Questioning vaccines is 'antisemitic', says medical expert
Spreading vaccine disinformation is now an act of antisemitism, according to one prominent health expert.
Dr. Peter Hotez, a Yale-graduated pediatrician, is the Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine. He is also the Director of the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and the founding dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine. He is also the co-inventor of a COVID-19 recombinant protein vaccine technology owned by Baylor College of Medicine (BCM).
In a research article published in the Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, Hotez says the “antivaccine” and “antiscience” movement is driven by antisemitism.
In support of his claim, Hotez notes that his daughter, Rachel, has autism. In 2018, he wrote a book called “Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel’s Autism” in which he detailed how through genomic sequencing, his daughter’s autism gene was identified and found to be similar to others. Hotez, who is Jewish, received hate mail. This is his evidence that “antivaxxers” are antisemitic — though most of the angry messages he received accused him of being like antisemites.
The medical researcher complained that “there were hurtful attempts to accuse me (as well as my colleagues who vaccinate) of perpetrating crimes equivalent to those committed during the Holocaust.”
“Antivaxxers love their Nazi analogies,” he continued, “and I was ultimately compared to the infamous Dr Mengele because I am a scientist who conducts vaccine research, and because I ‘experimented’ on my daughter by ensuring that she still received her recommended vaccinations despite an autism diagnosis.”
Hotez also condemned activists in 2019 who demonstrated in front of the Texas State Capitol in Austin against vaccinations, wearing yellow Jewish stars which read “No vax” in Hebraic font.
In addition, Hotez slammed “antivaccine activists” for infiltrating Orthodox Jewish groups and spreading vaccine disinformation. However, this was in fact a practice perfected by vaccine messianists throughout COVID-19, who created aggressive vaccination campaigns funded by billionaire George Soros to target Orthodox Jewish communities.
Hotez correctly noted that at one point during the pandemic, some individuals in Austin posted flyers blaming the Jews for COVID-19 and using Nazi imagery. But Hotez failed to mention influential figures who have referred to Jews as Nazis and who have pushed the COVID injections.
The medical director then railed against the “antivaccine groups” for becoming an “evil empire” bent on world domination:
Nevertheless, the antivaccine groups and political extremists continue to gain strength, and even joining forces to form a type of evil empire that will not stop at COVID vaccinations. Now, they will expand their agenda to target all vaccines and other biomedical interventions.
Those who forced people to take the injections were doing so democratically, Hortez asserts, while it is the “authoritarian governments and leaders” who have adopted “antivaccine rhetoric and actions”.
“More and more, the antivaccine framework is now heavily imbued with the imagery of Nazi era atrocities and relies on discrediting, humiliating, or threatening scientists and physicians, including many who are Jewish. Antiscience has become an opportunity to openly and brazenly express anti-Semitic tropes and beliefs,” Hortez added.
Dr. Robert Malone, a co-inventor of the mRNA technology used in the vaccine, says that Hotez's assertion is in itself antisemitic.
“This false and unsubstantiated accusation appropriates and weaponizes the legitimate concerns of Jewish communities worldwide, just to take a cheap shot at others who do not share Peter Hotez’s belief in the Scientism of vaccinology,” writes Malone.
"And for heavens’ sake, show some respect for those who earnestly and honestly disagree with you. In the interest of truth, justice, transparency and integrity," he added.
