U.S. Government Paid Social Media Influencers to Promote COVID-19 Vaccines, Records Show The federal government funded an $80 million project that paid 496 social-media influencers to promote Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, according to a project report obtained by investigative journalist Natalie Winters. The project, run by Public Good Projects (PGP) and Hispanic Communications Network from September 2021 through April 2022, was 100% funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The campaign produced 1,000 posts with a potential reach of 37.2 million people, according to the report, but the…

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