# Reuters Investigation: Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reuters-investigation-pentagon-ran-secret-anti-vax-campaign-to-undermine-china-during-pandemic/1004210>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Created:** [July 14, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reuters-investigation-pentagon-ran-secret-anti-vax-campaign-to-undermine-china-during-pandemic/1004210 "2024-07-14T17:50:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reuters-investigation-pentagon-ran-secret-anti-vax-campaign-to-undermine-china-during-pandemic/1004210/1 "2024-07-14T17:50:18Z")

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[https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/](https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/)

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**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reuters-investigation-pentagon-ran-secret-anti-vax-campaign-to-undermine-china-during-pandemic/1004210/2 "2024-07-14T18:50:23Z")

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Moderating:

I’m closing this thread. Naked links with no explanation beyond a pissed-off smiley face isn’t a good start.

Moreover, there was already another thread started on this in the Pit on July 4th. That might be the more appropriate spot.

> [@The US military ran an antivax propaganda campaign in the Philippines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-military-ran-an-antivax-propaganda-campaign-in-the-philippines/1003758):
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> (I wasn’t sure where to put this. Politics? Great Debates? But I don’t really have anything to debate. The Quarantine Zone, since it’s Covid related? But it’s really not about the pandemic. So I thought that since I really just want to vent a bit, and couldn’t find a thread on this yet (?) I’d put it here.) So apparently, the US military has created hundreds of fake social media accounts spreading antivax-propaganda specifically targeted at the Chinese-developed Sinovac inoculation, according t…

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**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reuters-investigation-pentagon-ran-secret-anti-vax-campaign-to-undermine-china-during-pandemic/1004210/3 "2024-07-14T18:50:35Z")

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Closed on July 14, 2024, 6:50pm UTC