Dana White Tested Positive for COVID-19, Consulted Joe Rogan for Treatment Methods

.@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.

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— 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.”