Yet another outrageous act from Trump:
(Misplaced revenge for his own botched Covid response...)

"The U.S. military launched a clandestine program amid the COVID crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation – 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."

"Pentagon used 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 was killing tens of thousands of people each day. A key part of the strategy: amplify the disputed contention that, because vaccines sometimes contain pork gelatin, China’s shots could be considered forbidden under Islamic law."

"At least six senior State Department officials responsible for the region objected to this approach. A health crisis was the wrong time to instill fear or anger through a psychological operation, or psyop, they argued during Zoom calls with the Pentagon. “We’re stooping lower than the Chinese and we should not be doing that,”

[reuters.com]

“I’m sure that there are lots of people who died from COVID who did not need to die from COVID,” --Esperanza Cabral, who served as health secretary under Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.