YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK:
EXCLUSIVE: The federal government paid hundreds of social-media influencers to convince their followers to take COVID vaccines.
They even targeted children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers.
While the project’s didn’t reveal the names of paid participants, I just…
— Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) August 25, 2026
Plus: “The government wasn’t merely buying posts. It watched public reaction in real time, rewrote influencer instructions and supplied rebuttals as the debate unfolded.”