Gene Simmons, bassist of rock legends KISS, has made a lot of public statements about his opposition to vaccination. In the past, Simmons has, among other things, urged denialists to “stay away from him” and said he supports compulsory vaccination.
Now, in a recent interview, Simmons has opened his mouth again on the subject. Simmons told TalkShopLive:
“I don’t care about your political beliefs. You are not allowed to infect anybody just because you think you’ve got rights that are delusional, of course,” he continued. “You don’t have the right to go through a red light; actually, the government has the right to tell you to stop. You have to put on a seat belt. If they tell you you can’t smoke in a building, you can’t smoke in a building. And that’s not because they wanna take away your rights; that’s because the rest of us hate it. We don’t wanna smell your smoke. I don’t wanna catch your disease. I don’t wanna risk my life just ’cause you wanna go through a red light”, Simmons says and continues:
“This whole idea, this delusional, evil idea that you get to do whatever you want and the rest of the world be damned is really terrible. You’ve gotta identify those people and bring ’em out into the open, so you know who they are.Know who your friends are by how much they care about you. That includes COVID. If you’re willing to walk among us unvaccinated, you are an enemy.”
At the time of writing, the video has already been removed from the internet, but the website Blabbermouth had managed to transcribe the interview on their site.