Politico: Anti-Vaxxers Now “Modern Political Force”

Politico reports:

The Covid-19 pandemic has produced a remarkable financial windfall for anti-vaccine nonprofits. Revenue more than doubled for the Informed Consent Action Network and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Children’s Health Defense in 2021 compared to the year prior, according to a POLITICO analysis of tax filings.

The nonprofits that survived on operating budgets of around a few million dollars just a few years prior are now raking in more than $10 million each. The funding spike reflects a sea change for once-fringe entities.

The anti-vaccine movement has now emerged as a modern political force. In practical terms, greater funds enable anti-vaccine groups to expand their public reach, sue federal agencies and organize like-minded activists at the state level, as well as expand their reach abroad.

Read the full article. Many prominent anti-vax nutbags have repeatedly called for executing top Democrats and scientists.

“Increasingly there’s less and less difference between old school and new school anti-vaxxers. New anti-vaxxers are lapping up the same old conspiracy theories and pseudoscience.” @gorskon
DEF true at #txlege

Anti-vaxxers are now a modern political force https://t.co/rmwU9hFes3

— Jason Sabo (@texassabo) September 24, 2023