was on the ventilator and the judge allowed him to have ivermectin and he came back to life and so therefore ivermectin must work because there was a guy on the ventilator and he came back to life. And here's what's missing in the story. Is there anywhere in the United States where there's somebody who's so bad off with COVID that they're on a ventilator and have not been given Regeneron anywhere? Because I'm sure these stories about the guy who got ivermectin also got Regeneron and we know that works, right? So how could you possibly tell what was the one that was working? I wouldn't trust any of those stories.

So there's a new variant right on time. Did you think things were going to open up or did you think there'd be a new variant right on time? Well here it comes. And it's been given a racist name which is weird. It's called the South African variant. Now that's what the racists call it. I would call it the COVID some Greek symbol variant because I'm not a racist. But as Steve Cortes points out the BBC is calling it the South Africa variant. And you know you certainly couldn't call the COVID a Chinese virus or a China virus which would be less about the people and more about the country. But why is this okay? Do you notice that the rules just go away when they're not convenient? That's right. Today is not Black Friday. Today is All People Friday. All People Friday.

All right well it looks like we're going to be served up an infinite number of variants but the big ones will come on schedule because what is the schedule right now? This is when we should be afraid of the variants. So we're shutting down our economies again. Get your tenth booster shot Scott. There's somebody in all caps who's very concerned for me. Thank you. Would you just shout at me in all caps again? I liked it.

All right, looking at your comments for a moment. All right. Oh you love me. Well thank you. Get that flag up. I don't know what that means. Here in Europe we're calling it the Botswana variant. Okay, does hypnosis help chronic pain? I'm being asked. I think it can. I think it can but it also depends on the person and the hypnotist. And given the pain is part real and part how you process it I think you can. I'm not one hundred percent sure that by the way because I've never tried it but I've heard acupuncture can work in some cases depending on the pain. By the way I'm a big acupuncture skeptic but I've been getting it lately for just relaxation and it is crazy how much it relaxes you. Like the first time I thought okay that's anecdotal. I got real relaxed afterwards. That can't be anything real. But I've repeated it a number of times and how you feel after you get acupuncture if you're doing it for relaxation specifically it's kind of freaky. It's kind of freaky. You wouldn't expect it to have anything. Now you might say to me Scott, Scott, Scott it's all the placebo effect but if it works every time why would I not do it? I mean it doesn't matter what it is. I