A week after Tim Pool hosted an indoor event for his subscribers, the YouTuber tested positive for COVID-19 as have many in his media company. Informing the attendees isn't necessary, he tells @thedailybeast, and Joe Rogan offered to pay his medical bill. thedailybeast.com/tim-pool-caugh…
Pool, who is unvaccinated, said he wasn't concerned about attendees or the venue because they “contract traced and sourced” the first case within the group. At the event, his producer cheered those who'd refused to get vaccinated. Pool agrees with her. thedailybeast.com/tim-pool-caugh…
Pool's show has been on haitus for a week. His fans certianly took notice of the radio silence. On 4chan trolls mocked up a Vice News story suggesting he'd met his untimely demise. thedailybeast.com/tim-pool-caugh…
After testing positive on Friday, Pool's case took a turn for the worse. A clinic told him doctors wouldn't prescribe ivermectin, so he turned to a friend: Joe Rogan, who also was prescribed ivermectin post-infection and advised him to get a new doctor. thedailybeast.com/tim-pool-caugh…
Unnamed private doctors did prescribe a "kitchen sink" of treatments. Pool initially didn't want to take ivermectin partly because he was feeling better, and partly because, “The media’s going to start claiming I was taking horse dewormer,” he said. thedailybeast.com/tim-pool-caugh…
For months, Pool has railed against vaccine mandates. It's a totalitarian act, akin to George Orwell’s 1984. They will eventually lead to authoritarian rule and the imposition of “social credit scores,” followed by societal and economic collapse, he's said thedailybeast.com/tim-pool-caugh…
They didn't check vaccination status at the Oct. 23 event held at a bar and grill in WV. The first 200 tickets were doled out for free to his website subscribers and comics Ryan Long and Danny Polishchuk provided the main entertainment. Here's an excerpt: thedailybeast.com/tim-pool-caugh…
During the Q&A portion of the shindig, Pool's producer Lydia Smith, who is also unvaccinated because of a pre-existing medical condition, she's said, encouraged others to avoid the jab, even if it cost them their jobs. Pool's fans in the crowd applauded. thedailybeast.com/tim-pool-caugh…
Pool didn't feel it was necessary to contact his fans who attended the event and let them know about the positive tests. According to the bar, someone told them over the weekend. Pool, though, refused to say if the bar was notified at all. Then he got mad. thedailybeast.com/tim-pool-caugh…
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