For starters I don't claim to be left or right but it's obvious from the beginning of this whole thing that the narrative was being shaped by a small group of people. Fauci or not, one of the big things I found most troubling early on was not just scientific disagreements or hypothesis, but actual character assassinations of scientists who didn't go along with the narrative. This more often than not came from the fauci camp labelling anything they disagreed with as "disinformation" and "conspiracy theories".
A few that have had their character assassinated (even though they had contributions in some cases for many years to their fields) would include Dr. Malone, Dr. McCullough, Dr. Byram Briddle, Professor Christian (U of S) and others. Really it made no sense to trash these guys reputations. Why would they lie and make stuff up, risking jobs in the process?
