]

By now you should have at least 2 experimental shots and 9 follow up boosters. How many of you actually stuck to that program and also called me a plague rat? I just want to know if you even exist.

[@jjww30]

@@justinsmith4157I participated when it actually was experimental during the clinical trial. I’m a high school educated scientist, but I also have a PhD. Once the data was published and the vaccine granted emergency use authorization, it was no longer experimental.

[@alexkevan3887]

Eat the rich...............

"and with that we rolled into the future, and ain't it a son of a bitch? To think that we would still need RELIGION to keep the poor from k*lling the rich ............" - Todd Snider Greatest fraud and deceit ever brought up on humans by other humans, RELIGION

[@JDRED_Wallis]

Bullshit

[@thedecider1984]

Awful looking tattoo

[@leonardofabbri7930]

You immediately removed my comment ahahahaha

[@BabyGirl-yf6ss]

You comment about how many boosters you got or something?

[@leonardofabbri7930]

@@BabyGirl-yf6ss I had zero jabs, zero swabs

[@rncgsu]

This guy is way over dramatic.

[@TheQC92]

Wasn’t dramatic at all. Might be you

[@BAsed_AFro]

realnotrare Look it up folks!

[@NakedBonghit]

Lex is an Austin guy now, too? 😂

[@Armalitelife]

Proudly unvaxxed

[@BabyGirl-yf6ss]

Pure 👌

[@mr.iloveroblox2577]

Proudly contracting measles as an adult 🤡

[@Armalitelife]

@@mr.iloveroblox2577 You hear about astra zeneca? Haha go get another booster for daddy gubberment

[@Armalitelife]

@@mr.iloveroblox2577 cry harder. Just one more booster right? Haha

[@BabyGirl-yf6ss]

@@mr.iloveroblox2577 imagine thinking you can't be a carrier💀 That's American education system at its finest tho