Opinion: Peter Hotez is not alone: Online harassment of doctors is a public health issue
Attacks on experts threaten public safety by limiting access to scientific and medical expertise in online discussions.
Father’s Day weekend was anything but calm on Twitter, which erupted as vaccine expert Peter Hotez was challenged online to a debate by podcaster and former reality TV host Joe Rogan.
Rogan’s challenge began when Hotez, a professor of pediatrics and molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine and vaccine expert, tweeted his concern about Rogan’s three-hour interview with longtime anti-vaccine activist and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” in which Kennedy shared misinformation and other debunked claims regarding vaccines and their safety.
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