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When (and how) do we debate vaccine science?

Over the weekend, a vaccine brawl took place. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.โ€”presidential candidate and longtime spreader of old, tired vaccine rumorsโ€” had a conversation with Joe Rogan on his podcast. The conversation bled onto social media in which Rogan ultimately challenged Dr. Peter Hotezโ€”a Nobel Prize-nominated vaccine scientistโ€”to debate RFK Jr. about vaccine rumors that have already been addressed dozens of times. Dr. Hotez declined. Here’s why that was the right call…

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Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD is a physician-scientist who likes to help people understand science.ย  She saw a lot of people getting unnecessarily confused by inaccurate claims flying around, and started this blog to help clarify some of those things.

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