Howard Stern rips vaccine opponents: ‘F–

Radio host Howard Stern blasted opponents of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, stating that “nutjobs” are trampling on his “freedom to live.”

“When are we going to stop putting up with the idiots in this country and just say it’s mandatory to get vaccinated?” Stern said to listeners on his eponymous SiriusXM program.

“As I remember, when I went to school, you had to get a measles vaccine. You had to get a mumps vaccine,” Stern said.

Vaccine hesitancy remains an issue in the U.S. as the country continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic. Efforts to stamp out coronavirus have been complicated by the spread of the highly contagious delta variant first found in India. It is now the dominant strain in the U.S.

Opponents of the vaccine argue that it is a matter of personal freedom what substances they are allowed to put in their body. However, public health professionals and proponents of the inoculation argue that vaccines protect both the recipient and the general population from spreading disease.

“F— them. F— their freedom. I want my freedom to live,” Stern, 67, said. “I want to get out of the house. I want to go next door and play chess. I want to go take some pictures. This is bullshit.”