Pentagon's Secret Anti-Vax Campaign Successfully Undermines China, Incidentally Kills Innocent Filipinos
Big Brother applauds! As US & China bicker during COVID, disinfo campaigns undermined Chinese vaccines in the Philippines. Mission accomplished: two wrongs do make a right! pic.twitter.com/0v6lOYnvPI
— Orwell (parody) (@goodthink1984) September 5, 2024
Sometimes during a potentially catastrophic global crisis, natural enemies are forced to work together to combat a greater evil.
Luckily, that did not happen in the recent COVID pandemic, where the US and China remained at each other's throats despite plenty of incentive for cooperation. After all, millions of lives were at stake in both countries, and supply chains were stretched to the brink; which killed – and worse – inconvenienced people around the globe.
Take the recently unearthed “secret” disinformation campaign run by US intelligence to counter Chinese influence in the Philippines. The Pentagon used phony social media campaigns to discredit the efficacy, safety, and even the religious acceptance of perfectly viable Chinese-made vaccines. While weak-minded naysayers may complain this flies directly in the face of US domestic policy to vaccinate its populace at all costs, and nearly 70,000 Filipinos died of Coronavirus, Chinese influence was undermined, so… MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
The fact is, China tried to blame the Coronavirus calamity on America. This was simply America’s attempt to get revenge for this transgression. And as Big Brother will remind you, two wrongs always make a right. Crucially, the two most powerful countries on Earth continue to hate each other. Big Brother is here for it, and he brought popcorn.
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- During the COVID pandemic, the US military launched a secret campaign to counter China's influence in the Philippines by using fake social media accounts to sow doubt about the safety of China's Sinovac vaccine and protective equipment.
- The campaign, which began under the Trump adminstration in spring 2020 and continued for months under Biden, spread from Southeast Asia to Central Asia and the Middle East. It included claims that Sinovac contained pork gelatin — forbidden in Islam.
- Reuters investigators, who interviewed dozens of former and current US officials, identified over 300 fake accounts on X used to conduct the operation. In spring 2021, the Biden administration said it banned the campaign.
- The campaign risked undermining public trust in vaccinations, potentially leading to increased vaccine hesitancy and unnecessary deaths. The effort has been widely condemned for exploiting vulnerable populations.
- While the US Defense Department did not deny the Reuters report, a senior US military officer involved admitted that the campaign discredited China's efforts. Over 66k died of COVID in the Philippines.
Sources: Reuters, Johns Hopkins, Euractiv, and South China Morning Post.
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