

And I’m really of mind to say, ‘Look, if you didn’t get vaccinated you got COVID, you don’t get into a hospital. “So like, if you have a heart attack or any kind of problem, you can’t even get into the E.R. “The other thing I hate is that all these people with COVID who won’t get vaccinated are in the hospitals clogging it up,” he continued. Stern addressed the overwhelmed hospitals, as well. Federal data shows that three-quarters of intensive care unit (ICU) beds across the country are full, with 28% of those beds taken by COVID-19 patients. population is vaccinated, according the CDC. is averaging more than 152,000 new cases a day, largely driven by the more contagious delta variant of the virus, which is spreading through the unvaccinated population. topped 40 million, and as the number of children and teens with the novel coronavirus that causes COVID passed 250,000 for the first time since the start of the pandemic last year. His on-air remarks came the same week that the number of COVID-19 cases confirmed in the U.S. Related: ‘I don’t hate Donald, I hate you’ - Howard Stern, a longtime Trump friend, blasts those who voted for him “As I remember, when I went to school, you had to get a measles vaccine. “When are we going to stop putting up with the idiots in this country and just say it’s mandatory to get vaccinated?” said Stern. He noted that certain vaccines have long been required to go to public schools and colleges, or to enroll in the military. This is bull-.” ”Īnd Stern, 67, countered the argument that getting vaccinated is a matter of personal freedom. Fauci and belittling anyone who dares to question the government’s role in mandating vaccines for all.““F- them. Rogan and Portnoy are open to opposing viewpoints. Instead, it’s that Joe Rogan and Dave Portnoy now ask the questions Stern won’t - they challenge our leaders and expose their incompetence. The story isn’t about which broadcasters are right about the vaccine and which are wrong. Ironically, Joe Rogan and Dave Portnoy have benefited the most from Stern’s transformation. The need for mavericks, independent thinkers, and honest voices. He instead has a judgmental view of anyone outside of his Hollywood circle.Īs a result, Howard Stern has abandoned the marketplace demand he created. Stern does not have an open mind anymore. While Stern remains one of the best broadcasters in the country, he now lacks curiosity. He almost seems like he’d be wagging his finger at a younger self, if that makes any sense,” Portnoy adds.Īs Portnoy acknowledged, Stern “revolutionized everything.” What’s so bizarre is that the Stern who revolutionized broadcasting spent decades mocking the kind of person Stern is today. “He seems like somebody who slung it and would do anything and he’s quick now to, like, wag his finger at you. Stern's first radio experience was at Boston University.

His grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Poland and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Howard Allan Stern was born on January 12, 1954, in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, to Rae (Schiffman), an inhalation therapist, and Bernard Stern, who co-owned a cartoon/commercial production studio. On his podcast this week, Portnoy said Stern has “ become hypocritical.” Howard Stern, Producer: Howard Stern on Demand. So who better to add into the mix than Dave Portnoy? And I’m really of a mind to say, ‘Look, if you didn’t get vaccinated and you got COVID, you don’t get into a hospital.'”įor background, Stern, who is vaccinated, rarely leaves his house these days over fears of the virus. If you have a heart attack or any kind of problem, you can’t even get into the E.R. “When are we gonna stop putting up with the idiots in this country and just say, ‘It’s mandatory to get vaccinated’? F- ’em. Go f- yourself, we just don’t have time for you. Don’t bother with science, it’s too late. Don’t take the cure, but don’t clog up our hospitals with your COVID when you finally get it. We want you to all either go the hospital, and stay home, die there with your COVID. “We have no time for idiots in this country anymore. Here are Stern’s comments aimed at Rogan, who has not taken the vaccine: Interestingly, while Rogan has not responded, Barstool’s founder Dave Portnoy has. Howard Stern continues to take shots at Joe Rogan over his stance on the coronavirus and vaccine.
