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‘Give me a vaccine for everything!’ Country singer Trace Adkins bashes vaxx skepticism ‘crap’

January 21, 2024 | | Print Article

Country music singer Trace Adkins is being pilloried on social media for bashing COVID-19 vaccine skepticism.

During an appearance this weekend on comedian Bill Maher’s podcast, COVID-19 and its vaccine came up as a topic.

The whole podcast can be heard below:

Initially Adkins, who unapologetically voted for former President Donald Trump in 2020, revealed that his mother had contracted the virus three times.

“And she’s 81,” he said. “The first time she got it was pretty rough, but then the next two times it wasn’t very bad. She had built up a natural immunity, I suppose.”

He added that he too contracted the virus multiple times, and this despite being vaccinated.

It’s at this point that Maher facetiously asked him whether he believes in any COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theories.

“So you didn’t think the vaccine had a chip in it to track you?” the comedian asked.

Listen to Adkins’ reply below:

“You know what?” he said. “I just don’t buy all of that crap, you know? I’m like, ‘Give me a vaccine for everything that you’ve got one for.’ I’ll take them. I’m not scared of that. I don’t think they’re trying to put something in the vaccines to control us.”

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The remarks have since gone viral and triggered backlash from COVID-19 vaccine skeptics who were offended by the way he’d expressed his blind support for the novel vaccine.

Critics have also mocked him for contracting the virus multiple times despite being vaccinated.

Here’s a small sample of the backlash:

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However, Maher is also facing some backlash for the strawman he’d composed. The fact is that only a few people believe the COVID-19 vaccine contains a chip inside it.

Conversely, many people seriously worry about the side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine, which has been linked to myocarditis, among other dangerous conditions.

Yet Maher conveniently chose to ignore the legitimate arguments against the vaccine in favor of a conspiratorial, fringe one.

Critics weren’t pleased:

What is the “stupid ‘chip’ theory,” exactly?

“Among the conspiracy theories circulating about the coronavirus pandemic, one claim is that Covid-19 vaccines contain microchips that the government or global elites like Bill Gates would use to track citizens,” according to CNBC.

But unlike the COVID-19 vaccine’s side effects, this theory is a figment of people’s imagination.

“That’s just not possible as far as the size that would be required for that microchip,” Dr. Matt Laurens, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, told CNBC.

“Second, that microchip would have to have an associated power source, and then in addition, that power source would have to transmit a signal through at least an inch of muscle and fat and skin to a remote device, which again, just doesn’t make sense,” he added.

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