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:
Country Music Star Trace Adkins Bashes Vaccines Critics tells Bill Maher “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.” pic.twitter.com/PV7yspFvfP
— Anthony Scott (@AnthonyScottTGP) January 21, 2024
“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.”
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:
Clearly not the brightest crayon in the box.
— Lil Olady (@AmericaFirstFL2) January 21, 2024
It’s sad that he believes in a vaccine that has killed or permanently damaged people.
— DjluvsAmerica (@DjluvsAmerica2) January 21, 2024
Between hm & his mother they’ve had Covid SIX times – yeah Trace, that Vaccine is really working
— kiwitrump (@kiwitrump) January 21, 2024
He seems smart. But it’s your body @TraceAdkins. Fill it up with poison if you want. Just don’t ask me to
— Freedom is Cool (@freedomiscool70) January 21, 2024
He just wants to kiss the ***of Hollywood so he can get another role with his terrible acting
— BEBT (@BEBT242884651) January 21, 2024
This is why celebs need to learn go shut up and perform. We don’t want anything else from them. His ignorance towards Vax injuries and his platform is dangerous
— Brian Batie (@Brian_300zx) January 21, 2024
Adkins, a spokesman for Wounded Warrior, does TV ads asking for donations to support vets/troops.
While I applaud that effort, I wonder if Trace would be willing to do ads to support active duty troops who had their careers destroyed for refusing the “vaccine”?
— Golden❄️JudyYoung ✝️ (@ForeverSooner) January 21, 2024
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:
Most vaccine skeptics were concerned by the side effects, not that they thought a tracking chip was being inserted. Straw man.
— GrokKing (@GrokKing77) January 21, 2024
Maher is a tool as always,, just straight to the chip tracking jumping over the CDCs own information documenting stating the increased risk in myocarditis
— chris000 (@chris0054624639) January 21, 2024
Well, as Trace sang “It ain’t no thinkin’ thing, right brain left brain…”(no brain) I’m a little surprised at his ignorance. Of course, Maher brings up the stupid “chip” theory.
— David Nyles Kennedy (@david_nyles) January 21, 2024
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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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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