For reference, this is written by Derek Lowe, who writes the preeminent blog for drug discovery. He is usually quite reserved in expressing opinions and highly respected among folks on this forum.
Him writing such a strongly opinionated article is a bad look for thr NIH.
Dr. Fauci and the NIH misled the public repeatedly, claiming that there was no funding of gain-of-function research. Finally they were forced to admit that they were indeed finding such research.