{"id":1951651,"date":"2023-06-20T08:07:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T12:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-s-critics-think-theyre-too-good-to-debate-vaccines\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T08:07:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T12:07:04","slug":"rfk-jr-s-critics-think-theyre-too-good-to-debate-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-s-critics-think-theyre-too-good-to-debate-vaccines\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr.\u2019s Critics Think They\u2019re Too Good To Debate\u00a0Vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Frfk-jr-s-critics-think-theyre-too-good-to-debate-vaccines%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=1951651&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Last week, Joe Rogan offered \u201cvaccine expert\u201d and Baylor College of Medicine Professor Peter Hotez $100,000 to the charity of his choice if he debates 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the efficacy of vaccines. The offer came after Hotez accused Rogan, RFK Jr., and Spotify of spreading \u201cvaccine misinformation\u201d via Rogan\u2019s podcast last week.\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\"> <span class=\"zxrXoEOC\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" 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 async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>During the podcast, which has reportedly been <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lukewearechange\/status\/1670901345526620163?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">censored by YouTube<\/a>, RFK Jr. drew attention to flawed vaccine studies and the fact that consumers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/42\/300aa-22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cannot sue vaccine manufacturers<\/a>, which encourages the approval of poorly vetted vaccines. He also called for further evaluation of vaccines\u2019 cost-benefit and attacked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is supposed to protect consumers, claiming the FDA is in bed with vaccine manufacturers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-559767518\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f2bca14ed6d824d5a7dc165487023840 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f2bca14ed6d824d5a7dc165487023840\"><\/div>\n<p>Instead of accepting Rogan\u2019s challenge, Hotez is refusing to debate. \u201cIn science, we don\u2019t typically do debates,\u201d Hotez said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1670726932386684928?s=61&#038;t=lVfoqpTVRSzz8bD7v6NrbA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview<\/a>. Hotez and others in the medical field believe they are <em>above<\/em> debate. Surely, if they are so confident in their opinions and the so-called science, they should relish the opportunity to correct \u201cmisinformation,\u201d right?<\/p>\n<p>According to Hotez and others defending his cowardice, the \u201cJoe Rogan Podcast\u201d is not the right format to discuss or defend vaccines with RFK Jr. Yet, curiously, that same podcast was the perfect platform for Hotez and others to <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/5vZ7IIK8GU9u5tIsALcWEk?si=Te9UgTZ-QIaYkjviPXW2OA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spread<\/a> authoritarian mask, vaccine, and lockdown policies over the last three years. <\/p>\n<p>As far as we know, no other \u201cvaccine expert\u201d has offered to take on RFK Jr., either. Meanwhile, the usual suspects of self-important globalist billionaires, medical professionals, and, of course, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/k7zz9z\/spotify-rogan-rfk-vaccine-misinformation-policy\">corporate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/6\/18\/23765217\/joe-rogan-spotify-covid-vaccine-debate-elon-musk\">media<\/a> have joined Hotez in demonizing Rogan and RFK Jr. for daring to challenge the medical establishment and Big Pharma\u2019s narrative on vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>Billionaire Mark Cuban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/lifestyle\/health\/health-problems\/billionaire-mark-cuban-slams-joe-rogan-for-bullying-peter-hotez\/news-story\/77a4488b8a172b76424e96e5f63ffa72\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accused<\/a> Rogan of \u201cbully[ing]\u201d Hotez and claimed Rogan and RFK Jr. are being \u201cdriven by self interest.\u201d \u201cThe conversation was an orgy of unchecked vaccine misinformation, some conspiracy-mongering about 5G technology and wifi, and, of course, Rogan once again praising ivermectin, an ineffective faux COVID treatment,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/k7zz9z\/spotify-rogan-rfk-vaccine-misinformation-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lamented<\/a> Vice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bdb70b954670da3b0f61a1de812570bc fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bdb70b954670da3b0f61a1de812570bc\"><\/div>\n<p>Big Pharma and the medical establishment are not, as Hotez implied, above questioning. If the elites want to fight RFK\u2019s alleged \u201cmisinformation\u201d they need to directly address what he said in the podcast, and then allow the public to draw their own conclusions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Covid Lifted the Veil<\/h2>\n<p>For many Americans today, watching the ruling class unite to condemn alleged \u201cwrongthink\u201d with terms like \u201cmis-\u201d and \u201cdisinformation,\u201d refuse to debate while insisting \u201cthe debate is over,\u201d and call for censorship triggers immediate distrust \u2014 as it should.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During Covid, the propaganda press, medical establishment, Democrat politicians, and mega-wealthy individuals such as Bill Gates promoted damaging, anti-science policies, such as business and school closures and mask mandates. If you questioned their opinions or their government edicts, you paid for it.<\/p>\n<p>Those who refused the shot were <a href=\"https:\/\/thechicagothinker.com\/update-union-college-defends-banning-student-for-refusing-booster-shot-after-thinker-breaks-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expelled<\/a> from their schools or <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/10\/how-vaccine-mandates-caused-dangerous-hospital-care-shortages-in-wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fired<\/a> from work. In Democrat cities, the unvaccinated were prohibited from attending concerts, movie theaters, museums, and restaurants. Anyone, including <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/12\/tech-censorship-of-robert-malone-is-not-about-misinformation-but-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">doctors<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/06\/11\/youtube-bans-sen-ron-johnson-for-discussing-early-treatment-of-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sitting members of Congress<\/a>, who shared stories about Covid vaccine injuries or early Covid treatment, or discussed the highly credible Covid lab leak theory, was censored and even permanently booted off social media.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-25a4d165b7bae810188863069a889241 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-25a4d165b7bae810188863069a889241\"><\/div>\n<p>After years of gaslighting, the self-proclaimed arbiters of truth have begun admitting they weren\u2019t so truthful. The mass closures did far more harm than good, decimating American business, stunting an entire generation\u2019s academic growth (with hundreds of thousands of students <a href=\"https:\/\/learningenglish.voanews.com\/a\/hundreds-of-thousands-of-us-students-have-not-returned-after-pandemic\/6961012.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">still apparently missing<\/a> from school to this day), and stripping Americans of fundamental civil liberties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Covid lifted the veil for many Americans. We are much more inclined to question establishment figures and dogmas. Before Covid, the public was barely allowed to question vaccines, but they are doing it now. If the American gentry class doesn\u2019t like it, they have only themselves to blame.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>None of this is to say RFK Jr. is correct or even partially correct about vaccines simply because he deviates from the medical establishment. The lesson from Covid is not that we should reject <em>everything<\/em> the elites tell us, but that we need to search for truth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the age of AI, deep fakes, corrupt media, and globalist agendas, Americans more than ever need to be intellectually independent. We need to be wary of narratives. We need to do the work, follow the data, keep up on the latest research, and, most importantly, never lose sight of our own common sense. For example, when the establishment insists the Covid shot \u201cworks,\u201d but vaccinated people are still contracting and spreading the virus, that\u2019s a sign the vaccine does not, in fact, \u201cwork\u201d as advertised.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s important to remember in the RFK Jr. vaccine debate is that no matter where you fall on the issue, it is the right of individuals to decide for themselves and their children what is best for them. Free-thinking adults have a right to make their own informed decisions without being banned from the public square and effectively unpersoned for dissenting opinions, as they were during Covid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We also cannot discount moral and ethical objections. Many who oppose certain Covid shots and other vaccines discussed by RFK Jr. do so on the grounds that they were created using aborted fetal cell lines. Not wanting to participate in legalized murder is a valid reason to reject any medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the RFK Jr. vaccine debate is an invitation for Americans to do their own research and a reminder that we should be wary of those who wish to silence discourse. In a free society, dissenting from the medical or political orthodoxy, for whatever reason, should not be grounds for firing, expulsion, censorship, and government-forced societal ostracization. <\/p>\n<p>Moreover, asking questions should <em>never<\/em> be off-limits. Anyone who tells you it is is not somebody worthy of your trust.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-25b365252f2fc38c3b83a493218f7201 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-25b365252f2fc38c3b83a493218f7201\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Joe Rogan offered \u201cvaccine expert\u201d and Baylor College of Medicine Professor Peter Hotez $100,000 to the charity of his choice if he debates 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the efficacy of vaccines. The offer came after Hotez accused Rogan, RFK Jr., and Spotify of spreading \u201cvaccine misinformation\u201d via Rogan\u2019s podcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1623,"featured_media":1951652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[4365,29158,29146,23694,7011],"class_list":["post-1951651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-critics","tag-debate-vaccines","tag-jr-s","tag-rfk","tag-theyre"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1623"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1951651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1951652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1951651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1951651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1951651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}