How Moderna Came Up With a Vaccine Against Vaccine Dissent

What Garay hinted at during the call, but didn’t disclose, was that Moderna already had a sprawling media operation in place aimed at identifying and responding to critics of vaccine policy and the drug industry. A series of internal company reports and communications reviewed by RealClearInvestigations show that Moderna has worked with former law enforcement and public health officials and a drug industry-funded non-governmental organization called The Public Good Projects (PGP) to confront the “root cause of vaccine hesitancy” by rapidly identifying and “shutting down misinformation.” …

Emails from that period show that PGP routinely sent Excel lists of accounts to amplify on Twitter and others to de-platform, including populist voices such as ZeroHedge.

The messages also suggested emerging narratives to remove from the platform.

[The ‘vaccine’ was Big Brother, in other words, and relied on the muscle of US government agencies. If Moderna wants to defend itself and its products with reliable data and rebut arguments and claims by others, it has every right to do so. Instead, Moderna used its corporate power and ties to regulators to pressure social-media and news media platforms to silence its critics. That is a breathtaking abuse of power, and yet another good reason to remain skeptical of large-scale consolidations and corporate partnerships with government. — Ed]