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Texas Medical Center (TMC) Professor-Vaccine Scientist-Author; Member, Philosophical Society of Texas and TAMEST; Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year 2022
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is founder of Waterkeeper Alliance, as well as founder of Children’s Health Defense. Mr. Kennedy was named one of Time magazine’s “Heroes for the Planet” for his success helping Riverkeeper lead the fight to restore the Hudson River. The RFK Jr Podcast features Mr. Kennedy interviewing guests. Produced by David Whiteside.For full bio of Robert F. Kennedy Jr, please visit: https://www.kennedy24.com/about
Peter Hotez is dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and co-director of the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development. He helped develop a low-cost COVID-19 vaccine, and he is one of the most visible scientific critics of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine policies. The timing is relevant: HHS launched a vaccine-injury research program this month, and Hotez has publicly disputed the need for it, saying the US already has extensive vaccine monitoring. He also declined a 2023 debate with Kennedy on Joe Rogan's show, so a conversation here would give listeners a direct look at the disagreement, in a format Hotez has not previously accepted.
Oct 15, 2026
🚀 Nomination created: Prof Peter Hotez, a vaccine scientist who has long been a public critic of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., would bring a direct, on-the-record exchange to the RFK Jr Podcast. Kennedy now leads HHS, and federal vaccine policy is a live national issue.
Oct 15, 2026
📡 Why now: On Oct 8, 2026, CNN reported that HHS launched a vaccine injury research center at NIH. The story quoted Hotez, who told CNN the US already has a highly advanced system for monitoring vaccine safety.
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What did the COVID-19 response get right and wrong?
Cover school closures, mandates, messaging on natural immunity, and the lab-leak debate. Ask which criticisms of public health officials Hotez thinks were fair, and what lessons he takes for the next pandemic.
What would a good-faith collaboration between vaccine scientists and vaccine skeptics look like?
Close by asking for concrete steps, such as joint review of data, independent studies, or better informed-consent materials. Ask what each side would need to concede for that to be possible.
Low-cost vaccines for the world's poor: Corbevax and the case for open science
Hotez and Maria Elena Bottazzi developed a patent-free recombinant protein COVID vaccine at Texas Children's. Discuss what it means for vaccine equity. Ask how it compares with the commercial mRNA model and whether non-profit vaccine development can scale.
Does this offer also apply if the debate takes place somewhere else? If not, your disinterested search for the truth begins to look like mere self-promotion.
Curated by dLogos 26 days agoJoe Rogan has issued a $100,000 challenge to Peter Hotez to debate Robert Kennedy JR about vaccines. The professor says Robert Kennedy JR is giving us misinformation. Peter Hotez thinks he can win a debate w/RK JR on this subjec? 😂 #S4TUSA Rogan said on Twitter, “Peter, if
Curated by dLogos 26 days agoJoe Rogan, Elon Musk, and few others are bidding: $2.62 Million for Vaccine Scientist Peter Hotez to debate RFK Jr. The goal of the debate is to highlight: • Misinformation • Conspiracy theories • And the safety of Covid 19 vaccines - Here's the breakdown:
Curated by dLogos 26 days agoI see Ross Douthat trending, I’ll never forget when he and NYT went out of their way to legitimize RFK Jr as a serious person & put public pressure on me to do the same. Never forget: the RFK Jr monster was not just the product of the Murdochs. The legacy media was arguably worse
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