The US military launched a clandestine program amid the Covid-19 crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation, in part, as payback for Beijing’s efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic. One target: the Filipino public. Health experts say the gambit was indefensible and put innocent lives at risk. The covert operation reveals the dangerous intersection of geopolitics and global health during a time of unprecedented crisis

Source: The Guardian October 17, 2024 12:31 UTC