UFC boss Dana White reveals he tested positive for Covid after Thanksgiving and took recovery advice from Joe Rogan
UFC president Dana White has revealed he tested positive for Covid following a Thanksgiving family trip.
The MMA mogul and his loved ones spent their Thanksgiving weekend in their home away from in Maine.
But the UFC supremo ended up losing his sense of smell upon his return home.
He told Jim Rome: “We went up to my place in Maine for Thanksgiving; it’s tradition we go up there every Thanksgiving.
“Somebody up there had it, and we get back and we all tested positive for COVID. Literally the whole family and my family up in Maine, too.
“We got back on Saturday. On Sunday – I cold plunge and steam everyday – I get out of the cold plunge and I get in the steam, and I spray the eucalyptus and I couldn’t smell anything.
“So I open the bottle, I start sniffing the bottle of eucalyptus, and I’m like yeah, I got no smell. So you know what this means.”
White then sought the advice of UFC commentator Joe Rogan, who has been slammed by some corners of the medical community for his approach to treating the virus.
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White continued: “I literally got out of the steam, picked up my phone and called Joe Rogan.”
“[Joe] said as soon as you get up in the morning, get tested. So I get up 9 o’clock Monday morning, get tested, I test positive.
“He said get monoclonal antibodies in you as soon as possible. So I did.
“By noon, I had the monoclonal antibodies in me and then he told me to do an NAD drip. I did that.
“I get up Tuesday, getting ready to shave, cleaning my razor, I could smell the alcohol. My taste and smell were back the next day by 11 o’clock in the morning.
“Then I took a dose of ivermectin yesterday and then I did a vitamin drip and then today I did another NAD drip. Could not feel better.
“Feel like a million bucks. I’m doing two-a-day workouts by the way for the next 10 days while I have COVID, I’m in quarantine. I got my smell and taste back in less than 24 hours.”
White’s didn’t hesitate to follow Rogan’s instructions, adding: “Listen, I’m vaccinated.
“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.”
White is hoping to be virus-free and back in his office in the coming days, adding: “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 [I’ll be at UFC Vegas 44]. If I test negative, then absolutely positively I’ll be there.
I’m going to do the exact protocol that’s supposed to be done to make sure I’m clean and can go and be around people again.
“As soon as that’s 100 percent clear, then I’ll be back to work.”
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