{"id":8599,"date":"2025-05-27T14:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oh17.com\/?p=8592"},"modified":"2025-05-27T14:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:50:16","slug":"joe-rogan-challenges-pro-vaxx-doctor-to-debate-rfk-jr-dr-joseph-mercola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jewelryon.com\/?p=8599","title":{"rendered":"Joe Rogan Challenges Pro-Vaxx Doctor To Debate RFK Jr.!  &#8211; Dr. Joseph Mercola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">===<\/p>\n<p>Read Full PDF\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/jewelryon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hotez-refuses-to-debate-rfk-jr-on-vaccines-pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/jewelryon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hotez-refuses-to-debate-rfk-jr-on-vaccines-pdf.pdf<\/a><br \/>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jO_cUrKprgA?si=YnU3J9ZIKnEzUmvO\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"bcr_UpdPnlStory\">\n<div id=\"bcr_pnlStoryAtAGlance\" class=\"story-glance\" data-swiftype-name=\"saag\" data-swiftype-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"story-highlights\">\n<h3 id=\"expanderHead\" data-jsid=\"expanderHead\">STORY AT-A-GLANCE<\/h3>\n<div id=\"expanderContent\" data-jsid=\"expanderContent\">\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_0\">June 15, 2023, podcast host Joe Rogan interviewed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his bid for president and his views on vaccines<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_1\">Vaccine scientist Dr. Peter Hotez lashed out against Rogan and Kennedy on Twitter, accusing them of spreading misinformation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_2\">Rogan invited Hotez to debate Kennedy on his show in return for a $100,000 donation to his charity of choice. Later, other members of the public raised the pot to more than $1.5 million<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_3\">Hotez went on MSNBC, stating he wasn\u2019t willing to participate in an event that would get turned into \u201cThe Jerry Springer Show\u201d by having Kennedy there. So, Hotez will only appear on shows that cannot challenge his claims<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_4\">Hotez funded controversial and risky gain-of-function research on coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), from which SARS-CoV-2 emerged<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"bodytext\" class=\"bodytextdiv\" data-swiftype-name=\"postbody\" data-swiftype-type=\"text\">\n<p>June 15, 2023, podcast host Joe Rogan interviewed<sup><span id=\"edn1\" data-hash=\"#ednref1\">1<\/span><\/sup> Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for three hours. Contrary to so many other interviewers, Rogan allowed Kennedy ample time to discuss his views on vaccines without interruptions.<\/p>\n<p>The facts laid out by Kennedy apparently rubbed vaccine scientist <a href=\"https:\/\/takecontrol.substack.com\/p\/peter-hotez-vies-power-fauci-steps-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Peter Hotez<\/a><sup><span id=\"edn2\" data-hash=\"#ednref2\">2<\/span><\/sup> the wrong way. In a June 17 tweet, Hotez posted a Vice article titled \u201cSpotify has Stopped Even Sort of Trying to Stem Joe Rogan\u2019s Vaccine Misinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the author of that smear piece, Hotez stated, \u201cIt\u2019s really true @annamerian just awful. And from all the online attacks I\u2019m receiving after this absurd podcast, it\u2019s clear many actually believe this nonsense.\u201d Never mind the fact that Hotez, in April 2020, was allowed to argue his pro-vaccine stance on Rogan\u2019s show.<sup><span id=\"edn3\" data-hash=\"#ednref3\">3<\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Hotez\u2019s fly-by smear attempt set off an extended back-and-forth Twitter exchange between Hotez, Rogan and Kennedy. In the video above, comedian Jimmy Dore reviews those exchanges.<\/p>\n<h2>Rogan Offers Hotez $100K to Debate Kennedy<\/h2>\n<p>Rogan replied to Hotez\u2019 tweet, saying, \u201cPeter, if you claim what RFK Jr. is saying is \u2018misinformation,\u2019 I am offering you $100,000.00 to the charity of your choice if you\u2019re willing to debate him on my show with no time limit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy also chimed in, tweeting, \u201cPeter. Let\u2019s finally have the respectful, congenial, informative debate that the American people deserve.\u201d Hotez replied to Rogan, \u201cJoe, you have my cell, my email, I\u2019m always willing to speak with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"MidProductAd\"><\/div>\n<p>Rogan, in turn, replied \u201cThis is a non-answer. I challenged you publicly because you publicly quote tweeted and agreed with that dogshit Vice article. If you\u2019re serious about what you stand for, you now have a massive opportunity for a debate that will reach the largest audience a discussion like this has ever had. If you think someone else is better qualified, suggest that person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hotez came back at Rogan: \u201cJoe, if you are serious about addressing vaccines + the fact that 200,000 unvaccinated Americans needlessly perished during our awful delta\/BA.1 COVID waves &#8230; because they fell victims to vaccine disinformation: I want to have that discussion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, he\u2019s willing to go on Rogan\u2019s show again \u2014 by himself. But not with someone who knows the science well enough to challenge his claims.<\/p>\n<h2>Hotez Co-Funded Controversial Coronavirus Research<\/h2>\n<p>As noted by comedian Dore, Hotez will never agree to a public debate on vaccines, especially considering we now have evidence<sup><span id=\"edn4\" data-hash=\"#ednref4\">4<\/span>,<span id=\"edn5\" data-hash=\"#ednref5\">5<\/span><\/sup> showing he <a href=\"https:\/\/takecontrol.substack.com\/p\/peter-hotez-virus-engineering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funded risky gain-of-function (GoF) research on coronaviruses<\/a> at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), from which SARS-CoV-2 emerged, all while vehemently arguing that COVID-19 could not possibly have come from a lab, and anyone who thinks so is a tinfoil hat-wearing kook.<\/p>\n<p>Hotez\u2019s dismissal of the lab escape theory is particularly ironic considering he received a $6.1 million grant<sup><span id=\"edn6\" data-hash=\"#ednref6\">6<\/span><\/sup> from the National Institutes of Health in 2012 for the development of a SARS vaccine in case of an \u201caccidental release from a laboratory,\u201d \u201cdeliberate spreading of the virus by a terrorist attack,\u201d or a zoonotic spillover event.<\/p>\n<p>So, clearly, Hotez is no stranger to the possibility of lab leaks. He just doesn\u2019t want anyone else to consider it. In fact, Hotez is apparently so fearful of public discussion that he\u2019s called for scientists, like himself, to be protected under hate crime laws, basically making it a criminal offense to question science. Considering how often Hotez has been caught spreading misinformation, that would obviously be useful.<\/p>\n<div class=\"productad\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"download-mobile\"><a id=\"bcr_SocialWidget3_pdfforarticlepost\" class=\"pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/media.mercola.com\/ImageServer\/Public\/2023\/June\/PDF\/hotez-refuses-to-debate-rfk-jr-on-vaccines-pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.mercola.com\/assets\/images\/mercola\/pdf\/pdf-download-mobile.png\" width=\"49\" height=\"49\" \/>Download the Entire Article for FREE<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Is Hotez Ever Correct?<\/h2>\n<p>As an example of Hotez\u2019s repeat offenses, Dore plays a compilation video of Hotez, starting with Hotez pointing out there are \u201cunique potential safety problems\u201d related to coronavirus vaccines in 2020. Then, something happened and Hotez never admitted the possibility of safety problems again.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he started pushing the single-dose Janssen shot, which later got pulled in several countries due to life-threatening blood clots. Then he started pushing the two-dose mRNA shots, saying they offer \u201clong-lasting\u201d protection. Then, when the boosters rolled out, he switched to saying \u201cI\u2019ve always said this is a three-dose vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then, he argued \u201ca fourth immunization\u201d would be necessary \u201cto keep the country going.\u201d And when hospitals continued to fill up with COVID patients, he told people to get the bivalent booster.<\/p>\n<p>After that, he started saying yearly boosters would be necessary, only to later change his mind saying we may need a booster \u201cevery few months,\u201d because the boosters \u201caren\u2019t holding up as well as we\u2019d like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also pushed the COVID jab on young children, claiming COVID was \u201cpicking off young people like we\u2019ve never seen [before].\u201d With a track record like that, proving yourself wrong every few months, criminalizing critique would surely be nice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mboxMidPost\"><\/div>\n<h2>Hotez Refuses to Debate RFK<\/h2>\n<div class=\"center-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" mlazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/media.mercola.com\/ImageServer\/public\/2023\/June\/tucker-carlson-on-twitter-kennedy-is-winning.jpg\" alt=\"tucker carlson on twitter kennedy is winning\" data-mlazyload-src=\"https:\/\/media.mercola.com\/ImageServer\/public\/2023\/June\/tucker-carlson-on-twitter-kennedy-is-winning.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Rogan replied to Hotez, \u201cAgain, I\u2019m going to ask you very clearly, are you willing to debate Robert Kennedy Jr. on my podcast?\u201d Twitter owner Elon Musk got in on the action, tweeting that Hotez won\u2019t debate Kennedy \u201cbecause he knows he\u2019s wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other Twitter users and members of the public then decided to sweeten Rogan\u2019s initial offer by adding their own donations, and by 9 a.m. EST on June 18, the pot had reached $1.52 million. Still, Hotez could not be tempted to stand up and defend his claims.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"takeaway tamiddle\">How can we possibly trust the so-called experts if they don\u2019t even have the ability to defend their own positions? ~ Collin Rugg, Twitter<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Instead, he went on the MSNBC show Rising Reacts and said he wasn\u2019t willing to participate in an event that would get turned into \u201cThe Jerry Springer Show\u201d by having Kennedy there.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by Twitter user Collin Rugg, \u201cHow can we possibly trust the so-called experts if they don\u2019t even have the ability to defend their own positions?\u201d and Richard Welch, who tweeted, \u201cThey can\u2019t be wrong if they\u2019re never debated. The echo chamber is good for their sanity and credibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, mainstream media continues its effort to undermine Kennedy, not by countering his statements with actual evidence, but rather through character assassination.<\/p>\n<p>In the video above, now-independent reporter and political commentator Tucker Carlson reviews how Rogan\u2019s interview with Kennedy unleashed a \u201cfull-blown category-5 hysteria typhoon\u201d in mainstream media, which resorted to describing Kennedy as a \u201clunatic, Nazi and extremist supporter,\u201d simply for questioning the role vaccines may play in the massive rise in allergies, autism and chronic diseases among children.<\/p>\n<h2>Hotez, One of the Most Shockingly Hateful People in Medicine<\/h2>\n<p>Hotez has made headlines a number of times through the years, typically delivering some kind of hateful rhetoric. He\u2019s publicly stated he wants to \u201csnuff out\u201d vaccine skeptics,<sup><span id=\"edn7\" data-hash=\"#ednref7\">7<\/span><\/sup> for example, and in May 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/takecontrol.substack.com\/p\/the-rise-of-utilitarian-extremism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called for cyberwarfare measures<\/a> to be deployed against people who share vaccine safety information.<sup><span id=\"edn8\" data-hash=\"#ednref8\">8<\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Hotez has repeatedly spewed vitriol at parents of vaccine-injured children, and called for physical harm and imprisonment of people who don\u2019t agree with the one-size-fits-all vaccine agenda.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s not above casting an evil eye on other scientists either. As reported by journalist Paul Thacker in an August 9, 2022, Substack article titled, \u201cPeter Hotez Sees Aggression Everywhere But in the Mirror\u201d:<sup><span id=\"edn9\" data-hash=\"#ednref9\">9<\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cPatrolling scientific discourse, Hotez has a knack for discovering \u2018antiscience\u2019 in anyone who disagrees with him. Jeffrey Sachs, economics professor at Columbia University and chair of an international commission on COVID-19, charged in a wide-ranging interview<sup><span id=\"edn10\" data-hash=\"#ednref10\">10<\/span><\/sup>&#8230; that the National Institutes of Health and allied scientists were impeding an investigation into how the COVID-19 pandemic started &#8230;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><em>Hotez went on the assault, tweeting that Sachs, as leader of the Lancet Commission, did not represent the views of science. Much like a Pentagon general wrapping himself in freedom and the flag to demand more federal monies for another foreign war &#8230; Hotez has been shrouding himself in the mantle of science to denigrate anyone who questions taxpayer funding for dangerous virus research by the National Institutes of Health.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In his article,<sup><span id=\"edn11\" data-hash=\"#ednref11\">11<\/span><\/sup> Thacker goes on to review several other bizarre incidences involving Hotez. For example, he referred to the scientific experts invited to testify before Congress as \u201cfringe elements\u201d testifying and promoting \u201coutlandish conspiracies.\u201d So much for Ph.D.s and med school. He also accused Sen. Rand Paul of promoting conspiracies.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the take-home: The reason Hotez rails against \u201cantiscience\u201d is because he can sense the danger the research community and vaccine industry are in.<\/p>\n<p>If SARS-CoV-2 is conclusively proven to be a lab creation, it would put a massive spotlight on scientists involved in dual purpose viral research. Gain-of-function research may be banned altogether (as it should), which would sink many a career, including his own.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, public acknowledgement that the COVID jabs are a public health disaster would permanently and perhaps lethally injure the vaccine industry. So, all that hateful rhetoric, and the refusal to have a discussion with anyone of an opposing view? It really comes down to protecting his own self-serving interests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>=== Read Full PDF\u00a0 https:\/\/jewelryon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hotez-refuses-to-debate-rfk-jr-on-vaccines-pdf.pdf STORY AT-A-GLANCE June 15, 2023, podcast host Joe Rogan interviewed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his bid for president and his views on vaccines Vaccine scientist Dr. Peter Hotez lashed out against Rogan and Kennedy on Twitter, accusing them of spreading misinformation Rogan invited Hotez to debate Kennedy on his&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewelryon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewelryon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewelryon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewelryon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewelryon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jewelryon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewelryon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewelryon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewelryon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}