"Controversial Podcast Sparks Outrage with AIDS Denialism Discussion"
Bret Weinstein promoted discredited pseudo-theories about AIDS, including the idea that party drugs like poppers cause AIDS, on Joe Rogan's podcast. Weinstein cited a book by anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy as evidence. The conversation also delved into conspiracy theories about COVID, AIDS drugs, and a shadowy secret group controlling the United States. Scientists and public health researchers criticized the spread of misinformation, and a spokesperson for amfAR expressed disappointment in the dissemination of false information about HIV.