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schizoidman ( schizoidman@lemmy.ml )  to World NewsEnglish · 2 years ago

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic

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Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic

www.reuters.com

schizoidman ( schizoidman@lemmy.ml )  to World NewsEnglish · 2 years ago
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  • CanadaPlus ( CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ) 
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    Well, that’s embarrassing. I guess it was the Trump era, so I shouldn’t be too surprised.

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      Hopefully it will remain the “Trump era” and not the “first Trump era”. This is my main worry right now.

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      It says that it continued into the Biden era as well.

      The military program started under former President Donald Trump and continued months into Joe Biden’s presidency, Reuters found – even after alarmed social media executives warned the new administration that the Pentagon had been trafficking in COVID misinformation. The Biden White House issued an edict in spring 2021 banning the anti-vax effort, which also disparaged vaccines produced by other rivals, and the Pentagon initiated an internal review, Reuters found.

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        A bit. It sounds to me like he stopped it as soon as he caught wind of it - there’s a lot of projects the US government is doing at any one time.

  • Truck_kun ( Truck_kun@beehaw.org ) 
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    Not surprised at all it is something the Trump administration was doing considering his rhetoric on the pandemic in general, and China. Awful all around.

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    Honestly, I have no idea how valid/effective the Chinese vaccine is. But stuff like this is bad for everyone, not just the people they were targeting. Short sighted plan, in my opinion.

    Even more disturbing if it caused extra deaths.

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    Classic. Wouldn’t expect less from the U.S. foreign policy.

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