Once struggling, anti-vaccination groups have enjoyed a pandemic windfall

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Brandy Zadrozny
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New & Exclusive: The pandemic has been a financial windfall for anti-vaccine groups, including the Informed Consent Action Network, helmed by Del Bigtree. ICAN brought in $5.5 million in 2020, 60% more than the previous year and their best year yet.

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Once struggling, anti-vaccination groups have enjoyed a pandemic windfall
Newly filed tax records show that ICAN, one of the country’s best-funded anti-vaccine organizations, saw a 60 percent jump in revenue in 2020.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/struggling-anti-vaccination-groups-enjoyed-pandemic-windfall-rcna14402

Del Bigtree ended his closing speech at last week’s anti-vaccine mandate rally in Washington with a message, bellowed to a few thousand rallygoers and the news organizations assembled on a riser in front of him.

“We are no longer a fringe group,” he proclaimed.

The pandemic has been a boon for the anti-vaccine community, with Bigtree’s Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN), one of the country’s best-funded anti-vaccine organizations, among the biggest beneficiaries, according to newly filed tax records.

ICAN reported $5.5 million in revenue in 2020, a 60 percent increase over the previous year. The funding underscores how lucrative the pandemic has been for a handful of groups that spread health misinformation and undermine public faith in vaccines. Those donations primarily come from private donors, including through Facebook fundraisers.

Other large anti-vaccine organizations have similarly thrived during the pandemic. As an Associated Press investigation reported, the Children’s Health Defense, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., more than doubled its revenue in 2020, to $6.8 million.

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[underpants]

1. Will Trump demand a cut?

[spanone]

2. Well bigtree, you ARE a fucking fringe group and will forever be one.