A vaccine scientist says being tag-teamed and dogpiled on by Elon Musk, Joe Rogan, and RFK Jr. all at once has been 'overwhelming'
to the debate wager, saying that he was upping the amount in the pot so the"public can hear an open debate on an important topic."
Hotez's subsequent reluctance to debate Kennedy, however, added to the firestorm of criticism he was receiving. Hotez was accused by Twitter users — including Musk — of being afraid of debating RFK Jr. publicly."I offered to go on Joe Rogan but not to turn it into the Jerry Springer show with having RFK Jr. on," Hotez said. Hotez elaborated on why he didn't intend to wade into a debate with Kennedy.
"First, science is not something that is typically debated like say 18th enlightenment philosophy or political issues," Hotez added. "I'm not even certain I know how to 'debate' in this case. And then there is the particular problem of debating RFK Jr on this. I have spoken to him over the years and I'm willing to speak to him again, but it's not easy, he tends to move the goalposts on his specific concerns about vaccines," Hotez wrote. that he would still be willing to speak to Rogan about vaccines, and would also be open to doing"something with Elon on Twitter.
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