Due to a poor education system the majority of Americans lack skepticism, critical thinking skills, and basic knowledge.

I remember a quote from "Chernobyl" that was something along the lines of: "Every lie invokes a debt to the truth and sooner or later that debt must be paid"

The people who SHOULD watch this video, are NOT going to watch this video.

“60,000 Coronavirus deaths by August” Woooow, that has REALLY aged badly.

FOX NEWS: The More You Watch - The Less You Know

Fox News: He's an advisor from the Stanford school of medicine... Stanford School of Medicine: *HE DOESN'T EVEN GO HERE!*

Why can't they just stay home like Trump did during the Vietnam War?

that televangelist gives me the CREEPS

it's so depressingly funny how suddenly people become "pro choice" when it's their own freedom that's being limited

“Oh thanks Not A Medical Doctor Phil” I choked. 🤣🤣

They need to interrogate Phil about the 360,000 swimming pool deaths.

In a sea of madness - John Oliver is a breath of fresh air.

“Even though Trump has access to the country’s top experts, he’s still getting advice from watching TV.” That is one scary truth.

If 40k Americans died on a democratic president's watch we'd never hear the end of how terrible things were from Fox News.

I hope John's anger gets contagious. Wake up America.

The hydroxychloroquine thing really bugs me, I take it and I'm one of those people with lupus that is going to either run out soon or pay $2,000 for a refill. It's infuriating.

"it's called Covid-19 because it's 19th coronavirus" that might be the most brain-dead statement i've heard during this pandemic

Let me tell you as an "essential" worker , John covering this subject makes me feel more sane because the amount of people not taking this seriously only proves how selfish people can be. I am a 26 year old male working at a liquor store in the Dallas area and the way people have been acting about it had made me utterly infuriated. I wipe down my counters and cooler doors and the main entrance and despite that I've had people (customers) make fun of me for it. The worst part is I found out recently that one of my favorite customers passed away due to COVID-19 because her husband came into my store and told me what had happened. Retail in general is a nightmare and yes I want things to go back to normal too but cmon people. WAKE UP.

I have Lupus so I am especially in danger of getting the dissease and having major issues with fighting it off. I also have Autism so I love the social distancing. I've never been more comfortable shopping for my own groceries before, not having a stranger touch my body and pressing up against me just to rush me to pay faster is so nice, it's the best.

Can't wait to see John's take on the whole drinking Lysol thing.

This episode wasn’t a joke. I could hear John getting emotional and it was heartbreaking.

On a more positive note: in the US, this is now the longest time outside summer holidays without a school shooting in the last five years or so.

with no laugh track john olivers jokes are just super brutally punchy and hilarious and then he moves on to the next thing so smoothly

"You gigantic potato" is my new favourite insult

The fact that Fox has Drs. Phil and Oz as the "doctors" says it all.

Remember people, whenever you think life sucks being in lockdown, think of John's poor colleague that had to watch 2 weeks of Fox New to count the number of times 'Hyroxychloraquine' was mentioned.

Man, this whole coronavirus argument of "it's my body, it's my choice, I'll take the risk" reminds me of my arguments with smokers who wave off second-hand smoke.

Tucker C in April 2020: "An estimated 60,000 Americans will die from Coronavirus by August" Future me from July 2020: "Oh you wish it was only 60,000 your barely sentient polo mallet"

petition for John Oliver's wife to be the live audience.

John is so good at this without an audience. When watching his previous episodes, he barely pauses in between jokes then either, sometimes he has to repeat the first few words of his sentence because the audience is too loud, but now it's just me, cackling in the my living room. Props John

Me: "Is her grandson Ed Sheeran???" John: "Her grandson might be Ed Sheeran." Haha! So it's clearly not just me then!

Because it is often misused, COVID-19 is short for "Coronavirus Disease 2019" and is not the name for the novel corona virus, the correct name is SARS-CoV-2 (Severe acute respiratory (disease)syndrome corona virus 2) being the second discovered virus in the SARS family.

When your country always saves the world. But only in movies.

As a teenager, I hear a lot of my peers saying “I won’t let Corona ruin my summer”, and they continue to go out and meet up with friends. It’s troubling to see how willfully ignorant so many people are, ignoring the facts, thinking “I’m young so if I catch it I’ll be okay” even though that’s not the point. If we don’t want Corona to “ruin our summer”, then let’s make sure it ends during the spring. As Samuel L. Jackson put it best: Stay. The Fuck. Home.

Coming back to this one after Rush croaked is some strange form of vindication

Please, make a video called “Why covid is overblown. In almost every case, I hate clickbait, but the information you are giving is so vital that I need at least a few of the people who *actually* need to watch this end up watching it. I need you to pour your blood sweat and tears into a video that doesn’t mock them, and slowly builds up an undefeatable argument that once they have seen they physically cannot deny. You’re the only one who can do it.

Fox News shouldn't legally be allowed to call itself "news".

Only in the US does “liberate” mean “get back to work”

When an episode doesn't come out this week so you spend time rewatching every episode because it's quarantine and you don't know what to do with yourself.

It’s depressing watching this in late June now that the country’s response is back to about mid April level.

Stupidity isn't the lack of intelligence. It"s the refusal to use it.

I remember reading in my high school history class about the Middle Ages and thinking “ah, people were silly back then.” Luckily, I’ve been transported to the Middle Ages to see it for myself.

'Humble private jet farmer' LMAOOOOOOOOOOO

Ever since this originally aired its been my screen name. Fully aware im a dork. I love it!

Damn, you can tell he's pissed off at the stupidity.

The picture of the televangelist blowing at the camera is the most frightening thing I've seen in a long time.

How do people who actively spread misinformation live with themselves in times like this?

My new tinder pick up line: "Thicc be, in the name of Jesus"

I'm so sorry for everyone in USA that is not an idiot.

" When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat " - George Carlin

"Thicc be, in the name of Jesus" Gonna say this my first night back in the clubs when they open.

I cannot accept that Kenneth Copeland isn't a goblin trying to pretend he's human

You know it’s serious when we didn’t even get to talk about Adam Driver.

My grandpa died this weekend because of the virus. As a nursing student I'm frustrated because my family did everything right but when I go out to the grocery stores for my family and see people not wearing mask and making comments like "it's just the flu" I get so angry. How can we be so dumb. How can we not care about each other. I just honestly don't understand. For this to be America. I am truly shocked and heart broken.

Even without the audience i still laugh my ass off

I died when he said he looks like a Santa who got me too'd.

There was a reddit comment that said someone should show up to these protests dressed as the grim reaper looking at their watch and tapping their foot impatiently 😌

I've avoided televangilists all my life, and Kenneth's face convinced me that I made a good decision. He looks like my sleep paralysis demon.

“Forcing us to stay home longer” And here we are over a year later lmao 😭

Boy, watching this in October is kind of a trip.

I noticed something about this segment. Something makes me feel like this was the angriest we may have ever seen John. Normally, he's definitely upset about whatever infuriating subject he is delving into, but he seems to push the anger for a more satirical humor. This time, it really seemed like he was holding back his anger a bit. Something tells me, that he isn't just furious. He's absolutely livid. Just a theory, and I certainly don't blame him. I'm about there myself as a Michigander who knows too many who buy into those stories.

As an European, even our most extreme stereotypes of americans weren’t as ridiculous as some of these people...

The Best show ever. Thank you. You are light in this age of darkness. Best regards from Serbia.

I love John Oliver. He is an intelligent and thoughtful man actually giving the best advice as well as giving voice to our frustration and anger at the Fox media and other right wing fanatics that are being reckless and irresponsible in their reporting. Thank you John Oliver for your humor and your very serious and thoughtful information.

He's getting better at doing this without a crowd.

This is the angriest I've ever seen John get and its 100% waranted

Honestly I kinda like choosing when to laugh for myself.

Brilliant. NEVER stop doing what you do John, we all need your insight and common sense. Now more than ever.

Damn Dr Phil just lost all the respect I didn’t have for him

It is so frustrating to see one covid episode after another. But I can't imagine how frustrating it is to have to make those. John Oliver and his team are well aware of the reach they have and feel probably obliged to fight the misinformation. So let me thank you wholeheartedly for that and stay healthy.

I love going back to these it's so comforting to go back to April a simpler time

14:44 Possibly the best description for a microphone I've ever heard, ever

We live in a world where a stand-up comedian is providing more accurate information than entire news networks. What a world we live in?

To whom it may concern: I am an E.R. Nurse. My wife is an anesthesiologist. Two of my colleagues, in their mid-30’s and otherwise healthy, are currently in The ICU on ventilators. Both of them are younger and healthier than I am. Everyday, I go to work and walk into an environment that has been vastly changed from it’s previous condintion a month and a half ago. The halls of my institution are thronged with people afflicted with this virus. We do not have the proper equipment necessary to protect ourselves from contracting horrible pathogen ourselves. As a result, I am being asked, even expected, to do things that place my life and the lives of the people that I love at risk. I am tired just typing this. I am desperately tired of trying to communicate the urgency of this situation to people who have no grasp of what is actually transpiring here, yet feel so entirely self-assured in their certainty that ‘it’s just the flu’ or whatever else ignorant opinion they might cleave to. It feels like an empty endeavor, like tragically wasted time and effort, to try and explain what it is factually transpiring here. I want to scream expletives. I want to force these people to walk into work with me, wearing a week old N95 that common sense states should’ve beed discarded after its first use; no gowns to protect my skin, rationing gloves to protect my hands, afraid to eat or drink for twelve and a half hours, teetering from exhaustion, desperately trying to resuscitate your mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, daily...every day. At the end of the day I am afraid to touch my wife and she, in turn, after spending the large part of her day placing the breathing tubes into the airways of the infected, is equally terrified of touching me. So, we sleep our scant few nightmare raddled hours in separate beds, restlessly dreaming of going to work and seeing my wife on a gurney. This is my first day off of five workdays in a row. I am going to go out and sit in the sun for a minute. I wish I had the strength to say more, but I am too tired.

"Thank you for dying for our profits" - The story of US politics and businesses.

Tucker Carlson looks like a grain of corn that never popped completely

His frustration is completely justified-I can’t believe all this stupidity and ignorance is still thriving during a pandemic.

Me: "I should probably go to bed now" Also me: "Ooh, John Oliver!"

Please keep on providing your insights into current events. Very funny as well as informative.

Thank you John, for articulating my frustrations.

"It's pretty depressing to see The President..." Sure is.

When COVID-19 destroys your sleep schedule so you can watch this video HOT off the presses.

Come back John! We really need you this week. :(

I like his shows better now ... Usually he talks so fast you can't understand him. Staying at home has mellowed him out.. Thanks keep it up.

Sandy Cheeks once said “Stupidity ain’t a virus, but it sure is spreading like one”. Amazing to see America proving a cartoon squirrel right, time and time again.

John Oliver is the greatest host during these times! Even without a live Audience, he still manages to be clear, comical and deliver with ease. Absolutely Awesome!!

Watching this again in November 2021. All that dialogue about minimising COVID and its low mortality rate hasn’t aged well. Globally it’s already reached 5M deaths, U.S. alone already had 769K . And it feels like there’s no end in sight.

"United we stand, divided we fall..."

Coronavirus I: The Phantom Virus Coronavirus II: Attack of the Coughs Coronavirus III: Revenge of the Sick Coronavirus IV: A Flu Hope Coronavirus V: The Epidemic Strikes Back Coronavirus VI: Return of the Panic Buying Coronavirus VII: The Cabin Fever Awakens Coronavirus VIII: The Last Toilet Paper Coronavirus IX: The Rise of Social Distancing

Dr. Phil, in that clip, looks like he's infected with swimming pools.

Thanks John. Sorry for your loss. My grandpa is actually in the hospital now (not dueto COVID) but he has a few alarming things going on with his leg and it's so hard to to see him physically and my family and I are so worried about COVID too. Hope everyone stays safe. I know how hard it is when things are going bad not to be able to see anyone but I wish these people would show empathy and try to just be logical and stay at home. I fear the virus is going to kill more people and honestly, I feel kinda hopeless cause despite staying at home, I feel like we just have a part of society that will never listen to logic anymore and just do whatever no matter who they hurt and will only stop if it affects them. Anyways, I appreciate your coverage on this, as it adds some humor when recapping all the sad things we see in the news and it honestly helps.

So how do we get John Oliver and his team in political office...literally anywhere, I'm not picky...but he seems WAY more informed than a LOT of our current world leaders

We're fighting two pandemics, Coronavirus and Moronavirus.

"I know people who have died from this. [...] and I know people with Lupus who are down to their last few weeks of pills and it makes me *** furious!" I felt that. I actually teared up a bit. As a European the situation in the US seems surreal. I wish you all the best, be safe, stay home, take care of each other, and we will all get through this. Together. United.

I'm a Republican, and I don't even watch Trump or Fox because of crap like this...

Rewatching this in 2023. The timeline in 2020 still feels like a fever dream, and at a time when we in the UK had almost as bad a leader as Trump to guide us during a deadly pandemic, John Oliver furiously sharing the public's anger at the terrible government messaging and dangerous misinformation spread by certain media outlets was cathartic and reassuring amid the hopelessness. I'm glad it's now over, but I hope everyone involved in this show knows just how much they helped their audience retain a modicum of sanity during this terrifying era

Someone get that clip of Sean Hannity saying he’s pro-choice and stick it in a Planned Parenthood ad immediately. GOD.

Even in the face of a common enemy, Americans keep on dividing.

October 1st, 2020 US COVID-19 deaths: 207,000 US COVID-19 cases: 7.28 million

Wow that Copeland dude scares the s*** out of me - only in America...