Questlove has announced that he’s partnered with Pfizer in an attempt to further educate people on COVID-19.
The Roots drummer took to Instagram on Thursday (January 12) to announce the partnership in a carousel post that included a commercial about how to be more properly prepared to fight the virus. His caption shared a similar sentiment.
“Big things are coming in 2023! Y’all know when I take on a project it’s because it represents something really important to me,” Quest began. “So, sharing the news that I’ve joined up with @Pfizerinc to encourage y’all to get smarter with me and Know Plan Go when it comes to #COVID19.
“There are a lot of reasons why losing weight can improve your health but being on the heavier side actually puts me at high risk for severe COVID-19, which was a bit of a wake-up call,” he continued. “This is why I’m joining up with Pfizer to make sure everyone understands what risk factors they may have, including being overweight, that could put them at high risk of getting very sick from the virus.
“KNOW your risk of getting severe COVID-19, PLAN ahead before the virus strikes & be prepared to GO ask your healthcare provider about authorized oral treatment options if you are at high risk and test positive.”
He ended the post by pointing people to the website: www.knowplango.com
The post arrived on the same week Lupe Fiasco ended up in a heated debate about the vaccine with fellow rapper Chris Webby. The pair went back and forth on Twitter on Wednesday (January 11) after Lupe argued his pro-vaccine stance.
“I’m no longer responding to people regarding vaccines, bill gates, ‘THEY’s’, conspiracy theories or the government with people with less than 200,000 Followers,” Lupe wrote.
Chris Webby responded: “Sore loser to boot eh? And deleting your tweets after previously mocking others for deleting theirs because you, and I quote, ‘destroyed their points’ .. To imagine you used to be this guy.”
Webby included a Genius screenshot about his 2011 song “Words I Never Said” criticizing the U.S. government and challenging the status quo.
Lupe responded to Webby by asking him to have a proper conversation about the topic on Twitter Spaces, to which he obliged – noting that he’d “get booted from IG” for his stance on the vaccine.
The pair later locked horns over the vaccine on Twitter Spaces, with Lupe in support of the vaccine and Webby fully against it. You can listen to their conversation here.
Let’s be honest he’s fat and Pfizer cut him a huge check.
Vaccines have helped humans minimize or even eradicate deadly diseases for decades now. Anti-vaxxers are just a bunch of know nothing, ignorant, simpletons. Educate yourself, science over hocus-pocus conspiracies.
Huh? You can be against THIS vaccine and not be against vaccines writ large. Especially since it doesn’t stop transmission. Kids have by and large innate immunity to coronavirus type disease. The median age of death and severe disease is the elderly. Also it mostly affects those with underlying illnesses. To act as much of the West did during the height of covid has affected many areas of our society. But of course ‘anti vaxx’ is label they try to tarnish us with 🙄
Use just got ripped a new hole by the person that replied to you. you lack any real education on what covid really was, its like it was right in front of your nose but you couldn’t smell it
Sounds like Nigeria in 1997!!
Never follow the advice of celebrities.
Never follow the advice of celebrities.
Never follow the advice of celebrities.