fair but I also think Rogan, Musk and their drones are making this bigger than it is. Rogan is trying to promtoe a showdown but is blind to the fact that RFK Jr. is insane and no credible person will waste their time on a debate that isn't going to change the minds of any conspiracy theorist anyways.
I don't agree with this assessment. First, Rogan invited a person who had previously been a guest on the show to debate
their claims because Hotez was using the JRE show to tweet @ and garner social media exposure. He was already voicing a position and opinion contrary to RFK, even as a credible person wasting his time tweeting at a conspiracy theorist. If anything, he was instigating the communication. Rogan's invitation was in response to him mentioning his show multiple times, unless I have my facts wrong. Hotez then backed down, even though continuing to tweet about it. Rogan then has a pretty viral tweet at someone named Nichols about the idea that the medical community is above reproach/debate, which I support.
Now, onto the "no credible person" bit. Vaccines link to autism (or lack thereof) is not a conspiracy theory and the entire field of credible professionals have explored this issue pretty in depth this century. There are additional beliefs by RFK that they could explore on JRE I'm sure, but, they're not all 'conspiracy theories' and that kind of loaded language, associating them with the earth being flat is not honest. This issue has been explored at length by the scientific community and studied for good reason. Children at vaccine ages often begin showing signs of autism in the perivaccination period. RFK remains unconvinced, for whatever reason, that there isn't a subset of the population that this can be applicable to.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/family-to-receive-15m-plus-in-first-ever-vaccine-autism-court-award/
https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1673&context=lcp
https://www.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/hrsa/vicp/vicp-stats.pdf
It's a standard correlation vs causation case re: autism, not a conspiracy theory. But in addition to that, vaccines
do cause harm and have side effects, which is why there is a court especially provisioned for these cases, linked above.
RFK is a loon on a lot of stuff and operates on a lot of half truths and I think that tracks for a civil lawyer (which he was, i think?) who only needs to be 51% right to win.