Earlier this week, Aaron Rodgers took a shot at prominent vaccine scientist Dr. Peter Hotez in what appeared to be an attempt to convince him to debate notorious anti-vax presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And now Hotez is responding.
Earlier this week, Rodgers shared a video clip on his Instagram story showing Hotez admitting to unhealthy eating habits, with Rodgers adding “@robertfkennedyjr would mop this bum.” In a tweet on Wednesday morning, Hotez responded to the “cheap shot.”
“Disappointed he took a cheap shot vs me this wk. In 2021 during our awful delta wave we were losing 2,000 Americans/day, >80% among unvaccinated, when vaccines were 90% protective vs death/serious illness, I criticized him for his public antivaccine stance,” Hotez said in a tweet.
This is so unnecessary, I have no bad thoughts for Aaron, I needed to speak out in 2021 to try and save lives. 200,000 unvaccinated Americans needlessly perished during those delta BA.1 waves in last half of 2021 early 2022. I detail this in my new book https://t.co/2Bm25ohgCf
— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) June 21, 2023
“This is so unnecessary, I have no bad thoughts for Aaron, I needed to speak out in 2021 to try and save lives. 200,000 unvaccinated Americans needlessly perished during those delta BA.1 waves in last half of 2021 early 2022,” Hotez said in a tweet.
It’s not clear whether or not Hotez will accept the invitation to debate Kennedy. Regardless, he has made his stance on the COVID-19 vaccine as well as his opinion of Aaron Rodgers extremely clear, so there is not much left for him to say.
