Meet the scientist at the center of the covid lab leak controversy
technologyreview.com> Inside the car, Peter Daszak—a disease ecologist and president of the EcoHealth Alliance, a New York-based nonprofit that works with scientists around the world to study viruses in wildlife—was filming the scene on his cell phone.
AKA, the guy who acted as a conduit for money from Fauci to fund gain of function experiments in Wuhan.
And the guy who conspired with Fauci to quash any talk about a lab leak as 'misinformation'.
The article didn't shy away from the potential conflict of interest:
> Adding fuel to the mistrust, though, is the role of the EcoHealth Alliance’s Daszak. His close ties with Shi’s lab and his role as a member of the WHO mission’s international team are potentially in conflict. Critics say he can also be less than forthcoming. ...
And in his defense:
> But scientists like the University of Utah’s Goldstein, who do not collaborate with Daszak, told me that there is no evidence that Daszak “wielded disproportionate influence” in the 11-member team.
> Daszak told me in an email that his potential conflicts of interest had been declared to the WHO before he joined the mission team. ...
Conspired is a very pointed word. You don't like him or Fauci is plain, but please don't put this shine on things which are simply matters of opinion. There is no conspiracy or evidence of conspiracy, there is only what happened.
Well worth reading. It's both play-by-play and colour, and it's not hyperbolic.
I don't personally subscribe to the lab leak story, this article doesn't shy away from critique of work and work practices in the Wuhan lab, but I think does align to that scepticism of either mistake or deliberate lab originated out break.
Others might disagree. I found this an interesting magazine style write up.