#1461 - Owen Smith

Joe Rogan (0:01)

Owen Smith!

Owen Smith (0:02)

Hey!

Joe Rogan (0:02)

How you feeling?

Owen Smith (0:04)

I feel good, man. I'm excited.

Joe Rogan (0:08)

Cheers.

Owen Smith (0:08)

Cheers, man.

Come on, man. Salute.

Joe Rogan (0:10)

Yeah, we just tested Owen.

Owen Smith (0:13)

Yes, negative.

Joe Rogan (0:14)

There's apparently been some controversy about this, so just let me let everybody know right away.

There's no shortage of antibody tests. What we're using, there's no shortage of them. People are saying, why are people on the front lines? A lot of people, it's just misunderstanding and confusion. These tests, there's no shortage of.

I understand some people in some places have a hard time getting access to the test. That's not the case here. So I've taken it upon myself to test everybody as they come into the studio. This is not taking away from anybody that's on the front lines. This is not taking tests away from any medical workers.

The tests that they would use for them, particularly the, they're using swabs. I mean, look, man, those fucking people that are working in those hospitals and the medical workers, those people are legit heroes. Yes. And if I found out that there was something we were doing that was somehow another taking away from their ability to be tested, I would never do it. So people got upset apparently because, well, also people are writing articles about things because it's like it's a hot topic.

Owen Smith (1:19)

Right, and they're home too.

SPEAKER_3 (1:22)

I get it, I get it.

Joe Rogan (1:23)

I'm not hating, I'm not mad. I get it. You know, but when I posted that Donnell and I were Rona free, people like someone posted some story. Well, here's what's hilarious.

I'd go out of my way to not read comments, and these motherfuckers are writing stories where they're taking comments from Instagram and using them as quotes. Just some random magoo that's posting something.

One of them said that we were low key flexing that we had tests.

SPEAKER_4 (1:53)

That's just someone just looking to use the term low key flexing, and they don't have any place for it.

Joe Rogan (1:59)

It's like, I think he's low key flexing, and he's got a corona test. So it's a test that tests you for antibodies.

Owen Smith (2:07)

And you were laughing at my face the entire time.

Joe Rogan (2:09)

You're a little nervous.

Owen Smith (2:10)

You're a little nervous.

Joe Rogan (2:12)

Also, there was something that I shared with you earlier today. There was a new study that... Jamie, see if we could pull up that study. It is out of... I think it's out of UCLA. Is that what it's out of?

It says early antibody tests indicate far more cases and a much lower mortality rate. So they think there's at least 400,000 people have been infected in California. So the mortality rate is way, way lower than they previously thought it was, at least in California. It obviously varies. This is a crazy disease. It doesn't make any sense. It varies depending upon your physical condition, whether or not you've been smoking. There's apparently a great benefit to exercising regularly, even while you have it, if you catch it, exercising.

But then there was this fucking crazy thing. What is that guy's name? The fox thing?

We'll do the first.

Jamie (3:12)

It's LA Times, and it's got the subscription blocker on it.

Joe Rogan (3:16)

Oh, these sons of bitches. Here, I'll send you another one.

There's one on la.com.

Owen Smith (3:22)

Oh, I belong to LA Times. I can give you mine.

Joe Rogan (3:25)

Look at you.

Owen Smith (3:26)

I support journalism.

Joe Rogan (3:28)

I do too, but not LA Times.

Owen Smith (3:30)

I like that. It reads like movies.

Joe Rogan (3:32)

I get it. I just don't have the time for that. Here it goes. Early antibody test indicates far more COVID-19 cases, lower mortality rate.

There's a decrease in the number of deaths. A study indicates that there could be hundreds of thousands of people who could be infected without knowing it. That's what's so weird about it.

Owen Smith (3:50)

Let me ask you this question, though. Can you explain mortality rate?

This is like layman's terms.

Joe Rogan (3:55)

The amount of people that get it, how many of them die?

Owen Smith (3:57)

So if it's a high mortality rate, it's like you're fucked.

Joe Rogan (4:00)

Right, like Ebola.

Owen Smith (4:01)

Right.

Joe Rogan (4:01)

Vicious mortality rate.

Owen Smith (4:03)

Yes.

Joe Rogan (4:03)

Really, but rabies is the worst, 100%.

Owen Smith (4:05)