Bill Maher And Seth MacFarlane Clash Over Vaccine Mandates And “Natural Immunity”: “That Was Debunked”

Bill Maher hashed it out with Seth MacFarlane in a heated debate over COVID-19 vaccine mandates, accusing the Family Guy star of wanting to be the “one true opinion” when it comes to the topic.

On a recent episode of Maher’s Club Random podcast, he claimed people who aren’t doctors are more often correct than those with a medical background. For example, he said our country “did not allow for natural immunity” when it came to COVID-19.

“If you already had the disease you have natural immunity. We didn’t seem to believe in that,” Maher said, to which MacFarlane argued, “That was debunked though. Don’t you know people who have had COVID four or five times? I do. That’s not natural immunity. There’s no immunity there. You’ve had COVID five times.”

Maher then speculated that vaccinated people have had the disease more than once because they have “had too many vaccines,” prompting MacFarlane to question whether he actually believes the vaccine gave him COVID.

“The vaccine, which does weaken you in order to strengthen you, but while you are in a weakened state, yes,” Maher confirmed. “That’s why so many people, like me, got it [and] did not have it while the thing was raging. I was taking zero precautions because I was never that afraid of it.”

Maher only dug his heels in further when MacFarlane, who called out his “anecdotal” experience, noted that vaccinated individuals statistically have a better chance at survival and staying out of the hospital than those who are unvaccinated.

“But that’s assuming all people are alike and that’s one of the giant fallacies in your way of thinking,” Maher fired back. “We are not all alike. Yes, I recommend and have recommended the COVID vaccine for the high-risk people. If you’re 90 or fat, get it. Absolutely. You need it. Some people don’t.”

The Real Time host added that you “can’t prevent” the deaths of millions of people in a pandemic, to which MacFarlane hit back, “You can, though!” before questioning Maher on the “cost” of getting the vaccine.

“The fact that you don’t even have a clue what’s the cost of getting a vaccine — that you don’t know the answer to that. You completely want to shut your eyes to the fact that there are repercussions to all medical interventions including a vaccine,” Maher scoffed. “I’m not against doing vaccines. I’m against doing vaccines that I don’t think I need. I should be able to decide that for myself inside my body.”

The host said he’s “not blaming doctors,” but because they were “learning right alongside us” — as MacFarlane pointed out — we should not buy into “the science.”

“There’s no the in science. That’s what you want. You want just to be the one true opinion,” Maher fumed, while MacFarlane assured him, “That’s not true at all. The strength of science is that it has the capacity to evolve.”

The actor continued, “By the time I got the vaccine, this was the most tested vaccine in the history of vaccination. So many people by that point had had it, by the time it got into my arm it was like, ‘Alright, I think I’m gonna be OK.’”

Despite their debate, Maher admitted at the end that he “took one for the team” and got the vaccine anyway.