K. Chen: Instead of creating propaganda against Chinese PPE and vaccines we could have just shipped a bunch of US vaccines for cheap and promoted those.

Remember when we banned TikTok because our autocratic adversaries might use propaganda to try and undermine faith in institutions and erode trust in the very idea of objective truth - using covert, subversive tactics on social media?

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.

congrats to everyone involved whose stupid idea here isn't just wildly unethical but will do several decades of damage to american interests

Sometimes if feels like the people developing these operations don't believe in America or its ideals. This isn't saying covert action is never the answer, but the US is the richest nation with the best R&D and pharmaceutical development and sometimes it's enough to work from that high ground.

Instead of creating propaganda against Chinese PPE and vaccines we could have just shipped a bunch of US vaccines for cheap and promoted those.

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