The U.S. military secretly waged a social media campaign to discredit China’s COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic , according to a bombshell Reuters investigation. Over 300 fake X (Twitter) accounts posing as Filipinos spread #Chinaangvirus—a smear linking China to the virus—while attacking masks, test kits, and Sinovac, the first vaccine available in the Philippines.
Launched under Trump and continued under Biden, the covert operation aimed to undermine trust in Chinese aid as developing nations struggled. A senior Pentagon official admitted the U.S. prioritized 'throwing shade' over vaccine equity. Meanwhile, China’s Foreign Ministry slammed the U.S. for 'spreading disinformation.'
X later nuked the bots, calling them a 'coordinated campaign.' The Reuters report—fueled by insider interviews—reveals how geopolitics turned life-saving tools into propaganda pawns.
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Pentagon ran anti-China vaccine campaign during COVID, finds Reuters
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