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Tax Records Reveal the Lucrative World of Covid Misinformation
Four major nonprofits that rose to prominence during the coronavirus pandemic by capitalizing on the spread of medical misinformation collectively gained more than $118 million between 2020 and 2022, enabling the organizations ...
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"These groups gave jet fuel to misinformation at a crucial time in the pandemic," Arthur Caplan, head of the division of medical ethics at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine, said. "The richer they get, the worse off the public is because, indisputably, they're spouting dangerous nonsense that kills people." The influx of pandemic cash sent executive compensation soaring, boosted public outreach, and seeded the ability to wage legislative and legal battles to weaken vaccine requirements and defend physicians accused of spreading misinformation. "These groups gave jet fuel to misinformation at a crucial time in the pandemic," Caplan said. "The richer they get, the worse off the public is because, indisputably, they're spouting dangerous nonsense that kills people." Some doctors following guidance by Front Line Covid-19 Critical Care Alliance or America's Frontline Doctors have been disciplined or face the possibility of discipline from state medical boards alleging substandard medical care. In cases involving two doctors alleged to have followed Front Line Covid-19 Critical Care Alliance guidance, three patients died. Public health experts, including Caplan, worry that the well-funded anti-science movement could lead to devastating long-term public health consequences if childhood diseases once vanquished by vaccines come roaring back.
The influx of pandemic cash sent executive compensation soaring, boosted public outreach, and seeded the ability to wage legislative and legal battles to weaken vaccine requirements and defend physicians accused of spreading misinformation.
"These groups gave jet fuel to misinformation at a crucial time in the pandemic," Caplan said. "The richer they get, the worse off the public is because, indisputably, they're spouting dangerous nonsense that kills people."
Some doctors following guidance by Front Line Covid-19 Critical Care Alliance or America's Frontline Doctors have been disciplined or face the possibility of discipline from state medical boards alleging substandard medical care. In cases involving two doctors alleged to have followed Front Line Covid-19 Critical Care Alliance guidance, three patients died.
Public health experts, including Caplan, worry that the well-funded anti-science movement could lead to devastating long-term public health consequences if childhood diseases once vanquished by vaccines come roaring back.
#1 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-02-22 03:29 PM | Reply
$118 million.
That's like $18 per dead Republican.
I would have contributed if I had known it was that cheap to kill Republicans.
#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-02-22 03:32 PM | Reply
Anti-vaxx grift is just as lucrative as well.
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Numbers like that make me laugh when the idiots who believe people like Mercola and Berenson accuse scientists of being hacks only repeating something for money.
I guarantee you the pay of a scientist in biotech is nowhere near that number. And that's just a single revenue stream.
#3 | Posted by jpw at 2024-02-22 04:18 PM | Reply
#4 | Posted by jpw at 2024-02-22 04:18 PM | Reply
*crickets* from the right.
#5 | Posted by Sycophant at 2024-02-22 05:08 PM | Reply
Selling conspiracy theories to morons is the easiest way to get rich in america. Just ask alex jones or joe rogan.
#6 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-02-23 12:45 PM | Reply
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