Joe Rogan exposes why he will never move to Australia: ‘That’s what happens when no one has guns’ See details here

US podcaster Joe Rogan has told his massive audience that he would not move to Australia because the country put people in ‘concentration camps’ for ‘a cold’ during the Covid lockdowns.

He also said that kind of repression was only possible because Australia prevented its people having guns.

The remarks came during Rogan’s conversation with retired Mixed Martial Arts fighter Royce Gracie as they discussed a perceived reduction in personal freedom in the US amid rising crime.

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‘I keep telling people if America falls I think the whole world will fall, the rest of the world will fall,’ Gracie said.

‘Yeah, maybe that’s the plan,’ responded Rogan, who has over 14.5million followers for his podcasts on Spotify.

‘There’s no place that has this kind of freedom,’ he added as Royce continued to ask ‘where would you go’?

Eventually Rogan said he once considered Australia was a viable alternative to the US but his mind had since changed.

‘I used to think Australia but then I saw how they handled the pandemic I was like ‘”oh f**, that well that’s what happens when no one has guns”,’ he said.

‘Yep the army just rolls in and tells you what to do and puts you in concentration camps because you have a cold, like it’s crazy.’

During the Covid pandemic Australia quarantined people arriving in the country for weeks before they were able to enter the community.

Most were put in hotels but some were also housed in temporary isolation camps.

Australia’s specialised national quarantine facility, Howard Springs on the outskirts of Darwin, hosted around 64,000 people for a mandatory two-week isolation period.

Opponents of the quarantine arrangement described the Howard Springs centre as a ‘concentration camp’.

These quarantined at Howard Springs were charged for the cost of accommodation, food, medical support, policing and security.

They were charged $2,500 per person, or $5,000 for a family of two or more people, for the 14 days

Even members of Australia’s Olympic team returning from the Tokyo Olympics did 14 day stays at the facility.

Australia gained worldwide headlines during the pandemic period for deporting Serbian tennis superstar Novak Djokovic for not taking the Covid vaccines.

Djokovic was forced to leave Australia just days before he was scheduled to walk on court as the defending Australian Open champion in January 2022 because he entered the country unvaccinated during pandemic border restrictions.

In an interview with US TV network CBS in December Djokovic revealed the experience still scarred him.