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{{see also|Misinformation related to vaccination|label1=General misinformation related to vaccination and immunisation|Vaccine hesitancy}}
{{Excerpt|COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and hesitancy|hat=no}}According to a report by ''[[Reuters]]'', the United States ran a [[Propaganda in the United States|propaganda]] campaign to spread misinformation about the [[Sinovac Biotech|Sinovac]] Chinese [[COVID-19]] vaccine, including using fake social media accounts to spread the misinformation that the Sinovac vaccine contained pork-derived ingredients and was therefore ''[[haram]]'' under [[Sharia|Islamic law]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last=Bing |first=Chris |last2=Schechtman |first2=Joel |date=June 14, 2024 |title=Pentagon Ran Secret Anti-Vax Campaign to Undermine China during Pandemic |url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/ |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> The campaign primarily targeted people in the [[Philippines]] and used a social media [[hashtag]] for "China is the virus" in [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]].<ref name=":6" /> The campaign ran from 2019 to 2021.<ref name=":6" /> The primary contractor for the U.S. military on the project was [[General Dynamics|General Dynamics IT]], which received $493 million for its role.<ref name=":6" />
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