Fauxi used this same playbook in the 90s with AIDS research.
"As UC Berkeley molecular biologist Peter Duesberg showed in Inventing the AIDS Virus, Fauci was a pioneer of cancel culture, quashing media appearances by better-qualified persons of different views. Despite his costly blunders, Fauci remained in his 'cushy job' at the head of NIAID, with steadily increasing salary and power."
Fauxi used this same playbook in the 90s with AIDS research.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/05/confession_i_dont_like_anthony_fauci_very_much.html