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  • LocalOaf [they/them, ze/hir]@hexbear.netEnglish
    27·
    3 months ago

    Real “uh, we tortured some folks” ass moment obama-socialism amerikkka

    Deliberately proliferating the spread of a plague among your ostensible ally to own the Chinese defend Pfizer/Moderna/J&J’s profits from Sinovac potentially outcompeting them in the global market. Whoopsie daisy! Aw shucks, what a goof!

    • iie [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      11·
      3 months ago

      The clandestine psychological operation uncovered by Reuters wasn’t limited to the Philippines. It also targeted developing countries across Central Asia, the Middle East and Southeast Asia in 2020 and 2021. The Philippines and those other nations were, at the time, heavily reliant on China’s Sinvoac to inoculate their populations against the deadly virus.