Joe Rogan Experience #2532 - Tim Robbins · Aired Jul 29, 2026
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The photograph used in a Rolling Stone article to illustrate people waiting for ivermectin treatment was actually of people waiting in line for a flu shot.
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The photo wasn't of a flu shot line. A reverse image search traced it to an Associated Press photo showing people lining up for a COVID-19 vaccine drive at a church in Oklahoma City in January 2021, months before Rolling Stone's ivermectin story ran and with nothing to do with it.
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Is it true that the photograph used in a Rolling Stone article to illustrate people waiting for ivermectin treatment was actually of people waiting in line for a flu shot?
No, not as stated. The photo wasn't of a flu shot line. A reverse image search traced it to an Associated Press photo showing people lining up for a COVID-19 vaccine drive at a church in Oklahoma City in January 2021, months before Rolling Stone's ivermectin story ran and with nothing to do with it. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2532 - Tim Robbins, aired Jul 29, 2026, at 25:12. The supporting source is firstdraftnews.org, linked below.
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