Joe Rogan yells "Holy sh*t!" after Harvard professor of genetics David Sinclair says sudden blindness has DOUBLED because of GLP-1 drugs.
Then Rogan pulls up the data himself — and what he reads out loud is even worse.
SINCLAIR: "Glaucoma and also sudden blindness. It's called NAION, which is now twice as more prevalent because of the GLP-1 drugs."
ROGAN: "Really?!"
SINCLAIR: "It's not well known. Obviously companies don't want to talk about it. But yes, sudden blindness has doubled, seemingly because of these meds."
ROGAN: "Holy shit!"
SINCLAIR: "Careful."
ROGAN: "Sudden blindness has doubled because of GLP-1s?"
SINCLAIR: "Due to NAION, which is like a stroke in your eye, and then your other eye can go. Which is pretty scary. And there's nothing you can do about it. Hopefully our drug does work for those people."
ROGAN: "And, obviously correlation does not equal causation, but it seems to be."
SINCLAIR: "Yeah, there's a scientist at Harvard. You could look up his work. Joe Rizzo. It looks like it's repeatable across the planet."
ROGAN: "Wow, that's terrible. Terrible because there's so many people out there that are just telling everyone they should get on GLP-1s… Like online podcasters saying, 'Everyone should get on GLP-1s… It's going to transform society.' I'm like, 'We just started taking these! The f*ck are you saying?!'"
SINCLAIR: "Yeah, it's not risk free. Same with ED drugs."
ROGAN: "Here goes. Recent studies suggest that a potential risk — rare link between GLP-1 receptor agonist medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, blah, blah, blah, and… an eye stroke [that] can cause sudden, painless loss of vision in one eye, while absolute risk remains very low."
ROGAN: "Well, very low is like… What does that mean?"
SINCLAIR: "One in 10,000 people."
ROGAN: "One in 10,000?"
SINCLAIR: "Oh no. Total of 10,000."
ROGAN: "Oh, total of 10,000 so far? How many people are taking this stuff?"
[Rogan continues reading]
"The drugs were 68.6 times more likely to develop this [eye stroke] and 8 times more likely to develop… diabetic retinopathy."
ROGAN: "Oh, my God. Then… Wow."
ROGAN: "Yeah, man. These things are just — they're just rolling out…"
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Ella arrived at Newark Airport from Bellingham, Washington, in the middle of the night, January 2007. We were there waiting to welcome her, comfort her, and clean her off after a cross-country flight that changed her and our lives forever.
She was a part of our family before we even became a family. Ella joined us before we married, before our son grew up, before our daughter was born, before we added four more dogs.
She was a little chocolate brown labradoodle, who proved her strength and fierceness early on when she brought a dead baby bunny back into our house.
She was, as my wife called her, my “constant companion.” Long before the pandemic and even after it, she quietly sat in my office, hearing every conversation, watching every live shot, knowing all the news before it was reported. She didn’t care what the stories were; she just was happy being with me.
When she did leave my office, she loved walks and car rides. She always knew which button to push to lower the window so she could stick her head out and feel the wind in her face.
Over the years, the rides and walks became more infrequent. She lost her vision and hearing. She developed doggy dementia, which led to seizures and breathing issues. She was in diapers. Her dark chocolate brown coat turned gray. But as much as her life changed, she was most happy in our arms or in our bed, laying with us, licking our faces.
Yet Ella’s good days dwindled, and as tough as it was – and we agonized over it -- it became time to let her go. We did that Thursday, an all-time sad day.
For the third time in just over 18 months, we lost one of our beloved furry friends, our other children. We lost Benny in January 2025, Bailey this March, and now Ella. It’s too much. We now are down to two dogs, Apple and Brady. Our house feels empty and our hearts feel broke. Ella’s pain has been transferred to us.
Ella lived almost 20 years – she would have been 20 in November - and was a part of our graduations, celebrations, happy and sad moments. We know what we had and what she meant. But for all the time we had together -- and it was more than most get -- it still wasn’t enough.
We always will remember and love our little Ellies.
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