Del Bigtree’s life appears to be fated. He’s certainly the man of the hour, the right guy in the right place at the right time in history. And, America is better for it!
Arguably, he is the leading voice for what’s come to be known as the Vaccine Risk Awareness movement. Del is the founder of the Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN) and host of “The Highwire With Del Bigtree.”
For the past two years, this has become the news industry’s breakout success story for being constantly ahead of the curve in its coverage of the Coronavirus and the subsequent vaccine development and roll-out.
The bearded and affable Bigtree mused about another iconoclast who told people to think different. "Steve Jobs said you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.” Then Del concluded, “While life is happening, it doesn’t always seem to make sense, but then you look back and it all falls into place.”
Bigtree was raised in Colorado by strong parents. He is one-quarter Native American; the Bigtree name comes from his paternal grandfather, who was Mohawk. His father was and still is a minister, while his mother ran the household to raise Del and his three siblings.
Del says he had a happy and free childhood, but there was one seminal event from his youth that helps explain his family, his upbringing, and his worldview.
Del explains, “I had gotten a new shirt and wore it to school, but people made fun of it. So, I went to a friend’s house who lived near the school and got a different shirt to wear. When I got home, my mom saw it and asked me what happened.
After I told her, the next day she pulled my sister and me out of public school and started home schooling us. She said she didn’t want her children to care what other people thought about fashion or other things. She wanted us to think and act on our own.”