Bob destroyed his own credibility by suddenly making the rounds of nominally conservative talk shows to scare the pants off of people about mRNA vaccines.
When I was a graduate student, I "tested" four different laboratories in order to select one for my graduate studies. One of those labs was Bob's. In his role as my mentor during that time, he gave me a huge stack of papers to read regarding membrane fusion. He stood me in front of a chalkboard and described the function and biology of the AIDS virus. He had me grow cells and then apply nanolipid particles to them in order to take pictures of the membrane fusion process. When it came time to report my experience in his lab to the new graduate student mentor, Bob told me that I had to incorporate those pictures into a story that tells others how and why cells fuse. In short, he acted like a knowledgeable teacher and mentor, and there was absolutely no indication that he was a kook. When I encountered him at a meeting years later, we chit-chatted and he brought me up-to-date on his research. He also gave me his card and invited me to come visit him and his wife and kids at their farm. Again, there was no indication that he was a kook.
Then, all of a sudden, there he is, spouting out nonsense that he knows perfectly well is not true. And I am left dumbfounded as to why he would suddenly be a charlatan when he never was before.
So you’re an overachiever, who is loath to give up the vicarious glory of “science as the savior of the WORLD!”™ in the face of Inescapable Deadly Peril!™
Got it.
Too bad the pandemic (to the extent hyped) was a dud all along—see also the University of London epidemiologist skipping quarantine to go bang his mistress, or Gruesome Newsome skipping quarantine to go gave a party at a top-shelf restaurant, or Pelosi going to the hairdresser to get her hair done.
Or just both Congress and Pfizer not being required to get the jabs.
Speaking of those last two, too bad they tried to have all their internal safety and efficacy studies SEALED for 75 years.
Honest companies whose products are not harmful don’t do that.
Dingbat.
Having a bad reaction to the vaccine had something to do with it. He had recovered from covid and needed the vax to travel. He almost died and is on blood pressure meds.
And I am left dumbfounded as to why he would suddenly be a charlatan when he never was before.
No one likes to think ill of someone they once respected, but sudden changes in character are suspicious, and demand explanation.
The famous "Shirlock Holmes" quote comes to mind:
"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
Much like the vile paid anti-vax grifting Q-Anon $hills on this forum, he's getting paid.
Maybe not in cash. Maybe fame, maybe revenge for not getting the "proper" credit for the mRNA technology he claims to have invented, but with everything else eliminated, chances are there's some sort of quid pro quo that underlies the grift.