Medical Page Today Four groups that spread medical misinformation in the midst of the COVID pandemic and its aftermath have collected enormous sums of money from donations in recent years, the Washington Postopens in a new tab or window found in tax filings from the nonprofits. The influx of funds has allowed the groups to further their anti-vaccination messaging on a national stage, push a legal agenda, and pay their leadership handsomely.
Children’s Health Defense, founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., received $23.5 million in contributions, grants, and other revenue in 2022. Informed Consent Action Network almost quadrupled its earnings to $13.4 million from the year before the pandemic began to 2022.
The Front Line Covid-19 Critical Care Alliance and America’s Frontline Doctors, which made a combined $1 million in 2020, collected more than $21 million together in 2022.