I learnt from a researcher today that it's an open secret that the whole anti vax thing is an experiment on disinformation pushed out by a wing of the US military.
There was lots they couldn't discuss but this was public enough and they were no longer hiding it. They were researching how disinformation flows.
Then they knew enough to use it on China.
Link on the Chinese usage below.
I asked why they were allowing it to run amok domestically. The answer was a straight up "class warfare". Only the stupid (and usually poor) would avoid the vaccine.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/
I've been thinking about this all day. When your own government is willing to let its people die in service to the few, it's over. In ancient Chinese culture, when you aren't looking out for the 百姓 aka the common folk, you've lost the mandate of heaven and it's not just ok, it's your duty to overthrow the government.
The government, even before Trump, has shown its contempt for the common folk. There's no glory to protecting them anymore.