.@DanaWhite
starts Ep 200 by telling us he and his family have tested positive
for Covid-19, despite being vaccinated. He says he’s in isolation,
feels great & plans to make Sat night’s promotion. Plus, updates on
Conor, Chimaev, Gaethje & Usman.LISTEN: https://t.co/el6HPXs9gu pic.twitter.com/2CS7ZD9kdU
— Jim Rome (@jimrome)
December 1, 2021
Dana White might not be present at UFC
on ESPN 31 this weekend after recently testing positive for
COVID-19.
The UFC president revealed on the “Jim Rome Podcast” that he tested positive for the virus after
a family gathering for Thanksgiving. According to White, he is
fully vaccinated.
“We just went up to my place in Maine and for Thanksgiving it’s
tradition we go up there, and somebody had it, and we get back, and
we all tested positive for COVID,” White said. “Literally the whole
family and my family up in Maine, too.”
White said he noticed that he had los his sense of taste and smell
upon returning home from the trip but otherwise had very minimal
symptoms.
“We got back on Saturday. On Sunday, I cold plunge and steam every
day,” White said. “So I get out of the cold plunge and steam, and I
spray the eucalyptus and I was like, ‘What the hell?’ I couldn’t
smell anything. So I opened the bottle and start sniffing the
bottle of eucalyptus, and I couldn’t smell and I was like, ‘I know
what this means.’ I literally got out of the steam and got on my
phone and called Joe Rogan.”
Rogan was a source of controversy after he revealed the variety of
drugs he took after testing positive for COVID-19. Still, White had
no problem trusting the UFC commentator and popular podcast
host.
“Listen, I’m vaccinated,” White said. “It’s not like I’m some crazy
anti-vax conspiracy theorist or some of that stuff but Rogan is a
very brilliant guy. Very smart guy who talks to the best and the
brightest out there and I’m not a believer in the narrative. But at
the end of the day, this is a free country. Cause what happens when
you get this stuff, they tell you stay home for the next 10 days
until you don’t test positive. That doesn’t seem smart to me. Just
like when we went through COVID, I believe in finding solutions to
problems and answers.
“Rogan has worked with over 30 or 40 people that have done this and
he swears by it, and he’s a good friend of mine that I’ve known for
over 20 years. So yeah, I believe in what he’s saying. I believe
the way he explained to me on how this thing works made sense to
me.”
With that in mind, White followed the regimen recommended by Rogan
and is feeling completely healthy after recovering his senses.
“I get up, 9 o’clock Monday morning, and I get tested,” White said.
“He said get monoclonal antibodies in you as soon as possible, so I
did. By noon, I had the monoclonal antibodies in me. Then he told
me to do a NAD drip. I did that right after. The next day – so
Sunday at 8 o’clock at night I have no taste or smell. I get up
Tuesday getting ready to shave. Cleaning my razor, I could smell
the alcohol. My taste and smell were back by the next day by 11
o’clock. Then I took a dose of ivermectin. Then yesterday I did a
vitamin drip, and today I’m doing another NAD drip.
“Never felt better. I’m feeling like a million bucks. I’m doing
two-a-day workouts for the next 10 days while I have COVID and I’m
in quarantine. I got my smell and taste back in less than 24
hours.”
White remains in quarantine with his family and is following the
recommended procedures that have been established for someone who
tests positive for COVID. Ideally, he hopes to return in time for
Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 31 card, but that’s only if he submits a
negative test.
“I’m doing the protocol,” White said. “You’re supposed to stay home
and stay away from other people for 10 days. That’s what I’m doing.
But I’m attacking this thing with the methods that Rogan has
learned from some very smart people. I’m going to keep testing
every two days until I’m negative and then I’m going to get back to
work ASAP.
“I hope (to attend Saturday’s event). If I test negative then I
will absolutely, positively be there. I’m going to do the exact
protocol that’s supposed to be done and make sure that I’m clean
and can go around and be around people again.”