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The Philip DeFranco Show

The Shocking $200k LEGO Scandal Twist No One Saw Coming & The Joe Rogan Measles Situation is So Bad

The Philip DeFranco Show

philip defranco

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4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Visit Medexpress.co.uk.ukas-Uk.com slash podcast to learn more. The show Rogan situation is actually getting worse, faster than even experts thought. These reckless Ben 200K-Lago scandal updates really expose what's going to happen next from here. A UK teen who died from a stab wound while handcuffed to spark mass outrage. And everything you've seen around Spencer Pratt, It's just gonna get crazier from here. We're talking about all of that and even more on today's brand new Philip DeFranco's show you daily dive into the news. So buckle up, hit that like button, and let's just jump into it, starting with this. Well, the United States was at the peak of its largest measles outbreak in decades. Joe Rogan was actively driving people to dangerous and unproven treatments. And that's not me, shit talking or speculating. That is literally the findings of a newly released medical study by the Jama network. Right, last year, the US saw the most reported measles cases, outbreaks, affected states, and deaths since 1992. And that's kind of insane because until 1989, doctors routinely recommended a second dose of the measles vaccine for kids who

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were four to six years old or about three years after the first dose. And so we're talking about levels that really haven't been seen ever since kids were given proper immunity to the disease. And since the outbreak last year, measles cases have still remained historically high. Right, just by the end of May, the CDC reported a total of just under 2,000 cases, which is insane because that's just a few hundred lower than the under 2,300 for all of last year.

1:30.1

And we're not even halfway through the year. At the current rate, 2026 could easily surpass 2025 if the current trends continue. And you've got experts left and right believing that the U.S. is on track to lose its measles elimination status this fall. But then also, you have this new Jama study specifically focusing on the peak of last's outbreak, around February and March when transmission was the highest. And during the absolute height of the outbreak, there was an influx of prominent public figures that were pushing to take vitamin A or cod liver oil, which contains high levels of vitamin A, as a treatment for the measles. And before we even get into the Rogan clips, I want to be very clear here, there are no proven treatments for the measles. All you can do is manage the symptoms once you get it. But there's also a very simple way to prevent against the measles, and this, it might be crazy, it might shock you. But it's the measles vaccine. One dose is 93% effective against measles and two doses are 97% effective. And CDC data shows that more than 90% of confirmed infections in both 2025 and 26 cases were among people who were unvaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown. And then you compare that to vitamin A, which is essentially an unproven treatment, at least in developing countries like the United States. Right, there are some very limited studies that show vitamin A can be an effective supportive measles therapy for children in lower-income countries who are malnourished and have vitamin A deficiencies. But there's not actually much evidence that it's effective in higher income countries like the United States where less than 1% of the population has a vitamin A deficiency. In fact, ingesting too much vitamin A can actually be toxic. Right, that's because of the way that our bodies store vitamin A. It accumulates in the liver and other tissues. And so in very serious cases, that toxicity can cause vomiting, muscle weakness, liver damage,

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and potentially even damage the bones and brain. But in late March or last year, at the height

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of the historic outbreak, you had Rogan spreading dangerous misinformation about vitamin A during

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an interview on his podcast with Dr. Suzanne Humphreys. Who's a well-known vaccine skeptic,

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who wrote an incredibly controversial book called dissolving illusions that Rogan has repeatedly

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touted. But it's the doctors should be recommending those things too.

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Like they're good too.

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Like vitamin D, super important.

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You know, vitamin A, super important.

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And one of the things that you talked about in the book is that I think this was really

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important.

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When you were talking about the measles vaccine,

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you were saying that either if you get an infection with measles,

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