I'm reasonably confident that there's a more obvious explanation for virologists tending to back other virologists over homeopaths, politicians and contrarians

I'm reasonably confident that there's a more obvious explanation for virologists tending to back other virologists over homeopaths, politicians and contrarians frantically Googling basic virology knowledge in debates about viral transmission and protein structures than fear of Dune-inspired death sentences for every practitioner of their profession. Sure, and programmers all circle the wagons every time someone suggests that if the company recruits twice as many people to the team it'll get the project done at least twice as quickly. Maybe it's because they're scared of the employment implications of senior management knowing best :D Back in reality, half the evidence presented in favour of the 'lab leak' hypothesis is in fact the long list of actual lab leaks virologists have identified and blamed virologists for...