I agree. He is annoying when you think he's wrong. I only watch some of the bits that end up online. I don't know what he has said about covid. He generally comes up short when numbers are involved, so I wouldn't be surprised if he has an anecdotal take and not a statistical one.
But he's not a stoopid guy in his own way. And I'm thrilled there's a host who is allowed to speak his mind and isn't a thickie on the right of the American spectrum spouting the old dogmas untethered to the facts. Wish there were more like him.