{"id":1951196,"date":"2023-06-19T16:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T20:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-rogan-and-elon-musk-call-out-covid-vaccine-scientist-to-debate-rfk-jr\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T16:15:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T20:15:25","slug":"joe-rogan-and-elon-musk-call-out-covid-vaccine-scientist-to-debate-rfk-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-rogan-and-elon-musk-call-out-covid-vaccine-scientist-to-debate-rfk-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Rogan and Elon Musk challenge COVID vaccine scientist to debate RFK Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-rogan-and-elon-musk-call-out-covid-vaccine-scientist-to-debate-rfk-jr%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1951196&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joe Rogan looks on during the UFC 273 event at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena on April 09, 2022 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by James Gilbert\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/noah-herring\">Noah Herring<\/a><br \/>1:05 PM \u2013 Monday, June 19, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Elon Musk and Joe Rogan challenged Dr. Peter Hotez, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-rogan-and-elon-musk-call-out-covid-vaccine-scientist-to-debate-rfk-jr\/\" title=\"Joe Rogan and Elon Musk challenge COVID vaccine scientist to debate RFK Jr.\">prominent pro-vaccine scientist<\/a>, to debate Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Following his podcast featuring Kennedy Jr., Hotez was critical of the condemning content, calling it \u201cawful\u201d and \u201cnonsense\u201d. Rogan then offered $100,000 to the charity of Hotez\u2019 choice if he agreed to debate RFK on vaccines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Peter, if you claim what RFKjr is saying is \u201cmisinformation\u201d 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. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m0HxYek0GX\">https:\/\/t.co\/m0HxYek0GX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Rogan (@joerogan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joerogan\/status\/1670196590928068609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Kennedy, who is a 2024 Democrat nominee, claimed that the vaccines cause autism in many people and discussed the power of the pharmaceutical industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bill Ackman, the CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, took to action along with several others as he pledged to donate $150,000 on top of Rogan\u2019s donation in order to schedule the debate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The invitation was able to also capture the attention of Elon Musk, who taunted Hotez on Twitter suggesting he \u201chates charity\u201d\u00a0and was \u201cafraid of a public debate,\u201d attempting to get him to agree to the invitation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI am generally pro vaccine,\u201d Musk wrote. \u201cI have been vaccinated against pretty much everything, as have my kids. Second, I think there is tremendous promise in synthetic mRNA. It is like medicine going from analog to digital. That said, the world obviously went crazy with excess vaccination against \u2018COVID-19.\u2019 I have that in quotes, because the RNA sequences changed so much that I called it the virus of Theseus\u2026 So many people I know had serious side effects from the vaccines, including myself. Failure to acknowledge that is a lie. As for the deaths you claim are due to COVID-19, why is the nation of Sweden still alive!? Just go on Rogan and do the debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After Hotez replied that he would be happy to talk to Rogan, Rogan responded back, saying it was a \u201cnon-answer\u201d and that Hotez agreed with a \u201cdogs**t\u201d Vice article that attacked his podcast. Other outlets including Vice attacked Spotify as well for not labeling the interview as \u201cmisinformation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Again, I\u2019m going to ask you very clearly, are you willing to debate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKennedyJr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RobertKennedyJr<\/a> on my podcast? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vFkzW9CCBq\">https:\/\/t.co\/vFkzW9CCBq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Rogan (@joerogan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joerogan\/status\/1670221537742340099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Billionaire Mark Cuban took to Twitter as well, calling Rogan\u2019s challenge \u201cbulls**t\u201d and ignoring lives saved by the pharmaceutical industry, despite the debated issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, Hotez found people showing up to his residence urging him to debate Kennedy. <\/p>\n<p>Independent journalist Alex Rosen filmed as he greeted Hotez outside his house, asking him why he would not debate. Hotez responded that he would give the matter some thought before telling Rosen he was harassing him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHe just invited me, so we\u2019ll see,\u201d Hotez said, adding \u201cDon\u2019t come to my house.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ugh I just was stalked in front of my home by a couple of antivaxers taunting me to debate RFKJr. Of course I was looking my Sunday best in our brutal heat wave. What is it with people? Well at least Houstonian\u2019s now know I support the team\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoTexans?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoTexans<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d0NIgNElKN\">pic.twitter.com\/d0NIgNElKN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeterHotez\/status\/1670459060485869568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Hotez appeared on MSNBC on Sunday to announce that he would not \u201cdebate\u201d on the topic of vaccines with Kennedy and explained that in the field of science it was more practical to write papers instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe point is anti-vaccine disinformation, it\u2019s always done a lot of damage and harm, but now it\u2019s a lethal force in the United States, and that\u2019s why we have to have that discussion,\u201d Hotez said.\u00a0\u201cAnd I offered to come and go on Joe Rogan again\u2026 I\u2019ve been on a couple of times and have that discussion with it, but not to turn it into the Jerry Springer Show with having RFK Jr. on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hotez has been criticized for his stance toward COVID-19 vaccines and masks for children, despite a low mortality rate for that age group and recent studies that showed masks essentially provide little-to-no safety regarding the virus. <\/p>\n<p>Conservative commentators have also bashed him in the past for his caution in re-opening schools, despite the statistical harm that was caused from prolonged closures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President Trump and his campaign speaks out, as the Left consistently tries to keep Trump off the campaign trail, and keep him in court.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Kroger Inc. causes outrage over their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kroger-inc-ohio-covers-costs-for-out-of-state-abortions-for-employees\/\" title=\"Kroger Inc Ohio pays for abortions outside the state for its employees.\">pro-abortion policy<\/a> for employees. One America\u2019s Jessamyn Dodd reports.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>After Bill Gates met with China\u2019s Xi Jinping, Antony Blinken\u2019s meeting comes amid rising tensions and China\u2019s plans to spy on the U.S. from Cuba.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>California proposes taking so-called affirmation of a child\u2019s gender identity into account in child custody disputes. Here\u2019s One America\u2019s Sam Valk with more.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Friederike Heine and Supantha Mukherjee BERLIN\/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -The German government and Intel are expected to ink a deal over the U.S.\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) \u2013 The European Commission will unveil on Tuesday possible measures, such as screening of outbound investments and\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Marie Mannes (Reuters) \u2013 Swedish electric vehicle (EV) maker Polestar said on Monday it had formed a joint venture with Xingji\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) \u2013 Electric aircraft maker Eve and Blade Air Mobility are expanding their partnership to integrate Eve\u2019s\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Rogan observed the UFC 273 event in Jacksonville, Florida. 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