US podcaster Joe Rogan has told his massive audience that he would not move to Australia because the country put people in ‘concentration camps’ for ‘a cold’ during the Covid lockdowns.
He also said that kind of repression was only possible because Australia prevented its people having guns.
The remarks came during Rogan’s conversation with retired Mixed Martial Arts fighter Royce Gracie as they discussed a perceived reduction in personal freedom in the US amid rising crime.
‘I keep telling people if America falls I think the whole world will fall, the rest of the world will fall,’ Gracie said.
‘Yeah, maybe that’s the plan,’ responded Rogan, who has over 14.5million followers for his podcasts on Spotify.
‘There’s no place that has this kind of freedom,’ he added as Royce continued to ask ‘where would you go’?
Eventually Rogan said he once considered Australia was a viable alternative to the US but his mind had since changed.
US podcaster Joe Rogan has told his massive audience that he wouldn’t move to Australia after seeing what happened during the Covid pandemic
Joe Rogan is pictured with Donald Trump
‘I used to think Australia but then I saw how they handled the pandemic I was like ‘”oh f**, that well that’s what happens when no one has guns”,’ he said.
‘Yep the army just rolls in and tells you what to do and puts you in concentration camps because you have a cold, like it’s crazy.’
During the Covid pandemic Australia quarantined people arriving in the country for weeks before they were able to enter the community.
Most were put in hotels but some were also housed in temporary isolation camps.
Australia’s specialised national quarantine facility, Howard Springs on the outskirts of Darwin, hosted around 64,000 people for a mandatory two-week isolation period.
The Howard Springs quarantine centre on the outskirts of Darwin, hosted around 64,000 people during the Covid period
Opponents of the quarantine arrangement described the Howard Springs centre as a ‘concentration camp’.
These quarantined at Howard Springs were charged for the cost of accommodation, food, medical support, policing and security.
They were charged $2,500 per person, or $5,000 for a family of two or more people, for the 14 days.
Even members of Australia’s Olympic team returning from the Tokyo Olympics did 14 day stays at the facility.
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