Jake Johnson is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.
A Reuters investigation published Friday revealed that the Pentagon ran a 'clandestine operation' aimed at discrediting China 's coronavirus vaccines and treatments, a campaign that U.S. public health experts and others condemned as a cynical ploy that endangered lives for political purposes. According to Reuters, the Pentagon 's secretive campaign was designed to counter what the U.S.
Reuters reported that a 'key part' of the Pentagon's strategy was to 'amplify the disputed contention that, because vaccines sometimes contain pork gelatin, China's shots could be considered forbidden under Islamic law.
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