Hearing on Pentagon disinformation helps public health

An inquiry of the Philippine Senate into a secret US military propaganda operation in the Philippines that aimed to discredit China's vaccines at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic can clear disinformation and help future decisions on public health, analysts said.

Tuesday's inquiry was led by Senator Imee Marcos, head of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee and elder sister of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Reuters reported on June 14 how the Pentagon ran a clandestine influence campaign in 2020 and 2021 to sow doubt about Sinovac vaccines and other pandemic-related aid from China across the developing world.