The tumble-drier
David Franz, ex-Commander USAMRIID: There was a sense that we, the military and civilian employees, were in this together; we were a team, a family. We not only survived, but also prospered.
Sure did. All of our Celebrity Scientists are cases-in-point. They:
- Rose to wealth/fame/power on bio-security events
- Are calling the shots today
That’s clear. The tricky part is working out:
Which side are you on exactly?
You’d think it’d be straight-forward - western scientists working with western intelligence - Chinese with Chinese security.
But here’s the thing about Covid - somehow
- it all got mixed up -
My argument is that the leaders of the science community came to realize they were all on the same page as the leaders of security organizations - regardless of their nationality. The glue, is centralized power wielded from a position of non-accountability.
We've already covered the Wellcome Trust leadership:
Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller
They are all dual-purpose Science/Secret Security functionaries running a major Research Foundation. But there's plenty more where they came from. This chapter reviews several more Celebrity Scientists who fit the bill.