Yeah I guess I misunderstood when you said the government admitted to paying “people” to spread misinformation about the Covid Vaccines. I knew they were spreading the advertisements for PFizer, Moderna, J&J and all the other BS advertisements to “slow the spread” to “mask up” and having celebrities doing PSAs that were pro COVID, but I thought you meant like private individuals were paid to spread this via online.
I do mean exactly that. Here are just a few examples. There was an entire trickle-down operation to send grants to korporations and states who then passed it down to "local micro influencers".
The posts were a dead giveaway as it was clear they needed to include certain text in the narrative to get paid. They would continue with an argument as someone who got paid for each post, not someone who knew the material or was listening to any responses.
Anti-vaxxers make up to $1.1 billion for social media companies
https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/social-media-profit-pandemic-antivax/
Social media ‘micro-influencers’ join effort to get America vaccinated
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/30/vaccine-rollout-influencers-463917
Colorado Paying Social Media Influencers $1K to Encourage Followers to Get COVID Shot
https://www.newsweek.com/colorado-paying-social-media-influencers-1k-encourage-followers-get-covid-shot-1617904
OCCHD To Pay Social Media Influencers To Promote COVID-19 Vaccine (Oklahoma City-County Health Department)
https://www.news9.com/story/604bfca8f8d68c46c10e4526/occhd-to-pay-social-media-influencers-to-promote-covid19-vaccine
Why the UK government is paying social media influencers to post about coronavirus
https://theconversation.com/why-the-uk-government-is-paying-social-media-influencers-to-post-about-coronavirus-145478
Colorado is paying social media influencers to tout COVID-19 vaccines
https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2021/07/23/colorado-paying-social-media-influencers-covid-vaccine