As a leading proponent of gain-of-function research, Daszek had an incredible conflict of interest in denying the possibility of a lab leak.

As Upton Sinclair observed, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” https://t.co/gfzs1oZT11

— Nils Gilman (@nils_gilman) June 1, 2021

There’s been a bunch of research lab types emerging lately to claim that it’s absolutely impossible that any lab leak has ever occurred anywhere — in fact, they lock their researchers in the lab for life, and the only exit is the sweet release of death itself. That’s just how secure their labs are.

This has been funny to see because in reality of course bio labs are only generally a bit more secure than the average convenience store.