Anti-vax group mounts legal blitz to sow disinformation against vaccinations

[marmar]

(Guardian UK) Just as the Covid-19 vaccine rollout began in earnest in the United States, the Informed Consent Action Network (Ican) sent its subscribers a “legal update” on its war against employers and schools planning to require the shots.

An unspecified number of organizations had supposedly dropped their mandates – one just after Ican took them to court – and the Texas-based anti-vaccination nonprofit was prowling for more plaintiffs.

“If you or anyone you know is being required by an employer or school to receive a Covid-19 vaccine, Ican is pleased to offer to support legal action on your behalf to challenge the requirement,” read the January email.

Ican was founded in 2016 by one of the loudest voices in the US anti-vaccine movement, Del Bigtree, who produced the widely discredited propaganda movie Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe. For the last year, the nonprofit has capitalized on fear surrounding supposed vaccine mandates, going on the offensive months before any lifesaving vaccines became available to the public. Now, as vaccine hesitancy persists, Ican’s legal blitz has fueled disinformation, using costly legal threats to deter schools and businesses from implementing vaccination requirements. ................(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/22/anti-vax-group-legal-blitz-deter-vaccinations

[Initech]

1. Anti-vaxxers can go eat a steaming bag of shit.

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. This is so wrong that I hardly have words for it. Horrifying and wrong. n/t

[roamer65]

3. Anti-vaxxers are closet genocidists.

[bahboo]

4. and such is life in America today....

starting to think we reached our peak a while back, and a long, steady decline is in our future....

[Midnight Writer]

5. So, how much do the operators of this "non-profit" get paid?