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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