"I don't think it's defensible": Under Trump, a Pentagon campaign spread anti-vaccine misinformation
6 months, 4 weeks ago

"I don't think it's defensible": Under Trump, a Pentagon campaign spread anti-vaccine misinformation

Salon  

In the thick of the pandemic, the Trump-era U.S. military launched what Reuters describes as a “clandestine operation” to spread anti-vaccine sentiments, particularly in the Philippines, as part of an apparent effort to harm Chinese interests, an initiative that ended only after President Joe Biden took office. As part of its campaign to sow doubt about public health measures, the Trump-era Pentagon created phony internet accounts wherein Defense Department staff impersonated Filipinos and created social media posts that questioned the utility of face masks, test kits and vaccines. The Reuters investigation identified 300 accounts on X, formerly Witter, that matched descriptions obtained from former U.S. military officials familiar with the operation. A Pentagon spokeswoman responded to Reuters by saying that the U.S. military “uses a variety of platforms including social media, to counter those malign influence attacks aimed at the U.S., allies and partners.” The spokesperson then pointed the finger at China, saying that it too launched a "disinformation campaign" to "falsely blame the United States for the spread of COVID-19.” The Pentagon's campaign had been flagged as inauthentic by researchers with Stanford's Internet Observatory, which shut down this week in the wake of Republican criticism that its efforts to combat disinformation on social media amounted to "surveillance" and "censorship," The Verge reported.

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Is there an epidemic brewing in China?
1 week, 2 days ago

Is there an epidemic brewing in China?

India Today  

Social media platforms have been inundated with alarming claims about a new epidemic spreading across China. Users are sharing videos showing overcrowded hospitals and suggesting the rapid spread of multiple respiratory viruses, including Influenza A, HMPV, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and COVID-19. However, there is currently no credible evidence to support these claims, and official confirmation from health authorities remains absent. The …

China is pushing divisive political messages online using fake U.S. voters
4 months, 1 week ago

China is pushing divisive political messages online using fake U.S. voters

NPR  

China is pushing divisive political messages online using fake U.S. voters toggle caption Ezra Acayan/Getty Images A long-running Chinese influence operation is posing as American voters on social media in an attempt to exacerbate social divisions ahead of the 2024 presidential election, according to a new report from the research company Graphika. Sponsor Message The group of fake accounts Graphika …

How the secret US anti-vax operation disrupted Sinovac distribution
6 months, 3 weeks ago

How the secret US anti-vax operation disrupted Sinovac distribution

China Daily  

Airport staff members unload the first batch of Chinese Sinovac vaccine raw materials from a plane at the Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, May 21, 2021. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the US military launched a secret campaign to discredit China's Sinovac inoculation and to counter what it perceived as China's growing influence in the Philippines, according …

How the secret US anti-vax operation disrupted Sinovac distribution
6 months, 3 weeks ago

How the secret US anti-vax operation disrupted Sinovac distribution

China Daily  

Airport staff members unload the first batch of Chinese Sinovac vaccine raw materials from a plane at the Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, May 21, 2021. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the US military launched a secret campaign to discredit China's Sinovac inoculation and to counter what it perceived as China's growing influence in the Philippines, according …

How the secret US anti-vax operation disrupted Sinovac distribution
6 months, 3 weeks ago

How the secret US anti-vax operation disrupted Sinovac distribution

China Daily  

Airport staff members unload the first batch of Chinese Sinovac vaccine raw materials from a plane at the Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, May 21, 2021. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the US military launched a secret campaign to discredit China's Sinovac inoculation and to counter what it perceived as China's growing influence in the Philippines, according …

How the secret US anti-vax operation disrupted Sinovac distribution
6 months, 3 weeks ago

How the secret US anti-vax operation disrupted Sinovac distribution

China Daily  

Airport staff members unload the first batch of Chinese Sinovac vaccine raw materials from a plane at the Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, May 21, 2021. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the US military launched a secret campaign to discredit China's Sinovac inoculation and to counter what it perceived as China's growing influence in the Philippines, according …

Pentagon's despicable act drags US to new low: China Daily editorial
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Pentagon's despicable act drags US to new low: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

The US Capitol building is seen in Washington, DC, on Nov 8,2022. The particular campaign identified by Reuters was apparently intended to counter what the US perceived as China's growing influence in the Philippines, a nation hit especially hard by the deadly virus, through phony internet accounts meant to impersonate Filipinos. The Pentagon tailored the campaign to local audiences across …

Pentagon runs secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during COVID-19 pandemic -- Reuters investigation
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Pentagon runs secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during COVID-19 pandemic -- Reuters investigation

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-06-17 15:04 WASHINGTON - At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the US military launched a secret misinformation campaign to discredit Chinese vaccines in the Philippines, a nation severely impacted by the deadly virus, drawing widespread condemnation from public health experts, a Reuters investigation has found. Through phony internet accounts meant to impersonate Filipinos, the military's propaganda …

US ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China’s COVID efforts: Report
6 months, 4 weeks ago

US ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China’s COVID efforts: Report

Al Jazeera  

Reuters news agency investigation reveals how US military launched a clandestine programme during the pandemic to discredit China’s medical efforts. The Pentagon tailored the campaign to local audiences across Central Asia and the Middle East using a combination of fake social media accounts on multiple platforms to spread fear of China’s vaccines among Muslims at a time when the virus …

China spreads MAGA conspiracy theories on faked social media accounts: report
9 months, 1 week ago

China spreads MAGA conspiracy theories on faked social media accounts: report

Raw Story  

Chinese accounts designed to look like they belong to American supporters of Donald Trump are taking to social media, pushing conspiracy theories and attacking President Joe Biden ahead of the 2024 election, according to researchers and government officials. Echoing disruption campaigns against the U.S. that originated in Russia, China's actions signal a more concerted push to use social media as …

China health officials lash out at WHO, defend virus search
1 year, 9 months ago

China health officials lash out at WHO, defend virus search

The Independent  

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China health officials lash out at WHO, defend virus search
1 year, 9 months ago

China health officials lash out at WHO, defend virus search

LA Times  

Shen Hongbing, the director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks at a press conference on the origins of COVID-19 at the State Council Information Office in Beijing on Saturday. Chinese health officials defended their search for the source of the COVID-19 virus and lashed out Saturday at the World Health Organization after its leader said Beijing …

China dismisses FBI statement on COVID-19 lab leak theory
1 year, 10 months ago

China dismisses FBI statement on COVID-19 lab leak theory

Firstpost  

Beijing: For the second day in a row, China on Wednesday dismissed U.S. suggestions that the COVID-19 pandemic may have been triggered by a virus that leaked from a Chinese laboratory. Responding to comments by FBI Director Christopher Wray, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said the involvement of the U.S. intelligence community was evidence enough of the “politicization of origin …

Chinese paper Global Times lashes out at Elon Musk over Covid origin theory
1 year, 10 months ago

Chinese paper Global Times lashes out at Elon Musk over Covid origin theory

The Independent  

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China replies to US on COVID lab leak theory: 'Already contributed immensely to global virus tracing research'
1 year, 10 months ago

China replies to US on COVID lab leak theory: 'Already contributed immensely to global virus tracing research'

India TV News  

China COVID origin: A day after the United States released a report in which it reiterated that the COVID virus leaked from a lab in China, the latter has refuted the claims and said it is "transparent" in the matter pertaining to the lethal virus. The critical remarks from Beijing came as the US Department of Energy reassessed the theory …

Elon Musk Turns Over Twitter Records To Key Source Of COVID Misinformation
2 years ago

Elon Musk Turns Over Twitter Records To Key Source Of COVID Misinformation

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Twitter owner Elon Musk turned over access to internal company documents to a top source of vaccine misinformation who’s been giving out bunk public health advice for years, the latest in a far-right shift on one of the most influential social media sites in the world. Alex Berenson, a former New York Times reporter — whom The …

AP News Digest 7 a.m.
2 years ago

AP News Digest 7 a.m.

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. CAPITOL RIOT-INVESTIGATION-FINDINGS — A massive final report released by …

Covid-19 outbreak AGAIN sparks meme fest on Twitter; netizens question 'New Year 2023 plans'
2 years ago

Covid-19 outbreak AGAIN sparks meme fest on Twitter; netizens question 'New Year 2023 plans'

India TV News  

The COVID-19 virus shook the world in 2019 after it was first reported in China's Wuhan. While the holiday season is in full swing and people are planning travel and vacation plans, the unexpected outbreak in China has completely derailed their plans. A few people also voiced their concern and urged the government to immediately ban all exchange with China. …

Monkeypox outbreak: Bizarre theory accusing US of creating virus in lab goes viral on Chinese social media
2 years, 7 months ago

Monkeypox outbreak: Bizarre theory accusing US of creating virus in lab goes viral on Chinese social media

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A baseless conspiracy theory …

Alex Jones promotes false conspiracy that monkeypox outbreak is due to Covid-19 vaccines
2 years, 7 months ago

Alex Jones promotes false conspiracy that monkeypox outbreak is due to Covid-19 vaccines

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Alex Jones decided in a recent episode of …

WHO chief censored on China’s internet after calling zero-Covid unsustainable
2 years, 8 months ago

WHO chief censored on China’s internet after calling zero-Covid unsustainable

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. The censorship on Weibo and WeChat, China’s two largest social media platforms, targets WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ comments that expressed rare disagreement with Beijing’s policies. The …

Facebook: Fake scientist used to spread anti-US propaganda
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook: Fake scientist used to spread anti-US propaganda

Associated Press  

A disinformation network with ties to China used hundreds of fake social media accounts — including one belonging to a fictitious Swiss biologist — to spread an unfounded claim that the U.S. pressured scientists to blame China for the coronavirus, Facebook said Wednesday. In all, Meta removed about 600 accounts on Facebook and Instagram that were linked to the network, …

Facebook: Fake scientist used to spread anti-US propaganda
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook: Fake scientist used to spread anti-US propaganda

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A disinformation network with ties …

Facebook takes down China-based network spreading false COVID-19 claims
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook takes down China-based network spreading false COVID-19 claims

NPR  

Facebook takes down China-based network spreading false COVID-19 claims Enlarge this image toggle caption Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images The parent company of Facebook and Instagram said on Wednesday it has taken down more than 600 accounts, pages and groups connected to a Chinese influence operation spreading COVID-19 disinformation, including an account purporting to be …

Fighting wave of misinfo, YouTube bans false vaccine claims
3 years, 3 months ago

Fighting wave of misinfo, YouTube bans false vaccine claims

Associated Press  

YouTube announced a sweeping crackdown of vaccine misinformation Wednesday that booted popular anti-vaccine influencers from its site and deleted false claims that have been made about a range of immunizations. Despite tech companies announcing a string of new rules around COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation during the pandemic, falsehoods have still found big audiences on the platforms. Facebook, which also owns …

1st Covid outbreak deliberate, occurred in Oct 2019: Chinese whistleblower
3 years, 3 months ago

1st Covid outbreak deliberate, occurred in Oct 2019: Chinese whistleblower

India TV News  

A Chinese whistleblower has claimed that the first Covid-19 outbreak was intentional and took place in October 2019 at a military tournament in Wuhan -- two months before China notified the world about the deadly virus, media reports said. Ex-Chinese Communist Party insider Wei Jingsheng said that the World Military Games in October 2019 may have acted as the virus' …

China slams US ‘scapegoating’ before COVID origin report release
3 years, 4 months ago

China slams US ‘scapegoating’ before COVID origin report release

Al Jazeera  

China decries the US ‘politicisation’ of efforts to trace the origin of the virus ahead of the release of a US intelligence report. China has criticised the “politicisation” by the United States of efforts to trace the origin of the coronavirus, demanding a US military laboratory be investigated, shortly before the release of a US intelligence community report on the …

Trump spews lies about Covid on Fox Business: 'It was virtually gone when I left — it was over'
3 years, 4 months ago

Trump spews lies about Covid on Fox Business: 'It was virtually gone when I left — it was over'

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump ranted against vaccine booster shots and falsely insisted that the Covid-19 virus was "virtually gone" when he left office. During an interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo on Wednesday, Trump said that he was "proud" to have taken the Covid vaccine. "When I was president, you didn't have this problem with people not wanting to …

Swiss ask Chinese media to pull quotes from ‘fake’ citizen
3 years, 4 months ago

Swiss ask Chinese media to pull quotes from ‘fake’ citizen

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Several Chinese newspaper websites have removed comments about the coronavirus pandemic that were “wrongly presented” as coming from a Swiss biologist who does not appear to exist, Switzerland’s foreign ministry said Wednesday. The Swiss Embassy in Beijing highlighted its suspicions about the quoted scientist on Tuesday with a Twitter post: “Looking for Wilson Edwards, alleged biologist, cited in …

Facebook slams Joe Biden after he claimed they were 'killing people' with COVID-19 misinformation
3 years, 5 months ago

Facebook slams Joe Biden after he claimed they were 'killing people' with COVID-19 misinformation

Daily Mail  

Facebook has defended itself against U.S. President Joe Biden's assertion that the social media platform is 'killing people' by allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to proliferate. Zuckerberg V Biden: Facebook has hit back at President Biden after he accused the company of 'killing people' by allowing misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine to circulate on its platform Facebook has defended itself …

Biden: Social media platforms ‘killing people’ with misinformation
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden: Social media platforms ‘killing people’ with misinformation

India TV News  

President Joe Biden said Friday that social media companies are “killing people” by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about COVID-19 vaccines. Biden, when asked if he had a message for platforms like Facebook where false or misleading information about the coronavirus vaccines has spread, told reporters, “They’re killing people.” “The only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated,” …

Joe Biden says Facebook is 'killing people' by carrying COVID-19 misinformation
3 years, 5 months ago

Joe Biden says Facebook is 'killing people' by carrying COVID-19 misinformation

ABC  

US President Joe Biden said social media platforms like Facebook "are killing people" by allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to be posted on their platforms, as the administration continued criticising the company. Key points: The Biden administration is arguing Facebook and other platforms need to do more to combat misinformation about coronavirus Facebook claims it is helping to save lives …

Biden: Social media platforms ‘killing people’ with misinfo
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden: Social media platforms ‘killing people’ with misinfo

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Friday that social media companies are “killing people” by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about COVID-19 vaccines. Biden, asked if he had a message for platforms like Facebook where false or misleading information about the coronavirus vaccines has spread, told reporters, “They’re killing people.” “The only pandemic we have is among the …

Biden: Social media ‘killing people’ with COVID misinformation
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden: Social media ‘killing people’ with COVID misinformation

Al Jazeera  

Misinformation about the virus and vaccines has spread on platforms including Facebook and Twitter. President Joe Biden has said that social media companies are “killing people” by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about COVID-19 vaccines. “Misinformation poses an imminent and insidious threat to our nation’s health,” Murthy said during remarks on Thursday at the White House. Lives are …

‘They’re killing people’: Biden blames social media for COVID-19 vaccine misinformation
3 years, 5 months ago

‘They’re killing people’: Biden blames social media for COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

LA Times  

President Biden targeted social media platforms like Facebook on Friday for allowing the spread of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, as many Americans’ resistance to getting the shots has left wide swaths of the country vulnerable to the more contagious Delta variant. President Biden said Friday that misinformation on social media about COVID-19 vaccines was “killing people.” Unlike the increase in …

US steps up fight against COVID-19 misinformation
3 years, 5 months ago

US steps up fight against COVID-19 misinformation

Al Jazeera  

The effort comes as the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations has slowed throughout the US, due in part to false claims. US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Thursday called for a national effort to fight misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines, urging tech companies, health care workers, journalists and everyday Americans to do more to address a problem “that cost us lives”. …

Harsha Bhogle calls SARS-COV-2 the 'Chinese virus', branded 'Sanghi'
3 years, 6 months ago

Harsha Bhogle calls SARS-COV-2 the 'Chinese virus', branded 'Sanghi'

Op India  

Cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle earned brickbats on social media after he called SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, the ‘Chinese Coronavirus’. Keep your mid-life crisis apart and Grow up @bhogleharsha https://t.co/kMmc9hwO6P — Imran Sekh July 6, 2021 Some said that Harsha Bhogle sounded like Donald Trump. Bhogle you are better than this, don’t be xenophobic https://t.co/kqtPqIriy7 — ع۔م July 6, …

China's COVID-19 Vaccine Goes Global
3 years, 6 months ago

China's COVID-19 Vaccine Goes Global

The Diplomat  

China’s Xi Jinping has openly described his country’s coronavirus vaccine development and deployment efforts as a “global public good.” In May, the World Health Organization granted emergency approval for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese state-owned Sinopharm, a move that bolstered China’s goal of playing an active role in global inoculations. The Sinopharm vaccine is the first non-Western COVID-19 jab …

Column: Biden’s new inquiry into COVID-19’s origins strikes a blow for open-mindedness
3 years, 7 months ago

Column: Biden’s new inquiry into COVID-19’s origins strikes a blow for open-mindedness

LA Times  

Chinese President Xi Jinping talks with patients and medical workers at a hospital in Wuhan, the first place hit hard by the novel coronavirus of unknown origins. It wasn’t so much what he did — ordering U.S. intelligence agencies to take a new look at the origins of COVID-19, including whether the coronavirus that causes the disease escaped accidentally from …

Coronavirus India News Updates: CRPF lost 108 personnel to COVID-19, highest among central forces, shows data
3 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus India News Updates: CRPF lost 108 personnel to COVID-19, highest among central forces, shows data

Firstpost  

11:20 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Coronavirus LATEST Updates ‘Outright lies’, says China on reports that it probed weaponising coronaviruses in 2015 China on Monday termed as “outright lies” the media reports that its military scientists investigated weaponising coronaviruses five years before the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and said it is an attempt by the US to smear the country. The US …

Opinion: The consequences will be deadly if we don’t fight vaccine misinformation
3 years, 8 months ago

Opinion: The consequences will be deadly if we don’t fight vaccine misinformation

CNN  

Editor’s Note: K. “Vish” Viswanath, PhD, is director of the Harvard T.H. But a large number of people had already refused the vaccines outright or adopted a wait-and-see approach early on in the pandemic due to misinformation or disinformation they saw on social media platforms. That’s why social media companies must do more to combat vaccine misinformation and disinformation. Social …

US intelligence community warns of devastating long-term impact of coronavirus pandemic
3 years, 8 months ago

US intelligence community warns of devastating long-term impact of coronavirus pandemic

CNN  

Washington CNN — The fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic is poised to fracture societies worldwide, increase instability across the globe and reshape political and economic realities for years to come, the US intelligence community warned in a stark report laying out the top security concerns facing the country. And a resurgence in infections early this year “may have an even …

Articles Linking COVID-19 Vaccines To Death Seem To Be Driving Misinformation Online
3 years, 9 months ago

Articles Linking COVID-19 Vaccines To Death Seem To Be Driving Misinformation Online

NPR  

Articles Linking COVID-19 Vaccines To Death Seem To Be Driving Misinformation Online Ahead of congressional testimony from the heads of Facebook, Twitter and Google, a new NPR analysis finds that articles linking COVID-19 vaccines to death are driving misinformation online. New reporting from NPR out today shows that a specific type of story about vaccines has been spreading quickly online …

Study finds Trump’s ‘Chinese virus’ tweets closely linked to anti-Asian hate online
3 years, 9 months ago

Study finds Trump’s ‘Chinese virus’ tweets closely linked to anti-Asian hate online

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Asians witnessed a sharp rise in online hate and racist …

Defying rules, anti-vaccine accounts thrive on social media
3 years, 9 months ago

Defying rules, anti-vaccine accounts thrive on social media

Associated Press  

With vaccination against COVID-19 in full swing, social platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter say they’ve stepped up their fight against misinformation that aims to undermine trust in the vaccines. “It’s a hard situation because we have let this go for so long,” said Jeanine Guidry, an assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University who studies social media and health information. …

The battle to stop the spread of vaccine misinformation online
3 years, 9 months ago

The battle to stop the spread of vaccine misinformation online

Al Jazeera  

The rollout of coronavirus vaccines has presented new challenges to social media websites and groups fighting online misinformation. The group has also launched programmes like Don’t Spread the Virus, endorsed by the United Kingdom government, to help online users counter “the scourge of misinformation on coronavirus online”. Facebook bans vaccine misinformation Health officials have long criticised social media sites for …

Trump issues statement trying to take credit for ‘China virus’ vaccine
3 years, 10 months ago

Trump issues statement trying to take credit for ‘China virus’ vaccine

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump has issued a new statement trying to take …

As China persists with vaccine disinformation push, Xi Jinping touts coronavirus cooperation
3 years, 11 months ago

As China persists with vaccine disinformation push, Xi Jinping touts coronavirus cooperation

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Addressing the world’s economic elite on Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that “containing the coronavirus is the most pressing task for the international community.” In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Xi called for “closer solidarity and cooperation, more information sharing, and a stronger global response,” as well as “international cooperation on Covid vaccines.” …

China pushes conspiracy theories on COVID origin, vaccines
3 years, 11 months ago

China pushes conspiracy theories on COVID origin, vaccines

Associated Press  

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Chinese state media have stoked concerns about Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, despite rigorous trials indicating it is safe. As the ruling Communist Party faces growing questioning about China’s vaccines and renewed criticism of its early COVID-19 response, it is hitting back by encouraging conspiracy theories that some experts say could cause harm. The social media hashtag “American’s Ft. …

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