UFC President Dana White Tests Positive For COVID-19

Dana White announced Wednesday on "The Jim Rome Podcast" that he has tested positive for COVID-19 — stemming from a Thanksgiving gathering he attended in Maine. Relatives that attended the event were announced as COVID-positive as well, according to the UFC president.

Details of the announcement state White is essentially free of any ailments and recovered from minor symptoms such as loss of taste and smell a day later.

"You're supposed to stay home and stay away from other people for 10 days," White responded over the immediate procedures in response to the diagnosis. "That's what I'm doing … I'm going to keep testing every two days until I'm negative and then I'm going to get back to work ASAP." 

White says he consulted with UFC commentator and podcast host Joe Rogan after the positive COVID result and began taking home remedies recommended by Rogan. Included in the list of treatments were an IV drip and ivermectin — which has led to flak directed at Rogan based on a narrative surrounding ivermectin's use as a horse dewormer. The media's disdain for Rogan's medical advice has been predicated on advising alternates to the heavily promoted vaccines.

With an event slated a little over a week since White contracted COVID, the UFC boss expects to be in attendance for Font vs. Aldo on Dec. 4 if he tests negative before the event.

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