Opinion: Peter Hotez is not alone: Online harassment of doctors is a public health issue
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.
