A recent Reuters investigation has uncovered a secret US military operation aimed at undermining the safety and efficacy of vaccines and other life-saving aid supplied by China. This clandestine program, which began under former President Donald Trump and continued into the early months of President Joe Biden's administration, involved spreading COVID misinformation. Public health experts have condemned the program, asserting that it endangered civilian lives for potential geopolitical gain. The operation, part of highly sensitive psychological operations, took place during the COVID pandemic and is reminiscent of the CIA's fake vaccination drive in Pakistan, which had significant negative impacts on polio eradication efforts.
A secret US military anti-vax operation that began under former US President Trump and continued into the early Biden administration contained messages with COVID misinformation, according to health experts. A @Reuters investigation reveals what happened https://t.co/6zKw7UAgUC https://t.co/gWyQ6AJLqW
Secret psychological operations are among the US government’s most highly sensitive programs. A new @Reuters investigation maps the evolution of one military propaganda campaign in the middle of the COVID pandemic that experts say endangered lives https://t.co/DCgt8GOF12 https://t.co/dGoidoAudG
“The military program started under former President Donald Trump and continued months into Joe Biden’s presidency, Reuters found”. Horrific. Echoes of the CIA organized fake vaccination drive in Pakistan —to get DNA from the Bin Laden family— which set back polio eradication. https://t.co/t1AQWkoujg https://t.co/y6LXVpo8h0
"American public health experts also condemned the program, saying it put civilians in jeopardy for potential geopolitical gain." @Bing_Chris + @joel_schectman https://t.co/vmF8xhYDco
"America's clandestine operation has not been previously reported. It aimed to sow doubt about the safety and efficacy of vaccines and other life-saving aid that was being supplied by China, a Reuters investigation found." https://t.co/RnNweIMlmp