Matt Knight: Reuters: The U.S. military launched a clandestine program amid the COVID crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation – payback for Beijing’s efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic. One target: the Filipino public.

Reuters: The U.S. military launched a clandestine program amid the COVID crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation – payback for Beijing’s efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic. One target: the Filipino public.

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to incite fear of China vaccineswww.reuters.com The covert effort began under Trump and continued into Biden’s presidency, Reuters found. Health experts say it endangered lives for possible geopolitical gain.

'“Why did you do it when people were dying? We were desperate,” said Dr. Nina Castillo-Carandang, a former adviser to the World Health Organization and Philippines government during the pandemic. “We don’t have our own vaccine capacity”'

"in February, the contractor that worked on the anti-vax campaign – General Dynamics IT – won a $493 million contract. Its mission: to continue providing clandestine influence services for the military."

Short contract I did for 10 years ago for GDIT (not propaganda), I met people who would not say that acronym lest they offend God by saying “G D”, … despite the fact we were working for a DEFENSE CONTRACTOR who also does as we now know deadly propaganda

I too did contract work with GD. I've never been more ashamed than I am now of having been part of them in any way shape or form.

Horrendous, monstrous behavior. Also, fascinating how a Trump program ended sometime "in the spring" i.e. the first months of the Biden administration is framed as "both sides equally responsible."

This. As if a new administration magically becomes fully aware of all govt programs and their circumstances on day one

Trump is a monster. And Biden ended it as soon as he was elected.

Allthewhile the WHITE HOUSE running #STOPASIANHATE is just a wild runaway train of deception. Unreal

Was trump saying that? Because it was all him. Biden ended it as soon as he was made aware of it.

What the actual fuck.

Blimey

Big "are we the baddies?" moment

I think this a lot these days.

This seems like it would have been a scandal under any other administration.

It would have been term-ending if it weren’t lost in the wash of the Trump disaster.

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