And, for this thoughtful observation, you get... DOWNVOTES. These Covid origins comment threads are so brutal! But yeah, I agree. I’m just a lowly PhD student

And, for this thoughtful observation, you get... DOWNVOTES. These Covid origins comment threads are so brutal! But yeah, I agree. I’m just a lowly PhD student (an older one, though) but it’s pretty clear from my limited experience that “scientific consensus” is a PR term that bears little relationship to how scientists perform their work and engage with their colleagues.