Covid marked the twilight of America’s arrogant ‘expert’ class

So a "scientist", Peter Palese, signs a propaganda[1] letter[2] condemning the lab leak theory as a conspiracy theory. Media uses this to silence dissent. Now Peter Palese goes back on his original claims[3] and it's "just the scientific process".

Whatever the fuck is going on here should be torn out at the root.

Here are the facts:

1. Facui was pro gain of function research.

2. US did fund Wuhan Institute of Virology

3. WIV did do cornoavirus gain of function research

4. There has been more at least 4 leaks from Chinese labs in less than 15 years. This excludes a potential COVID leak.

5. State departement investigators were told to not investigate a lab leak theory because it would open a pandora's box.

6. The biosafety at some of the wuhan instute of virology coronavirus labs was on par with a dentist office.

These people should all be fired. And the people who sent funding to China to perform gain of function research on coronaviruses in shoddy leaky labs should be held criminally liable.

[1]: Under the subject line, “No need for you to sign the “Statement” Ralph!!,” he wrote to two scientists, including UNC’s Dr. Ralph Baric, who had collaborated with Shi Zhengli on the gain-of-function study that created a coronavirus capable of infecting human cells: “you, me and him should not sign this statement, so it has some distance from us and therefore doesn’t work in a counterproductive way.” Daszak added, “We’ll then put it out in a way that doesn’t link it back to our collaboration so we maximize an independent voice.” ~ https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/the-lab-leak-theory-...

[2]: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...

[3]: https://nypost.com/2021/06/04/prominent-nyc-scientist-backtr...