Because that stance has been very beneficial for him financially and politically, ever since his pivot from legitimate and respected environmental lawyer to ant

Because that stance has been very beneficial for him financially and politically, ever since his pivot from legitimate and respected environmental lawyer to anti-vaxxer. He transitioned after receiving incredibly positive feedback for amplifying conspiratorial narratives while riding the coattails of the infamous "thimerosal causes autism" panic of the 2000s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadly_Immunity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadly_Immunity